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oh

uh oh well

my Mrs Dupont I uh were we supposed to

have a meeting I wanted to stop by for a

chat is this about the park the kids

were falling asleep during math I mean I

thought why not take them outside and

within 30 minutes they were shouting out

something they're in Goodwill Hunting

soel that's we're at the end of your

probation year I know and I'm not

putting all my eggs in one basket

because the bigger school in St Louis

would be fine but I so want to stay here

LEL

rocks I'm afraid we're not keeping you

on what your teaching methods but they

are unconventional to say the least kids

learn best through play especially in

first grade that may be so and I support

your values but like it or not we have a

curriculum to follow look my kids love

coming to class and how many other first

graders know how to speak French and

play guitar already I care about their

happiness just as much as I do their

education that is exactly why you're the

first person that came to mind when our

benefactor mentioned about an opair job

in New York

a no

pair but I'm supposed to be a

teacher oh I'm not going to pass my

probation year am I you have a wonderful

way with the children Celeste but this

RS a better fit for you Richard Tyler

was in town last week developing a

property here and he was looking for an

opair wait a second I I can't just drop

everything change my career and move to

New York City

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and as soon as we get the building

permits we will be good to

go no Josh and I are just putting the

finishing touches on the model right now

dad I hurt my foot in gym class so maybe

I should give B A Miss for today

absolutely we know we would be proud to

show it to any potential investors hey

if she's missing Bell then I'm missing

karate hey some awareness please him in

the middle of a call right now there's

nothing wrong with your foot Blockhead

there's nothing wrong with this either

one hey guys maybe are you saying I'm

lying like 200% hey he totally started

it I don't care who started it but I'm

finishing it Lily your foot looked just

fine 10 minutes ago when you were

dancing around in the living room and

Max your sister's going to ballet so

you're going to

karate Josh where are we on the opair

please for my sanity tell me you found

one not yet but we're interviewing

candidates tomorrow wonder how long take

us to get rid of

this last month Mark and I break up now

I lose my job my life's officially a

disaster Mark was not right for you

still I I can't believe he ended things

because he thought I used my windshield

wipers too often I

can't okay can you retake your probation

year what's the point I wanted to change

the education system them and my methods

are good I'm teaching through Players

how they do it in Scandinavia till the

age of seven and it's showing Amazing

results maybe they're just not ready for

you listen I think you're looking at

this from the wrong perspective it's a

glass half full situation to

me are you referring to the unemployment

or to the fact that my dreams have been

squashed to a pul hello you have a

chance at a job in

NYC yeah

skyscrapers pollution overcrowding the

glass keeps filling up think of it as a

chance to start over new job New

Direction maybe find a new love oh

please men in suits with big egos Renee

I'm not even in the right heads space to

eat a quasa never mind me a man plus

you're talking like I have the job

already when all I actually have is an

interview tomorrow with Mr Richard Tyler

Richard Tyler the property guy who the

New York property

guy oh his name is mentioned everywhere

look I'll show

you okay weird no photos just

articles this one says that he values

his privacy and doesn't allow

photographs wow he sounds

fun oh this one says that he came off

self-important and aloof at a dinner

Gala last month well there's bound to be

lots of Richard

Tylers who are property developers in

NYC there's no way it's the same guy all

right where's

this you did

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good hi Celeste Robinson hey yeah it's

me um yeah I was just checking it's

really nice to meet you you too sorry

I'm late should we just jump right in

sure your resume sounds great by the way

you've been a kindergarten teacher and

have qualifications in art cookery music

and languages what can I say I love to

learn and your part French yes my my

grandma sopi was from Paris so she's the

one who taught me French and uh got me

into cooking so you're flown in the

language then

totally I I spent summers in Paris

traveled across France um and the place

where I live now is actually a French

origin so lots of ties I guess Mr Tyler

oh I'm Ashley Josh I I work for Tyler

property development hence the uniform

I'm Richard's PA I'm sorry I I didn't

realize not at all Richard really wanted

to be here but he had to go to an

important meeting so are we

rescheduling uh no I was just is going

to do the whole

interview wait so he's not even going to

meet any of the

candidates what kind of parent doesn't

meet the person looking after their

kids he's Mega busy with work but he is

going to watch the

recordings this is being recorded we did

inform you of that in the

email you know any chance you can cut

that last part

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out Renee I basically called him a bad

parent

well you didn't even know if you wanted

to do the opare thing anyway I know but

what am I going to do now I have zero

job prospects the coffee shop in Town's

looking for a new

Barista hello hello Miss Robinson this

is Josh from Tyler property development

hey Josh I'm calling to inform you that

you got the job I I got the job are are

you serious I'm very serious that's

amazing thank you so much how quickly

can you get here how quickly to New York

City yes we need you ASAP we cover all

expenses of course I guess if I could

hop on a flight I could be with you say

tomorrow tomorrow would be fine our

travel coordinator will follow up with

you goodbye for now okay great

bye congrats thank

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you morning sir morning Charlie what do

