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‘Oh,Holly! That’s no way to live. You can’t spend every day in fear. I just worry that if you don’t say something and report him, it will escalate.’
If he’d tried to come into her bedroom, I bet he’d probably walked in on her in the bathroom too. I was beginning to think that lock was broken for a reason…
‘Look…’ She hurriedly put her arms in the sleeve of her jacket and picked up her bag. ‘I better go. Can we not talk about this again? It’s nothing. I just want to forget about it and get on with my job.’
‘Okay,’ I said, knowing full well it definitely was not. ‘You’ve got my number. Call or text me anytime if you need me.Promise?’
‘See you later, Soph.’
Then she was out the door.
I slumped back in my chair. It made mesoangry that creeps like him thought it was their right to touch women and do whatever they wanted. To make Holly feel so uncomfortable that she was afraid to speak up. I wish I could do something. Tell his wife or the police.Someone. But I had to respect Holly’s wishes. At least at the moment, she was talking to me. I didn’t want to push her so much that she closed up completely and suffered in silence. I wondered if she’d even told Umberto.
I’d give Holly space.For now. But I would have to follow up at some point soon because who knew how far it could go? Holly might have been able to fight off his unwanted advances by putting a chair behind her door, but for how long? And what if the next au pair wasn’t so ‘lucky’?
