Chapter 52

Helping himself to a little of everything before them, Taylor took a bite of some bread, then fixed his eyes on her as he ate. Once he’d swallowed and taken another drink of his wine, he answered. ‘I am prepared to give you the money you need to buy the building and for all the renovations that will be needed to make the daycare centre fit for purpose.’

She returned his stare, waiting for the catch that was surely coming.

"When do you have to get the renovations done by?" he asked. ‘Four months, was it? ’

"Yes." The new owners agreed to give us six months to relocate. She watched him with caution. "Two of those months have already gone."

The owner of the building that housed Solace daycare center had died unexpectedly, leaving the team that worked there rudderless. Worse still, his family had not shared his sentimentality and opted to sell to a developer, only telling the staff about it when it was a done deal.

‘Four months to complete the purchase and the renovations?’

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