you think of the new uniforms oh they're

top quality and you're wearing it too I

am I wanted the staff to over on one

team sounds good oh speaking of which

the new oper arrives today if you could

see her up to ahr for onboarding then

take her out to the house please okay

would you like me to bring the car

around for you or no Julie's picking me

up for a meeting and then we'll be

heading out after that okay

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oh hi there you're with tied properties

right I I recognize the uniform would

you mind if I give you these oh um thank

you uh yeah I

don't they're so heavy I've been holding

on to them for hours at the airport

uh-huh I I'm uh I'm headed to the top

floor so if you could just follow me

that'd be great miss oh sorry okay what

Miss hey hey Miss excuse me did I give

you too much oh I'm sorry I think I'm

running late let me just oh one

sec

Renee yes I finally got on flight 8

hours on standby total

nightmare I look I know I just got here

but New York City seems exactly like I

thought it'd be I haven't seen a single

tree

yet I don't know if Mr Tyler ends up

being the pompous jerk we read about

online this this might be the shortest

job I ever

have okay I'll call you later I love

you oh I I'm so sorry I almost forgot

there you

go is $2 not

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enough Mr Tyler um can I help you

or Mr

Richard Tyler

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mhm I'm so

sorry I I thought you worked in the

building I own the building then why are

you wearing a

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uniform this is Charlie he runs security

and transportation for the kids oh hi

nice to meet you oh this is an office I

I thought I was arriving at some penous

house apartment I I assumed you lived

here no we have a house out on Long

Island Charlie will take you up to HR

and go over some details and then drive

you out there okay I'll meet you there

later

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wow it's beautiful

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mhm Welcome to our

home are you sure any kids live here

what are you trying to say

um everybody this is Celeste uh this is

Josh whom you've already met good to

meet you in person you too and this is

my daughter Lily and my son Max so great

to meet

you what anyone prefer a hug no way

don't be rude kids it's okay we'll have

plenty of time to get to know each other

and if there's ever anything you want to

ask me just holler I have a question is

your blow supposed to look like I'm one

painting wow that's enough Lily that is

quite a reference for someone your age

do you happen to like art Lily yeah um

I'm not sure what Dad said but we don't

need a babysitter we can totally take

care of ourselves I'm sure you can Max

you know I'm I'm just here to help with

whatever you might need all right

okay to the business at hand we expect

you to take the kids to and from school

as well as their extracurricular

activities nice what what clubs are you

in Monday is soccer followed by English

Tuesday is English and swimming

Wednesday is tennis Thursday is science

and gymnastics and on Friday Lily has

ballet and Max has

karate I wasn't able to find a suitable

French tutor that's why we hired you

despite the comments you made about me

not actually interviewing you

myself didn't manage to cut that part

out hey we'd also like you to prepare

all the meals and before I forget both

kids are participating in the school

fair at the end of the month so they

need to be practicing every day perhaps

give Celeste a taser of what you've been

practicing wow Lily that's

amazing Max

moves great um pardon me Mr Tyler uh

Richard please when do the kids have

downtime when do they watch movies and

eat ice cream or play board games I know

what you mean and there's no time for

that both Max and L both know that in

order to succeed in life you need to

work hard so yeah that that's true but

you also need to sit back and take a

load

off maybe something to discuss

later perhaps

Richard and the kids usually get up at

0600 sounds like we're in the military

well I guess it is bit of an operation

getting the kids out the door in the

morning wow this is quite the guest

suite and this is your uniform my

uniform yes with the logo it's great

advertising when you're adding about

running errands right do most opas wear

uniforms well I guess not but Richard

asks all employees to wear one he's

proud of the company and here is a

credit card to cover any expenses you

incur while working for Mr Tyler not

sure I got off to the best start with Mr

Tyler don't worry about that he can be a

little prickly at times don't get me

wrong he's a great guy it's just he's

had a tough time since he lost his

wife oh I uh I I'm so sorry I I didn't

didn't realize it was a few years ago

now she was an artist always painting

and being creative with the kids she

doed on them anyways I forgot to say

even though it's Saturday Richard will

be working so if you could get started

right away that would be awesome like

right now

yes

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okay we may have to move the 10:00

they're R late oh hi hi you must be

Courtney oh it's

Celeste was the last one called Courtney

the one

before I'm Julie Richard's girlfriend

and business manager nice to meet you

I'm guessing there's been a few opars

before me I've literally lost count

Julie we should

go piece of advice if you have any

allergies do not tell those

kids Josh is already in the car but his

Ember and mine are both on the fridge if

you need him kids be good for

Celeste good

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luck I wouldn't do that if how are

