She had never considered such a possibility.‘‘Well?’’ Seth prompted, when she didn’t say anything.‘‘Are you serious?’’‘‘Of course I’m serious.’’Olivia wet her lips. A thousand tangled thoughts and emotions swirled through her head. To stay here, to live here—to step back into the life she had spurned so many years ago and bring Sara with her—she didn’t know if it was a very good idea, or a very bad one.‘‘Oh, Seth, I don’t know what to say. Our home’s in Houston now, Sara’s and mine. Sara starts back to school in just a few days, and I have a job that I like, and—’’‘‘Olivia,’’ Seth interrupted. ‘‘I know your job doesn’t pay very well. I know you live in a small apartment in a not very affluent section of Houston. I know life’s a struggle for you and Sara there. I can offer you a better job, one that pays more, has a future. For right now I need an office manager, somebody to keep track of appointments, stay on top of the books, answer the phone, do some typing or whatever else is needed.
