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Mrs. Hill looked at the note in her hand, and walked through the alley while looking for the house number on the door of the house next to her, and finally found the address written on the note after a lot of effort.

This is the Japanese residential area in New York. She has never been here before, and it is the first time she has come here today, and she was dizzy by the winding alleys here.What was annoying was that she couldn't ask the way. Although she had met more than a dozen people along the way, and those people answered her inquiries enthusiastically, she couldn't understand Japanese English at all.

And she suspects that the people who showed her the way may not understand the English she speaks. Mrs. Hill came from the country and spoke with a very serious accent, although she has worked hard to correct it after coming to New York. Yes, but decades of habits cannot be changed overnight.

Fortunately, after spending nearly an hour, she finally found the correct address, but looking at the surname above, which was obviously transliterated from Japanese, she felt uncertain again. When she came, she carefully looked at the family's address According to the information, there is an old lady with dementia in their family who needs to be taken care of. If the old lady can't understand English, she really doesn't know how to communicate with her.

Mrs. Hill couldn't help feeling a little regretful. She should have been tougher and refused to allow the person in charge of the nanny introduction center to come and help replace another woman's shift. The job required a lot and didn't make much money.Looking at the gray old house in front of her, she now even suspects that the woman didn't ask for leave temporarily because of something at home, probably because she didn't want to come here at all.

But since she had already come, it was her fault to go back. Although Mrs. Hill had foreseen that the next work process might not be very pleasant, she resolutely walked into the yard.

This is a small villa with a small yard, the walls are made of red bricks, the house has an orange roof and beige walls.You can tell it used to be a very cozy little house, but now it looks pretty bad.The roof and walls were covered with black and gray stains. The flowers and plants in the yard were half withered, and the lawn was full of weeds. It was obvious that no one had taken care of it for a long time.

Mrs. Hill tried her best not to look at the messy yard, went directly to the door and rang the doorbell.Although it is very annoying, taking care of the yard is not within the scope of her work. She only needs to take care of the things in the house. As for the yard, let the owner of this house worry about it.

The doorbell rang a few times, but no one came to open the door. Mrs. Hill checked the time and made sure that the time was just right. She was not early or late, so she shouted to the door: "Mr. Deyong, may I ask you?" Are you at home? I'm Hill, the nanny who came to clean up the house instead of Susan. The nanny introduction center should have called you just now, and now my working hours are up. If you hear, please come and open the door. "

But there was no echo from the house, and Mrs. Hill thought that the people inside might not have heard it, so she knocked on the door again, and shouted a little louder: "Mr. Tokunaga, are you at home? Please come and open the door!" "

Mrs. Hill was sure that her voice was loud enough that the neighbors next door could hear it, but still no one came to answer the door, so she had to stand at the door and wait while watching her watch, and then after 5 minutes, she was sure that there might be no one in the house. Man, this made her a little impatient.

According to the regulations, she will only work here for two hours, so the next work schedule is very heavy. If she doesn't hurry up and start doing it immediately, she is worried that she will not be able to finish it later.And she is also worried that Mr. Tokunaga, who doesn't post notes when he goes out, will trouble her because she didn't finish the work. It's not the first time she has met such an employer, because of their own reasons, she can't finish on time At this time, she has no reason to spend her personal time to make up for it, but some employers always feel that they have become gods after paying tens of dollars.

Mrs. Hill's impression of the Japanese is actually not very good. At least most of the Japanese employers she has come into contact with before are not very easy to get along with. She thinks that they are all very hypocritical and bullying. When facing their white neighbors Sometimes, they always show enthusiasm and humility, but when facing their seemingly inferior nannies, they will show a cold and arrogant side, which is very embarrassing.

Of course, some Japanese people are really friendly, but there are so many friendly people in the world, which does not highlight the advantages of this nation.

Mrs. Hill stood at the door for another minute, thinking wildly, and then she decided to look in the porch for a possible spare key.

Many people are used to hiding a key in a carpet or a flower pot, so that they will not be unable to enter the house if they accidentally lose the key.Mrs. Hill hoped that this family was no exception. She looked around and saw that the flowers in the two flower pots had withered and there was only one pole left. It seemed that no one had moved them for a long time, so she took a step back. He bent down and turned over the dirty carpet under his feet.

The key lay in the middle of the carpet, and Mrs. Hill breathed a sigh of relief when she took it.

At this moment there was a rustling sound from the trees in the yard, and a cold wind blew the leaves into the porch, and Mrs. Hill suddenly felt a coolness behind her, which made her shudder, as if something terrible was watching from behind. like her.

This feeling is not unusual for Mrs. Hill, she often has this neurotic idea. When Cole was a child, he would tell her that there were ghosts standing next to them and watching them, but Mrs. Hill never She believes that there are ghosts in this world, and she prefers to believe that this is a psychological problem caused by too much pressure in life.

