He got accepted into the boy’s club and several months later Mary was out the door. They gave her a nice severance package and was sent on her way. ...Now Mary, had always had a nanny who cared for her house and the children. But, when she lost her job, her husband said she needed to lose the nanny. They weren’t hurting for money, but if Mary was going to be home now, she could certainly clean the house and care for the children.At first, Mary really enjoyed doing all of her mundane chores. . ” “Gotcha boss. Be there in ten.” I hung up and turned to Carol. She was sitting there looking very nervous and scared. There was a touch of something else in her expression but I decided to explore that later. “Okay baby,” I said to her. “The whys and wherefores don’t matter at the moment. What matters is that you are safe here. This place is fully alarmed and covered by closed circuit television monitoring. I have contact with my guys and I have weapons in the place. This is what I do for a. Traci nodded.Mom smiled. "And I thought you didn't like to lie." It's a done deal." Dad said. "I quit two weeks ago."Thank you, God. Wait a minute. "Two weeks ago? Why didn't you say something?" That explained why they'd been acting weird."You were in the middle of play-offs. I, we, your mom and I, decided to wait till that was over." Well, at least you get unemployment while you find something else," I said, trying to look at the bright side. I wondered if anyone around here needed a strategic. Where I’d made my mistake with Becky. Where I’d committed to a course of action with Jennifer while lying to myself about having a choice. Where I’d done the same with Bethany.All of that would have to wait for my journal. In the here and now, I had, unintentionally, made a choice which had changed the flow of events in the thread of the multiverse I was in. That thought, even though it was put into my mind by Cindi, and my feelings, which I was sure Cèlia had detected, had led, inexorably and.