you hi Max dad doesn't let anyone touch

a scale

models not even

me well thank you for the heads

up I was just looking for you want to

learn some French maybe later but I do

have a school project to need help with

really that sounds fun it's on the patio

all right let's go

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all

right wow you have a pool and a hot

tub is that your project it's amazing

it's for a geography assignment but it's

not finished yet I like to call it the

suus Maximus

nice I just need to add the lava but I

wasn't sure how to do it well I can

definitely help with that how about we

cut up some strips and then glue them on

this glue should work

okay

oh there must be some glue on the

outside wait what gotcha did you do this

on purpose no one ever expects glue to

be on the glue it's so simple okay Max

this isn't funny I totally disagree did

you get her with the glue you bet

you pastry don't mind if I do guys I was

going to make you a nice healthy snap

how about a vegetable

cadilla Max can you go get that please I

like 200% would but I'm eating right

now Lily

can

okay not a

problem I'll be with you in a

second just give me I'm just trying to

Charlie hello

again just thought I'd check in

yeah I'm I'm fine they got you with the

glue I

see this has happened

before many times why don't I give you a

hand

yeah thank you Charlie you're a

lifesaver I don't think they like me

very much oh they don't like any of the

old parents much losing their mom was

really hard on them they're good kids

really yeah all behavior is

communication as they say

mhm now you

know my uh my grandchild act up when

they're bored Mr Tyler doesn't have much

time to take Lily and max out in a

about that's a great idea

Charlie and that's what I do back at the

school where I used to teach if kids

lost interest i' take them outside to

learn good

idea

and there you

go Lily Max Get your

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coats what are we doing here we're

connecting with nature there's nothing

to do of course there

is taking the sounds the atmosphere

around

you feel your

surroundings and let your mind drift

just

relax listen to the

birds the buzzing of the

insects and tune out everything

else Max

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Lily you left me we don't want to

disturb you you seemed like you were

having such a good time I had no idea

where I was you made it back

anyways you convinced Charlie that I had

quit it was only so we could give you a

surprise we made you a welcome

cake wow that's lovely you should have

the First

Slice of

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course okay so good you know I was

worried I put too much curry paste in

the cake you put curry paste in the cake

it's my secret

ingredient you know clean up is so

boring would you mind of course um yeah

I'll I'll get some dinner prep going

while I'm at it

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Max

stop Max I'm

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just hello hello

Renee these kids are evil Celeste

they're torturing me I my hands are red

raw from glue they ditched me at the

park and the kitchen looks like a frat

party and now one of them's hunting me

down with a water pistol but come on it

can't be that bad I'm hiding in a closet

underneath a giant teddy bear they are

testing you and I'm failing okay which

I'm fine with I you know I'm I'm going

to tell Mr Tyler I mean Richard when he

gets back that I'm quitting what's he

like is he hot can we focus here please

okay well you cannot quit it's your

first day you got to hang in there okay

you always say that the easiest way to

connect to kids is through play so you

got to play get down to their level

Fight Fire with Fire or with

water Renee you're a genius I love you

got to

go bye sorry

teddy found this under your bed

hey that's only for pool parties in the

words of John mlan who welcome to the

party

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pal that went well and now that we have

the contractors on board we can press on

definitely we may still get some

objections from the local residents

their objections won't be enough to stop

planning

permission what lovely

Rings maybe we should take a look I was

just going to check in with the opair

she seemed

Sparky I was going to say presumptuous

but let's go with

Sparky hello hi Celeste it's Richard Mr

Tyler hi hi just checking in to see how

everything was

going uh everything's

great great how are the kids um we have

it managed any french yet but we have

been busy we went out for a walk did

some

baking uh finished Max's geography

project and now we're doing some

experiments with

water

fantastic I guess I'll see you later

then

bye no

do you mind if I get dropped off first I

need to get back right away why what did

she

say she said everything was

great

L hey the oar's crazy she's shooting

back at me

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no no Max not in your Father's Office

Max

Max over here

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no oh home

early what happened uh I'm so sorry we

were playing a little game that got SL

slightly out of hand slightly out of

hand you said on the phone everything

was great yeah um yeah to be fair it

really was at that point so the water

experiments were what just you running

around chasing my kids at my house with

with these um well technically we

uh

yes I needed this for a presentation and

it's it's a

disaster do you have any idea how long

it takes to get one of these made

there's no way I have time to get

another one again I'm I'm very very

sorry is there anything else you need to

tell me

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about

no um no just

this you

uh chair in your shirt

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all the way from Paris my grandmother's

