Chapter 88

• ALEX
• I didn’t sleep much last night, and I’m taking some deep breaths to get the oxygen going through my system as I take a brisk walk through town to meet Jason, my best friend. I’m painfully aware of the fact that he’s now my new nanny’s father, too. We’re meeting at some new gastro pub place he’s interested in investing in. He’s always got new projects and deals on the go – he loves to be busy.
• I’ll have to make sure I don’t show any of my thoughts or feelings about Mary-Beth in his company. Oh my God, he’d probably just kill me dead on the spot. I’ve only just got back in touch with him over the last few years, when he started coming to New York on business – overseeing the complete refurbishment of a huge iconic art deco building in the South Bronx that he’d somehow managed to acquire. So, at least I didn’t know her as a child. And at twenty-two, at least she’s a fully-fledged adult and even a mom now. But still – her Dad’s best friend thinking like this about her? That’s pretty bad.