She also thought about seeing a psychiatrist, but she really couldn't afford the consultation fees for two people, and this phenomenon didn't affect her normal life, so she never cared about it over the years.

Thinking wildly in her mind, Mrs. Hill grabbed the key and re-covered the carpet and stood up, then turned to face the door with a quick movement.

However, the scene in front of her instantly made her freeze in place.

At this time, a distorted and flat face was stuck on the glass on the door, its appearance was blurred by the rippling glass, but Mrs. Hill could clearly see that the two red eyes on this face were wide open. Stare at her.

"what!"

Mrs. Hill let out a terrified cry, and then fled frantically from the yard.

The scene just now really scared Mrs. Hill. She ran to the street outside the residential area before stopping. Looking at the busy traffic outside, Mrs. Hill panted and took out her mobile phone from her bag. She wanted to introduce it to the nanny. The person in charge of the center called and said that she quit this job, which was really scary.

But her hands were still shaking, and when she took out her phone, she accidentally took out other things in the bag.It was a rough clay cat that Cole had made in a crafts class at school.He knew that Mrs. Hill liked cats very much, and had always planned to raise one, but with the current conditions of their family, they didn't have the energy or money to raise another pet, so this plan has been put on hold.So Cole gave Mrs. Hill this pottery kitten, hoping that this pottery kitten can somewhat dilute some of Mrs. Hill's thoughts of wanting to keep a cat.

Looking at the little pottery kitten in her hand, Mrs. Hill was silent for a few seconds and then put the phone back into the bag. The person in charge of the nanny introduction center is a complete villain, and she will definitely offend him if she calls. Maybe she will be put on small shoes in the future, she can't take this risk.

And Cole said before that their school may hold a summer camp during the summer vacation, and this fee is not included in the scholarship, so she is actually not qualified to refuse the job at hand now.

When people are short of money, they will always be more courageous than usual. After standing on the busy street for a while, Mrs. Hill's sense of fear seems to have completely disappeared, and at the same time, the sudden idea of ​​hitting a ghost disappeared.Then she thought of the old lady with dementia written on the information, and couldn't help but laugh at herself for making too much fuss just now.

Yes, the face pasted on the door should be that old lady, how could she have thought of a ghost going up there.It must be because I have been too tired from working these days and haven't slept well, so I am thinking wildly.

Mrs. Hill quickly prepared herself mentally, and then she looked down at the time on her watch. Seeing that almost half an hour had passed in the blink of an eye, she quickly straightened her hair and ran back.

The other family members of the Tokunaga family were not at home, and Mrs. Hill was worried that the old lady with dementia would be left alone, who knew if she would do anything dangerous.

It was almost dark when Mrs. Hill arrived at the Avengers Building, and today's work was as unpleasant as she had imagined.

The house of De Yong's family seems to have poor lighting. Even if all the curtains in the house are opened, it still gives people a gloomy feeling, and she always feels that there seems to be a smell of dead mice in the house, which smells more and more from time to time. The more disgusting it gets.The old lady with dementia was also very tormenting. She just put on her diapers and put her on the bed to lie down. But when she turned around, the old lady took off the diapers herself and soiled the new one. She had to spend another half an hour remaking the bed and washing the soiled sheets.

The only consolation for Mrs. Hill was that Mrs. DeYoung came home on time at the end of her working hours, avoiding her having to stay in the house and watch the old lady happen.

Cole ran over with his little schoolbag snorting, and saw the black air on Mrs. Hill's body at a glance. He hurried over and patted Mrs. Hill's arm casually, dispelling it. Those black air.This is a trick that Cole learned from his teacher John Constantine. He has been learning from John Constantine for the past two weeks. Of course, he will tell Mrs. Hill that he is coming to the Avengers Building. With little Wenny, Mrs. Hill never suspected.

When the black air wrapped around Mrs. Hill was small, Cole asked: "Mom, how is your work today? How hard is it? You look very tired."

"Is it obvious?" Mrs. Hill touched her face, took Cole's hand and said as she walked out: "I went to clean up a Japanese house for someone else today. The environment in that house is terrible, and there is an old man with dementia I really don't understand why they don't send her to a nursing home."

"Then will you go next time?" Cole asked.

The ghost that left Mrs. Hill with a dark air is obviously coming from bad people, and Cole doesn't want Mrs. Hill to be entangled by it.

Fortunately, Mrs. Hill immediately said after hearing this: "I won't go, I only agreed to help this time."

Cole breathed a sigh of relief, shook the hands they held together and said, "That's good, I don't want you to be too tired. Xiao Wei Ni said that I can do psychotherapy with him in the future, so that the family's expenses will be reduced. It can save some, and my mother won't have to work as hard as she is now."

"Okay, I will definitely not be like this in the future." Mrs. Hill said, but she didn't take Cole's words to heart. Even if the expenses were reduced, she couldn't reduce her workload. Cole would grow up, There will be more and more places to spend money in the future, and she cannot relax.

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