secret

recipe cook o with a side of doin nois

potatoes impressive but we usually eat

dinner earlier than this I know but we

had a slight map with the oven Oh what

now nothing I can

handle yeah this looks great now but I

only eat chicken nuggets and cheese

sandwiches can you at least give it a

try though

Max yeah his eating habits have been

challenging the last few years that's

fine um now the oven's still warm I can

throw in some chicken

nuggets so no need to ask how you feel

about the new oar she's a bit of a car

crash really and kind of lazy she didn't

teach us any french our help is practice

for the school fair and look at what she

did to your model I mean you got to fire

her for that

one

quitting done I'm

quitting keep cool stay

calm I'll ask Josh to advertise the job

but she stays until we find someone

else the chicken I get won't beong what

do you say Max thank

you I hope you don't mind but I've

replanned the kids schedules to factor

in some down time without dropping any

of their classes of course I just

thought if you condense some of their

lessons so they can get a couple of days

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off no

good just you've been here 5 minutes and

you're already replanning our schedule I

believe the kids will take in much more

more from their lessons if they have

time for some RNR and this new schedule

will help them to do that oh

I is it awful

dad oh my goodness it's it's the best

chicken I've ever

tasted it's incredible kids you got to

try it I'll stick with the Nuggets I

mean I've had Coke of then but this what

is in that I told you it's my

grandmother's secret recipe

look I thought we could try the schedule

for 2 weeks as a trial and see what you

think fine but if we don't see a

difference then we go back to the way it

was absolutely

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what happened to the scale model don't

ask I think about a

day when I feel I lost my

way the day it changed my

life but I was wondering if you could

advertise for another opare in French

tutor already I know that they don't

last s but this has to be a record well

I haven't fired her yet but let's just

say I don't see it working out you and

me nothing else I

see get those to the lawyers I'll meet

you in the office in about an

hour you hear music is that

Celeste this is what they call love

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Lily Max breakfast

ready kids I'm leaving

have a look at

you bye dad I love you have a good day

max bye dad I love

you li

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I he you best hurry get to school I'll

see you

later um here you go guys let's go

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wow those trees are beautiful lovely

shade of

V mhm that's French for

green and that boy's jacket over there

is that means red yes it

does hey Max I uh I heard you saying

goodbye to your father this morning

you're really good at expressing your

emotions am I yeah and it's a wonderful

skill to be able to say how you feel

yeah but Dad doesn't say it back he

hasn't since mom

died well you know some people find it

hard to say how they feel and that's

okay I'm sure your dad loves you very

much okay have a good

day you know he might think you're Marry

Poppins but I don't buy it for a

second I'm not trying to be anyone

Lily like I know you don't want me here

and for the record that's fine with me

because I don't plan on staying then why

did you take the job because I need it

right now but this is not part of my

career plan it's a stop Gap until I get

back on

track well I guess we both want the same

things

then I guess we

do groceries dry

cleaners ballet shoes all right

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oh sorry uh I didn't realize you were

home um you said you were going into the

office I did I did say that and I did

and I came I came back I was just uh

going to pick up the kids ah justess Dr

like that errands excuse me I uh I just

I did all my errands so I thought I

deserved a

break your uh dry cleaning is in your

wardrobe L's ballet shoes on her bed and

uh the freezer has enough chicken

nuggets to feed all of Manhattan and

you've had enough time to update your

social media about how busy youve been

what how do you know about that cuz I

started following you wait you're on

social media yeah yeah I'm on social

media what am I a dinosaur no I'm just

I'm just surprised because you don't

like um photos of you being out there oh

so you've been doing some reading up on

me you know it was it was merely

research for the job mhm oh I uh hope

you don't believe everything you read

and for the record you can take a break

whenever you want thank you I appreciate

that

yeah perhaps not the the big pompus jerk

you've read about online after all

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perhaps uh-huh okay

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so the Interiors have to be premium

