Chapter 3 - I know who you are, Liz!

Note: Chapter by John's vision! 

I knew I couldn't continue my life the way it was, and as much as I knew my mother was right about hiring someone to take care of Bryan, I still felt awkward about it. The one who had always taken care of him was his mother, Sullivan, and now, having to find someone else to do that, it was as if I had accepted the fact that she was no longer here, and that I was moving on. 

I remember to this day when I got the call from the hospital informing me of the accident, I was in a planning meeting and rushed to the hospital, but when I got there and they told me that she had not survived her injuries from the accident, I felt my whole world come crashing down. 

Sullivan was my first girlfriend, fiancée, and wife, she was the only one in my life, and when she was gone, I felt lost, even though I knew I had to gather what little strength I still had left to raise our son, who was still just a baby. The police investigated what had happened, but according to the security cameras and witnesses, Sulli had run the red light and had not seen the truck, and I really wanted to know what was going on in her head to have been distracted like that. 

So, following my mother's suggestion, I contacted a babysitting agency, and every day they sent someone different because Bryan would not accept anyone, and always cried, and in the end I had to drop everything and go back home. But when my assistant told me about her friend, who was also a mother and needed a job, and that I could take the test with her, I immediately cheered up. After all, a mother always has a better understanding of a child! 

I needed to take the reins of the company and had lost several contracts due to lack of time for meetings, and even though I loved my son, I needed help urgently, and my mother had her own things to take care of, so I couldn't always count on her. 

"Sir, my friend that I commented on yesterday, she's here!", Sabrina spoke entering the room after knocking twice on the door, and today, since it was an important day, I asked everyone to arrive early, and if we could finish the acquisition of a development, they could take a whole day off. 

"Hi Sah, could you ask her to come in, please?", I spoke smiling, and she nodded, and I went back to paying attention to the contract from before, until I hear the door close, and two steps towards me, but did the person seem to be embarrassed? 

When I lifted my head, and saw who was in front of me, I felt my heart stop, and the air fail me. After almost 5 years, she was in front of me again, and even more beautiful. 

I was sure she was the girl from that night, and even though it was only one night, I never forgot her. 

At the time I was not yet engaged to Sullivan, we had quarreled and decided to take a break, each of us could move on with our lives, and then, I met this woman, but never found out who she was, and as luck would have it, she appeared in front of me again, but didn't seem to recognize me. 

"Mr. Carter, I'm Eliza, or you can call me Liz, and I've come for the babysitting position!", She spoke up taking me out of the world of thoughts I was in. 

"Eh... Liz, right?", I spoke getting up and walking towards her. "Have we met before?", I asked, and she looked a little thoughtful before answering. 

"I don't think so, sir!", She replied with a shy smile. 

"Oh yes...", I replied without amusement, after all, I remembered her, but why didn't she remember me? "Please, sit here?", I said giving her some space, and she sat down in front of me. "Tell me a little bit about yourself?", I asked, and she started talking about herself. 

"I'm Eliza, but I prefer everyone to call me Liz, and I think Sabrina commented to you, that I have a small 4 year old son, and I'm a single mother, so I know how to take care of children very well.", She spoke shyly, and I smiled, but something inside me puzzled me. 

If she had a 4-year-old son, then that means she was already pregnant that night, or she got pregnant later, but she really didn't seem to remember me. 

"You can just call me John, I prefer everyone to call me that," I joked with her. "After all, I'm only 32, I'm not that old."

"You got it, John!", She spoke smiling. 

"And while we're on the subject of us, I believe Sabrina, also mentioned to you, that my son and I lost our star a year ago, right?", I said trying not to make the mood too heavy, because every time I talked about Sullivan, it seemed that tears formed in my eyes, and that made me more sensitive to people. "And I need someone to help me with him, and everything is a test, right? I've already had a babysitting agency come to the house, but he hasn't accepted any of them, so, I'm kind of desperate, because, even though I love my son, and want to be the super dad, I also have to work, and since I lost my wife, I ended up neglecting a lot of things in the company, and fortunately, I employ several people and I know that they depend on me, and if our turnover has dropped, I have to cut expenses, so, I need to get my company back to what it was before, but for that, I need Bryan to have someone by his side when I'm not there. "I spoke quite sincerely, and Liz looked at me intently, as if she felt my every word. "And since you are already a mother, and have experience in this area, maybe, you can win him over!"

"Don't worry, I will treat Bryan as if he were my own son, little Arthur. "She spoke seriously, and then took out her cell phone, and showed me her son, and right away I was startled. 

"This... this is your son," I asked to be sure, and she nodded, smiling, "He looks like someone I know," I said looking at the picture, and if it wasn't too much of a coincidence, I could swear that child was my son. He had the same hair as me as a child, and even the expression, if they took my picture as a child and this child's, they would say it was the same person. "Does he stay with his father?", I asked like one who wanted nothing, in fact, I was throwing green to reap ripe.

"Actually, he doesn't have a father, it's just me!", She replied a bit annoyed by the question, and that just piqued my curiosity even more. "It's a long story, but I always try to be the best mother I can to him. "

"I understand!", I replied trying not to get into it so much as not to make her uncomfortable. "I just need to make a call, and then we can go, I'll ask you to wait for me outside, I'll be right there in a second," I asked, and she nodded, stood up, and left the room without saying anything else.

"Andrews, can you come here for a moment?", I asked my trusted secretary, actually, I had two secretaries, Roberta who was Sabrina's boss, and was responsible for taking care of my schedule and the office stuff, and I had Andrews, who was my secretary responsible for taking me to appointments and negotiating in my absence with clients, and also, my right hand man when I needed something. 

It didn't take Andrews more than five minutes to walk into my office, and I pointed to the chair in front of me, and he sat down apprehensively. 

"I need you to investigate one person for me, anything you find out, even your son's information," I spoke at once, and he stared at me curiously. 

"And who would be the person you want me to investigate?", Andrews asked. 

"My new nanny!", I replied, "I want you to find out everything you can, including the father of her child."

"Yes sir, and when do you want that for?", He asked. 

"You are the fastest person I know to get information, so if possible find out today, I would be very grateful!", I replied as I knew his ability to get things. 

"Yes sir. ", He replied and then said goodbye and left the room. 

I knew, that I would be able to solve all my doubts when I had this report, I wanted to know, who is this Eliza, and if she really was my girl of 5 years ago. 

As I left the room, I found Liz talking with Sabrina and Roberta excitedly, and showing them her son, who talked about how beautiful he was. 

"So, shall we go to my house? So I can introduce you to my son?", I said approaching them, and Liz just nodded and followed me. "Girls, I am going to take Liz to meet Bryan, I should be back soon, you can call me if anything happens, is that okay?"

"Yes sir! And good luck, both of you!", Sabrina replied winking, and I smiled, even though I was older than them, I felt good to have someone to trust.