Only December

Chapter 2

DOUGLAS

Here I go. Keeping a journal for the month. I can’t imagine anything less appealing and less like me.

The girl is coming today. A specialty freelance housekeeper. It’s like something out of Agatha Christie. But the Gregorys and Brenda Wilson speak well of her. Hopefully she’ll stay out of my way.

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She’s here. Smart enough. Young. Pretty. Laughs with her eyes.

I believe she will annoy me.