“Aunt Wiwee!” she squealed. “I heard you pull up!”
“Hey, sweetie,” Lily said. “Are you ready for me to be your nanny for a week?”
“Yes!” Maggie said, emphatically. “It's going to be so much fun.”
“I agree,” Lily said.
Right then, Wyatt popped around the corner. He was dressed in gray sweatpants and a black t-shirt. It looked like he had just recently stepped out of the shower. His hair was still wet and pretty messy, as though he'd just dried it off with a towel and hadn't had a chance to comb it yet.
“Oh, hey, Lily,” he said, running his fingers through his hair. “Did Maggie let you in?”
Lily laughed. “Yep. She was at the door waiting for me.”
He smiled. “I told you that she loves it when you're here.”
Maggie reached up and grabbed Lily's hand. She began pulling on it, dragging her toward the back of the house. “Come play with me. I want to show you a sand castle I'm building on the playground.”
“Honey, I need to talk to Lily for a second,” Wyatt said to Maggie. “I want to show her around and get her settled in. You two will have plenty of time to play over the next ten days. Why don't you go to your playroom in the basement for a little while and Lily will meet you down there when we're done talking?”
Maggie hesitantly released Lily's hand. “You promise you'll come play with you're done?”
“I promise,” Lily said, patting Maggie on the shoulder.
Maggie's smile returned in an instant. She spun around and made her way toward the doorway that led to the basement
“She's so cute,” Lily said, watching Maggie until she disappeared around the corner.
“She's cute and she knows it,” Wyatt said, with a chuckle. “I want to thank you again for agreeing to do this, Lily. It's helping me out more than you can imagine.”
“Like I said the other day, I'm happy to do it,” Lily said. “To be honest, I'm really glad I'm here right now and not making coffee for grumpy people.”
Wyatt laughed. “Yes, well, I can imagine that this is a lot more relaxing. To be fair, though, Maggie can get a little grumpy in the afternoon.”
Lily raised her eyebrows. “Trust me, she'll be nothing compared to some of the soccer moms that come into the shop on any given morning. I've never seen anybody get so upset for having too much caramel in their coffee. It's almost like they'd kill someone for getting their order wrong.”
Wyatt sighed. “All of these first world problems, huh?”
“Pretty much,” Lily said.
“Come on,” he said, turning and walking toward the stairs. “Let me show you the room you'll be staying in.”
Lily followed him across the main entry way of the house and then up the grand staircase in the center. She only been up there a handful of times and that was when Maggie wanted to show her something in her room. Other than that, though, her time in the mansion had been spent either on the main level, in the playroom in the basement or outside in the backyard.
They ascended the stairs until they got to the third floor. They took a right at the top and made their way down the long hallway.
“My room is at the very end,” Wyatt said. “Maggie's is on the left, right over here.” He pointed toward the door on the left side of the hallway. Lily peeked inside, smiling at how girly the room was. The walls were painted pink and all of the furniture was white. It looked like a big version of a doll house.
“I haven't been up here in a while,” Lily said. “I'm guessing you redecorated Maggie's room?”
Wyatt laughed. “Yeah, she said she wanted a princess room. I hired someone to do it and this is what they came up with. It's bright, I know. Maggie absolutely loves it, though.”
“It's really cute,” she said, taking a quick glance around.
“The guest room is across the hall,” Wyatt said.
Lily turned around and followed him t
o the door directly across from Maggie's.