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As Basil was walking down the corridor, Janet walked out of the dining room with her suitcase. She stopped and looked at him. “Take care,” she said. She pulled her suitcase as she headed out of the front door. Basil didn’t try to stop her or say anything. He pulled his phone out of his pocket as he kept walking. He needed to call Mariam and let her know that she needed to find another nanny.
Just as he was about to head up the stairs, Basil saw Sanaa standing on the stairs looking at the front door. She was in a white dress and had her hair down. She had her notepad in her hands.
“Sanaa, are you okay?” he asked her.
Where is she going? she wrote down.
“You don’t have to worry about her; I’ll get you another nanny,” he replied. Sanaa’s eyes widened and started racing. “What’s wrong?” Basil rushed up to her and held her shoulders. Her eyes welled up.
“Sanaa, what’s wrong?” he asked her.
I want her, she wrote down. Basil raised his eyebrows.
“What?”
Call her back.
Chapter 7
Janet dragged her suitcase as she walked away from the sheikh’s house. She couldn’t believe that she had been fired after working there for only two weeks. She refused to accept the sheikh’s reasons for firing her; he didn’t like her, probably never did from the beginning. Janet stopped walking. Had she overstepped when she had spoken to the sheikh about Sanaa? she asked herself. Most parents never wanted to be told about their children and given advice by other people, especially from those that didn’t have children. It was just that Janet was worried about Sanaa and she cared about her.
She started walking again and approached the large iron gates. The security guard opened the same side gate for her. “Thank you,” she said to him. Just as she was about to walk out, she heard someone calling her name.
“Janet! Wait!” she heard. Janet crossed her eyebrows as she turned around. She saw Ruth rushing towards her.
“What’s wrong?” Janet asked her.
“The sheikh asked me to call you back.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know; he just asked me to call you back promptly.”
“Does he want to yell at me more?” Janet sighed. “Let’s go find out,” she added. Janet and Ruth walked up the long stone driveway and headed back up to the house. On the way back, Janet wondered why the sheikh had called her back. He had heartlessly fired her at 9 p.m. He didn’t even wait until the morning, and he hadn’t even allowed her to say goodbye to Sanaa.
Ruth opened the front door and walked in. Janet followed behind her. The sheikh and Sanaa were standing at the bottom of the stairs.
“Hey, sweetheart,” Janet said to Sanaa. “I’m sorry for leaving without saying goodbye.”
Sanaa walked towards Janet and held on to Janet’s top and just looked at her. She had sadness in her eyes. Janet stroked her head. “What’s wrong?” Janet asked softly. Ruth quickly walked off and headed towards the living room.
“Sanaa wants you to stay,” said the sheikh. Janet looked at him and raised her eyebrows.
“Really?” Janet asked. The sheikh nodded.
“She doesn’t want another nanny; she wants you.”
Janet looked at Sanaa and then back at the sheikh. A smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. Less than twenty minutes before, the sheikh had told her that she wasn’t good for Sanaa.
“Does that mean I’m not fired then?” Janet asked the sheikh.
“You can take your job back, with a 20 percent increase in your salary,” he said.
“I see.” Janet looked down at Sanaa who was still standing at her side. At that moment, the little girl looked up at Janet and smiled. It was the first time Janet had seen her smile, and it warmed her heart. Janet returned her smile.
“I think an apology is owed,” Janet said as she looked up to the sheikh. He narrowed his gaze at her and grunted.
“I misjudged you.” He turned on his heel and walked off. Janet smiled and shook her head.
