"You can't?" Julie Harrison raised her chin and looked at him with a cold smile, the icy chill penetrating her heart, "Oliver Thompson, do you really think I'm still the woman who used to follow you around and nod my head in agreement?"
Oliver Thompson was taken aback, his deep eyes fixated on her pale face, her usual gentle demeanor obscured by stubbornness and strength he couldn't understand. Images of Julie busily going back and forth in the kitchen and living room kept flashing through Oliver's mind.
She must have had a tough time recently; Michael Gordon had mentioned it to him. Ivy Aretha had mistakenly found her a job when she went to find a nanny. Julie was registered at the nanny agency with the name Cathy, but because she did not have the disposition or skills required for the job, and furthermore had an unsafe appearance, she stayed at the agency for a long time, with no employers willing to hire her.