standard

no

tpd TBD is all about the quality not the

quantity

uhhuh well then tell

them

uh Josh I'm going to have to call you

back um was that a

cufflink yeah the birthday gift from the

kids oh my God I'm so sorry I'm going to

get it out of the B now hang on hang

on you've changed your uniform oh uh I

hope you don't mind but I gave it a

little makeover don't worry still got

the logo for

advertising

yay I'll get the cink

everything okay

yep can I get you anything nope

okay hey where are all my Mac macarons

huh I made a whole batch of chocolate

ones this morning I was saving some for

Charlie right in that

jar huh H I guess the uh I guess the

kids ate them all

kids I'll have a talk with them later

tell them it's not good to eat them all

at once like that

mhm well I better get back to

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work

Celeste

Celeste

um oh my goodness I'm so sorry let me I

I'll get you something right right

now are you sure you're okay I was about

to come clean and apologize for eating

all the macarons what do you put in them

anyway they're addictive they're my

grandmother's secret recipe I thought

you might say that I'm really sorry

about your ey I I don't mean to be so

jumpy it's just I mean it's your fault

really it's my fault how you figure that

well you make me so nervous me

well yeah but you seem

so Breezy Breezy you know what I mean

like laidback confident I I don't get

how it make you nervous I want you to

think I'm a good teacher I mean um o

oare truth is I um I didn't pass my

probation year as a teacher I failed big

time and I always thought I'd be this

great educator

could make a real difference change the

world a little

bit big aspirations nothing wrong with

those and you are a success here with

us is that why you advertise my

job yeah sorry I had Josh do that back

when you first started I wasn't sure it

was going to work

out the truth is that you've lasted

longer than any other opair we've had

and I have to admit your activity

schedule is working out for us as well

if there's one thing I know for sure is

that when kids get overwhelmed they they

shut off is that the is that the voice

of

experience I struggled at school um

teachers wrote me off as a Daydreamer

that wouldn't amount to very

much I didn't want any other kid to feel

the way I did so that's why I got into

teaching it sounds like a good reason

no one should ever limit a kid right

tell them they're incapable because I

mean really they can do anything set

their minds to yeah I couldn't agree

more

well I better get back in the office

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hey slust yeah u a t

guitar excuse me it French for your

guitar I looked it up yes I know what it

means I'm just I'm surprised you know it

in French is

all my my guitar is in my

room I saw it when you moved in do you

play I

do that's really

cool do you want to learn some guitar

math oh hey Lily want to join us for

some French ew no I'd rather eat an

entire curry paste cake than sit here

and say oo laa with you

guys I'll take that as a firm not Max a

word what are you doing I was doing some

French and we're not supposed to like

her remember yeah but I really want on

guitar and her macars are so good and

she's actually kind of

nice traitor she's different from the

other ones maybe you should give her a

break hey Dad guess what it's this going

to teach me sorry Max I just need to

make a very important call but tell me

later

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okay oh my

couldn't help but notice your uniform

Celeste interesting changes you've made

thank you so what French delicacy do we

have tonight as long as it's not Frog's

legs well with all the Fage that's

cheese by the way in the fridge I

figured I'd put it to good use and make

a fi sule but of course chicken nuggets

are

Max celest this looks

great such a shame that the scale model

model of our project can't be redone in

time I'm I'm so sorry about that again

the whole thing is just

ruined what's the French word for that

one Mr Tyler um Richard I uh I was

meaning to ask would you have any free

time this weekend not sure yet why I was

planning some outdoor activities for the

kids and um I thought they might like it

if you could join oh I got a pretty

hectic schedule yeah it'd be awesome if

you came we love for you to be there Dad

yeah oh well uh yeah let's do it Julie

what do you say you want to come out me

sweetheart designer clothes and outdoor

activities do not

mix oh oh go no no no no no no no good

job Max

stop go back you missed a beat no I'm

not falling

for what come here come here I'm going

to give you some foods to taste and you

have to guess what they are oh wow it's

actually kind of okay it's some kind of

cheese I mean for M very good Max and

breadcrumbs maybe mhm taste um potato

too hey Lily in French please leom maybe

maybe that's something else we can eat

for dinner totally what did I tell you

about learning through play it works in

so many ways you like to celebrate your

French

heritage no it's I mean it in the best

way it's great to see I guess that's

just how my grandmother brought me up

she used to bring me to Paris every

summer stay with her family and food was

always a big part of us all getting

together so it shows in your cooking

skills what happened to your parents if

you don't mind me asking no it's fine um

they both passed away when I was pretty

young sorry I must have been so hard

yeah it was but um I was lucky to have

my

grandparents my grandmother moved from

Paris to the states after meeting my

grandfather on vacation oh love it first

sight huh mhm so she claims she knew he

was the one as soon as he said that the

name of the place he lived was French

for Rocky port

she used to say that's what being in

love was

like sometimes it could be

bumpy but it's always a safe

harbor she sounds like a wise woman you

know back home there's a park like this

but not as big and it's just my favorite

place to be in the whole world I used to

run there straight after a hard day at

school just play for hours till my

grandmother yelled dinner time the joys

of being a kid yeah it's kind of magical

you know just shutting off and getting

lost in what's around

you Dad AA just texted me saying this

place has literally the best gelato

she's ever tasted so can we please go

have some well if it's literally the

best did you see that that museum that

we passed on the way here yeah it was

huge it's not a piece of land I'm trying

to purchase right now what all happen to

the

museum we'll tear it down put up a

premium high-rise

condo was such a gorgeous building it

really is but it's no longer in

use if I don't buy it someone else

will is there ever anything worth saving

on the Landy by

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hey Julie everything

okay we're at the park I'm away from the

office room

Max Max Max be careful Josh Josh knows

the project he can uh facilitate that

hey hang on Max

buddy let's go Rockstar move away from

the edge okay come on come on I got to

go oh oh no no

my

phone I dropped my phone I got it

Richard be careful I I got

it I got

it you think it's funny do you okay

laugh it up please help me out of here

I'm sorry is it fa that we're the only

ones enjoying the water here no you're

absolutely right I think this should be

shared everybody's getting

wet

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okay hey Celeste got any more

gelato yeah Celeste where you hiding all

that

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Jal hey hey um the kids are just drawing

up ah thanks again for arranging such a

great day my pleasure and feel free to

run with any other ideas you might have

for the kids really really

okay

uh for what it's

worth I think that school made a

terrible mistake letting you

go

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thanks what are you doing behind in

