. "he let slip that recruited you over a coffee ."
" that was ages ago . anyway , what should i have done ?
ignored him ? " there was a silence and , i added desperately . "eve dose need checking over , and the agency girl can't or won't ."
"okay ." paige was not enthusiastic ." i'll send linda over . she can give eve a meal ."
that was the best i could wrest from the situation . it was bad but not terminal and i set about drawing up a list for linda .
to begin with , eve was very weak . then she got better and stronger , but it was not straighforward . some days she could get up for an hour or so . on others the lightest task were beyond her . ignoring my dwindling cash reserves , i hired the agency nany for anther two weeks .
paige was of the opion that i should sack eve ," you've got to survive ." she argued ." you can't afford a weak link , it's either you or her ."
centuries worth of social and ethical thinking that had crept snaillike toward compassion for , and nurture of , the weak flicked through my brain ." as a matter of interest , is that what you feel martin is ? a week link ?"
paige gave the impression that she was talking to a recalcitrant child ." i haven't got time to nurture a hability , you haven't got time for a nonfunctional child carer ."
eve might have been ill but she was no fool . she could sense what was blowing in the wind ." please don't lose me the job ." she begged in genume rerror that i mighht cast her our into the street . for ten second or so . the idea of bying her a one-way ticket to romama jumped the top of my list .i took her sickly face between my hands .
" that was ages ago . anyway , what should i have done ?
ignored him ? " there was a silence and , i added desperately . "eve dose need checking over , and the agency girl can't or won't ."
"okay ." paige was not enthusiastic ." i'll send linda over . she can give eve a meal ."
that was the best i could wrest from the situation . it was bad but not terminal and i set about drawing up a list for linda .
to begin with , eve was very weak . then she got better and stronger , but it was not straighforward . some days she could get up for an hour or so . on others the lightest task were beyond her . ignoring my dwindling cash reserves , i hired the agency nany for anther two weeks .
paige was of the opion that i should sack eve ," you've got to survive ." she argued ." you can't afford a weak link , it's either you or her ."
centuries worth of social and ethical thinking that had crept snaillike toward compassion for , and nurture of , the weak flicked through my brain ." as a matter of interest , is that what you feel martin is ? a week link ?"
paige gave the impression that she was talking to a recalcitrant child ." i haven't got time to nurture a hability , you haven't got time for a nonfunctional child carer ."
eve might have been ill but she was no fool . she could sense what was blowing in the wind ." please don't lose me the job ." she begged in genume rerror that i mighht cast her our into the street . for ten second or so . the idea of bying her a one-way ticket to romama jumped the top of my list .i took her sickly face between my hands .
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