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.Granger thatin forty eight hours' time, she would be removed from the payroll, which had been financed byKyle Shannon's personal accounts, and were therefore under the discretionary control of his newwidow.At the end of this blunt edict, while the other woman was performing a quick inventoryof the downstairs rooms, most especially with an eye toward the fine decorative accents, china,and silverware, the attorney assured the shell-shocked housekeeper that in two days' time, a threemonth severance would be directly deposited into her account, along with her current wages.Giving her his card, he asked that she contact his office once she had established aforwarding address, so she could be provided with the bequest details that would be due to herfrom Kyle Shannon's estate, once it had passed through probate.Having completed his business, the attorney informed the second Mrs.Shannon that hewas departing, and that she ought to accompany him immediately if she was going to ride backwith him.Lamenting that she'd barely had time to do a complete walk through the downstairsrooms, Mrs.Shannon decided against remaining to further inspect her new items under the dourgaze of the older woman, and instead advised Mrs.Granger that she was to supervise the moverswhen they arrived, and ensure that all of 'her' property was carefully packed and removed.The following day, Mrs.Granger directed and oversaw as the movers took practically allof the downstairs furnishings; as well as those in all of the bedrooms, except for Kylie's room,which she had confirmed with the attorney should be considered the girl's private property, andnot subject to the unassigned ownership conditions.Mrs.Granger had toyed with the idea of contacting Kylie at the hospital, to determine ifthe girl wanted to retain her services, but with practically no furnishings in the house, anythingthe girl decided now would not be able to go into immediate effect, regardless.80 No, she decided, the girl would not be remaining there, in that big house, and what usewould Kylie have for a housekeeper in an apartment? Following that thought, as though Kylieherself had declared it so, Evie decided that if she was going to be moving into less spaciousaccommodations, it may as well be on her own terms.Now in her mid-sixties, and with a considerable amount of savings from having earned areasonable salary with little to no expenses on which to spend it, she decided that this would bethe perfect time for her to begin her long-awaited retirement.Though the opportunity had comeslightly earlier than she'd planned, she looked forward to overseeing her own home, which wasfurnished to her own taste, and kept in accordance with her own particular wants.Feeling good about her decision, and looking forward to starting her retirement, EvieGranger left the house that had been her home for the last eighteen years without a backwardglance; her final, fleeting thoughts about Kylie revolving around her satisfaction that she'd beenable to have done the girl a final good turn by preventing all of her personal belongings frombeing stripped away during her absence.Though her father's attorney had visited her once during her six day stay in the hospital, itwas not until the day of Kylie's release, that he deemed it appropriate to bring her up to speed onwhat had transpired during her convalescence.As he explained the circumstances to her, he wasshocked to find that Kylie had no idea that her father had remarried.Though the girl's stepmotherhad admitted to him that she and Kylie had not met, he'd assumed it was probably because of thegirl being jealous of her father's new relationship, or something along those lines.The attorney had known Kylie all her life, but with their interactions being few and veryfar between, he was unable to fully comprehend what his mind knew to be true, that this small,childlike person was a full grown adult a fully grown adult in a diaper but an adult just thesame.In keeping with his view that she was too young to make important decisions, he told herthat he had found her a new, fully furnished condo, in a building that provided full amenities,including daily housekeeping, 24/7 room service, and full concierge services.To prove this, hehad brought the real estate documents with him to the hospital, intending to transport Kylie toher new lodgings, rather than returning to the now empty home where she had previouslyresided.Kylie had been taken aback by the attorney's news, as well as his presentation of his plansfor her to purchase some sight unseen new apartment, and uproot herself from the only place she81 had ever called home.It was too much for her to grasp at that point in time, and she wantednothing more than to just go home and be surrounded by her own things, to be comforted in thespace that she had shared with her mother, her parents, no matter for how fleeting a time.Thanking the attorney for his time and kind intentions, she informed him that sheplanned, at least for the time being, to remain in her current home, and, having been assured thather own personal belongings were still there, she told him she was certain she would be finethere for the time being.With no choice but to concede to her wishes, once outside of the hospital, the attorneyhad helped her into the waiting town car, and instructed the driver to see her home.With a finalcaution to her to contact him if she needed anything, he'd closed the door and watched as the cardrove away.82 Chapter NineAfter their talk about being coddled as well as treated as a grown woman, Kylie wasinexplicably, but utterly intrigued, by the notion of being both Brad's baby, and his lover.Wondering if there was something wrong with her for feeling this way, she had allowedher mind to go backward, wanting to see where and how her mind may have veered off course,allowing her to not only want, but to crave what was implied by the picture he was presenting.Knowing this was an important step in being certain of her feelings, she decided she needed toexamine where her own motivations stemmed from, in order to be sure that this was the rightthing for her, and for Brad.Noting that she was in a deep and concentrated process of thought, he began questioningKylie about her feelings and thoughts as she mentally progressed through the memories thatspanned the years of her life.Kylie's life story was not a short one, and their first session lasted through the earlymorning hours, until, finally too exhausted to think, the two of them collapsed on her bed,holding each other tightly as they slept through until early afternoon the following day.When they awoke, Brad encouraged her to pick up where they'd left off earlier
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