there hey that's mine I'm sorry it was

on the floor

I I guess I didn't hide it well

enough it's

beautiful is that your mom by any

chance you're very very talented Lily

it's just a dumb drawing don't say that

I think it's

wonderful are you going to tell my dad

about

this would you want me not

to you know being artistic is something

to be

celebrated we should show him I think

he'd love it no he

wouldn't because does want to be

reminded of

her

wow that's because he's

hurting not because he doesn't want to

remember yeah well Dad thinks her is a

waste of time are you sure about

that that's what he said when I asked

him to join a

class he's too busy with his business

and

Julie to even hear what I had to

say I should get

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ready good morning

hey what do you think of Josh's uniform

the last made some changes to but sweet

isn't

it hi guys was just showing Richard my

new and improved uniform a it's nothing

Max Lily can you come through here for a

sec please what's going on I am sort of

unveiling a bit of a surprise she won't

tell us what it is if this is more

French food it's the biggest

disappointment ever I I promise it's

not okay so uh a few days ago Richard

very kindly told me to run with any

ideas I might have so I would like to

present a little space for Max and Lily

to be creative starting

with a craft Corner a games Den ho cool

and an art

station what do you guys

think

well I love it

it's okay I guess it's

awesome Josh we should check emails make

sure there's nothing

urgent something

wrong I'm not sure Richard likes my

creation

stations well he thrives on organization

and structure he struggles with chaos of

any kind

chaos this is inspiring creativity and

relaxation or some might say it's

turning a house into a

playground okay see you later we're

heading out kids see you Dad love you

love you

Dad remember you can be anything you set

your mind

to Josh get break

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again what are you

doing oh my goodness I uh I thought you

were out oh wow time literally got away

from

me right you must be wondering why I'm

in your office

messing around with model development

again I promise it's with the best of

intentions it's it's not totally

finished yet and I know it's not perfect

but it's better right you can't even

tell where it was broken how'd you do

this remember the craft and art

stations no way I I can show you if you

like I you'd never know I mean you've

done such a good job repairing it I mean

it's not done but two pairs of hands

would be quicker than one if you're game

yeah I'm

game you paint that

sofa

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sofa you you got some paint on your face

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hey only me oh Julie

hi Celeste was just showing me how to do

some of the repairs on the model that's

great are you ready for our meeting with

the senator oh shoot I totally forgot

about it um yeah

thank you of

course when you want to say I love you

in French you

say okay so for A Minor remember index

finger on the first front

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Josh said your mom was an artist yeah

she was always painting her drawing must

be where you get your talent

from I miss her a

lot yeah I uh I hear you on that

one I lost my parents when I was around

your

age both of them

all in the space of 6 months I'm so

sorry me and my

mom we had a fight the day she

died I wanted to go to the mall after

school

but she said no because we had to take

Max to his karate

class

l no matter what you said in that fight

I promise you your mom knew you didn't

mean

it come

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here thank

you the senator emailed yesterday to say

that you and I made a great team a drink

to

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that it's not surprising really I mean

we've been together for a while

now a lot of my friends keep wondering

why we haven't tied the knot

yet oh uh well I

uh oh everything's been so busy with the

kids and the

business there's nothing stopping us

right

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now Renee

what are you doing here well I thought

you could use some support after that

phone call things are much better now

I'm glad to hear it you had me worried

what's with the screaming oh I'm sorry

my best friend in the whole wide world

this year Lily Max meet Renee hey nice

jacket want to play a game wow thank you

for the compliment you can borrow it

sometime and yes I'll definitely play a

game and probably beat you who's

screaming that would be us Richard uh

meet my best friend Renee oh nice to

meet you you as well and what a

beautiful family you have here thank you

very much I'm just in the middle of a

call but please stay for dinner

okay let's show her around come

on yeah happy you're here okay tell me

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everything yes oh come

on hey how how is it that every time

someone else takes one doesn't even

wobble but as soon as I touch one it

starts to topple over I stop being a

chicken I just pick one that fighting

words that is yeah Dad um I don't mean

to rub it in but you haven't won a

single game yet yet yet and what is this

you're picking on me I'm getting picked

on it's like baseball in the pond all

over again this is what I have to put up

with Renee well they're not wrong move

it Dad what this is impossible

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and you call yourself a I blame you for

this this is on you for distracting

me remember when you didn't even want to

take this job you actually get paid to

play games I have to admit it's grown on

me look at where you get to live you

know it's

breathtaking and I mean New York City is

pretty fabulous

too listen sols there was something that

I wanted to tell you before I leave mhm

so you remember my cousin Carla who's

the principal teacher at cornfield

Elementary in St Louis mhm well I hadn't

seen her in years but I was at my aunt's

birthday party and we got to chatting

she said that cornfield is really trying

to focus on education through play for

first and second graders really that's

amazing so I told her all about you and

she loves your

approach she said that you could retake

your probation year with them and

hopefully join their staff are you

serious it's your second chance with

like-minded

teachers Renee that's amazing thank you

so much hor Cheers

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Cheers so Carla said that you can just

drop her an email whenever you're ready

to leave

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here you still want to go back to

teaching right

of

course

definitely thank you for driving her to

the airport no trouble at all sure you

can't stay any longer I wish but we're

calls it was so good to see you it was

so nice having you here and please tell

Clara I'll be in touch it'll be great to

have you home and maybe before you leave

you can figure out how to tell Richard

how you really feel about

him what are you talking

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about I don't have feelings for

