Then she fell asleep.
Ricardo looked at Luía.
“Thank you.”
“You don’t have to thank me.”
“I do.”
He looked at his daughter.
“You changed this family.”
Luía shook her head.
“No.”
“What?”
“You did.”
Ricardo looked confused.
“You finally started listening.”
That sentence stayed with him.
The next morning, Ricardo made a decision.
He called Augusto.
“Cancel every nanny contract.”
Augusto was silent.
“All of them?”
“All.”
“And the agencies?”
“We don’t need them.”
“What about the children?”
Ricardo looked through the hospital window.
“I’ll be their father.”
He didn’t fire Luía.
Instead, he offered her a new position.
Not nanny.
Not housekeeper.
Family educational coordinator.
She laughed when she heard the title.
“That’s a ridiculous name.”
“I own a technology company. We use ridiculous names.”
She smiled.
“But I’m still cleaning sometimes.”
“No.”
“I like the kitchen.”
“You can stop cleaning.”
“Then I’ll get bored.”