Richard I beg to

differ see you

soon she's she's wrong right Charlie

sence are you all right is she's

completely and utterly got this whole

thing wrong I didn't hear what she I

don't have feelings Mr Tyler I mean

Richard I uh he he's my boss okay and

and and sure we're friends and

colleagues and we get along well and do

you want me to get you some water he's

not part of my plan Charlie this is not

part of my plan

Celeste one thing I've learned is life

rarely ever goes to plan but

sometimes gives you exactly what what

you

need hey Julie it's me call me when you

get this V

bye hey

hey celesa have I done something to

offend you of course

not because you seem a bit out of sorts

do I yeah

oh did C and Renee make you

homesick yes that that's it I'm I'm

feeling homesick it's totally

understandable hey only me hi hey it's

Julie remember Julie I hate to be the

bearer of bad news but I'm sorry Richard

there's been a protest about our

proposed construction site now we did

expect it

well you know I love a challenge but I

think you'll have more success than I

will with the mayor in the town hall

seeing as you know most of them you

don't mind sorting this one do you no

not at all I'll pack a bag and be on my

way out there uh maybe it would be good

timing to share our wonderful news

before you

go yeah

so uh Julie and I have something we

would like to tell

you uh well we have we're getting

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married well that is a surprise um wow

that's that's amazing congratulations

thank you

Celeste congratulations Dad thanks

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congrats so um when when's a big day oh

we haven't said a day it's just some

sometimes well who doesn't love a June

wedding June it's only in a couple of

months I'm sure we can hire a wedding

planner who can get everything into

place for then although we might

struggle to book the Plaza on this

notice

yeah well um that's that's really great

um

um excuse me I I should start preparing

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dinner is everything okay

sir yeah yeah fine Charlie sorry thank

you let me guess Celeste oh yeah isn't

she something

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you look like you need

it long day must be a tiring

job it is but I love it an opair though

can take you all over the world to

different places I

suppose yes but um I've done my fair

share of traveling when I was younger

that's a sh shame I thought maybe we

could find you a nice family in

Scandinavia or maybe the UK is your next

job my next

job well once Richard and I get married

and I live here your services won't be

required you must have realized that

surely I

um I I hadn't really thought it through

to be

honest so you're you're going to run the

kids around

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oh no they'll be going to boarding

school boarding

school theel last I'd be a terrible

stepmother to them that's not fair to

them and besides look at their behavior

don't get me wrong they haven't done

much to me Richard wouldn't have it but

they have tormented every poor opair

they've ever had boarding school would

set them straight they're good

kids they've been grieving and and that

comes out in all types of ways but I

found them a very nice boarding school

not too far from here in fact their

uniforms were supposed to arrive

yesterday I should chase that

up hey

Celeste want to read the last chapter

together sure

buddy of course

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hello Celeste it's me oh sorry I haven't

had a chance to email CLA yet but I'll

do it today no no it's okay I'm not

calling about the

job they're demolishing Lal Park what

since when I just found out today but

they can't do that yeah the mayor sold

the land and they're turning into luxury

high-rise apartments no way there's

people protesting but I really don't

think it'll make a

difference we have to do something

that's not

all the developer who bought the land

it's

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Richard

hello I'm

I'm home don't come all rushing at

once hey hey where is everybody kids are

doing their homework

ah how is the protest well I had a

meeting at Town Hall trying to appease

any

concerns did it work locals are upset

but the mayor's agreed the deal so yeah

maybe they're upset because the park

means something to

them how did you you know it was a

park because it's my Park Richard the

one I told you about SOA had no idea I

didn't know where you were from I told

you the name meant Rocky Port

rosport so Le I never put it together

okay Mrs Dupont I mean you knew I came

from La Chappelle no I told her and a

lot of other people that I was looking

for an opair when the applications came

in Josh took over I I ever sto to think

about it

can't tear it

down Celeste it's a multi-million dollar

deal I can't just walk away from it

because you used to hang out

there that place was my safety net but

my Sanctuary it's my childhood I don't

know what else to say I mean it's just

business

right what about sending the kids to

boarding

school is that just business to hold on

a second Julie told me I haven't made a

decision yet but that is the best

education money can buy they finally

manage to settle move past their grief

and you're going to ship them off and

disrupt them all over again I have

worked my tail off for every opportunity

I've ever had so that I can open doors

for them they need your love and

attention more than anything else in

this world and they have it but do

they because they tell you every day how

much they love you and you never say it

back cuz I can't say it to them why

not because

it's it's the last thing I ever said to

Annabelle I understand how that

would bring special meaning to those

words but they need to hear it from you

you mean everything to

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them who do you think you are huh trying

to control my family my business i' I've

just I've been trying to help you

overstepped Your Mark just as you did as

a

teacher you are our

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opair nothing

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more see as I won't be that that for

much longer I

um I guess I should take the opportunity

it was offered back home

what at school that likes the way I

teach wants to meet with me oh so you

you still were looking for a job no I

wasn't they they came to me right well I

guess you'd be crazy to pass it up

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you know I never lik Julie as soon as my

dad introduced us to her I hated her she

just wants us out of here guys don't

talk like that it's not kind but she's

not being kind to us or to

you

listen your dad and Julie are going to

do what they think is

best but how can that be possible

sending us

away it's complicated you know and your

dad wants to give you guys the things he

didn't

have now you two have a big day tomorrow

at the school Fair H I'm going to suck

maybe I should just do what I first

planned absolutely

not you two are going to rock okay

cuz no matter what anyone else says you

can achieve anything we set our minds

to

nice high

vies who made you

something Lily drew the picture and I

made the frame at the craft

station this is

beautiful I'm going to cherish this

forever

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sorry to see you go Celeste best old

pair lilan Max ever had thank

you look after them for me yes ma'am

Richard too

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what are the kids performing again Max

is doing a karate routine and Lily is

performing some ballet they've been

working very hard over the last couple

of weeks next please welcome budding

musician Max Tyler to the

stage this is a little song I wrote I

hope you like

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it I didn't know Max could play neither

did

I you're looking in you're looking down

trying you hide from all the world

around

wondering deep in your heart you know

you can you just don't know how you're

really

trying maybe it's time to let it

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go time to find your

voice just believe in your

heart Who You Are

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buddy where did that come from and when

is Lily on I'm not you're not going to

do the talent show I've actually entered

a different

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contest what do you

think it's

amazing how did you learn to paint like

this mom of

course Celeste told me that I should

enter it she taught me guitar too did

she

now I am so proud of you both and not

just for being super

talented but for putting yourselves out

there following your

hearts I love you

Dad love you Dad

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I I love you

too I love you

too I love

you it's time to announce the winner of

today's Art

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Exhibit Lily Tyler well

done first

place we're so sorry to see you leave

next year

excuse me when she moves to her new

school I'm sorry I thought I was doing

what you wanted we had a discussion

about it Julie no decisions were made

who said that it might be best for them

and then you were going on about how the

business needs to expand and that you

weren't sure how you were going to do

that with the kids so I thought it was a

priority I was just thinking out

loud it was just a conversation I can't

believe you made a decision like this

especially about my kids so you don't

want them to go to boarding school I

never said I definitely did I can't

believe you told the school they were

leaving okay I got it wrong it was a

mistake and I'm sorry I didn't mean to

upset anyone Dad hey buddy I'll be right

there

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hey hey thank you can I get you anything

else no just being with me is

good oh so Carla told me that she got

your email I'm meeting with her next

week great

yeah don't sound too

Overjoyed I'm sorry it's

just you know before going to New York I

thought I knew everything about what

kids need to

thrive encouragement creative freedom

and someone to believe in

them so what's missing

stability that that feeling of secure

your

attachment what are you saying do you

not want the job with Carla anymore no I

I do I do and I'm just saying maybe

following a curriculum isn't that bad

you know obviously I do it my way

but it would give that

stability I guess I didn't know as much

as I thought I did

not to kick you while you're down but

the bulldozers are due at the park in a

few

days sorry

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the mayor sent across the final version

of the contract our lawyers have

approved it so all you have to do is

sign and the land is ours

what's

wrong it's Celeste isn't

it I'm

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sorry Julie

I on paper

you and I are a matchmate in

heaven and in business we're the

best but as a couple hasn't been as easy

as it should be

right

right moio construction offered me a job

last week you don't have to leave the

company it would be too hard to

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stay they're headquartered in

France yes but

sweetheart designer clothing and

Paris definitely do

mix so she's giving a month's notice a

joer she didn't have to but seeing as

she's the professional she is she wanted

the next person to take the position to

be up to speed on a number of projects

that's fair I think that next person

should be you me you got a MERS in

business management I I do but I you've

been shadowing me for 2 years I can't

think of anyone more deserving I don't

know what to say thank you Richard first

order of business we have to talk about

the lelle park

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deal hey Max why don't you playing me

that song again from the fair huh no I'm

good Lily you want to do some painting

together

no offense dad but I'm not really in the

mood look guys I know you miss Celeste

but we can't just mope around like this

and for the record I did not ask her to

leave it was her choice yeah because you

said you were sending us to boarding

school demolishing her park and supposed

to be getting married to

Julie

yeah but Lily

Celeste Celeste didn't have feelings for

me

of course she did Dad I'm 10 and even I

knew

that okay but even if she did at one

point it's too late what are you talking

about you need to tell her that you

broke up a Julie and you're totally on

the market on the

market we had a fight it was a big one

yeah um we heard you were listening

Dad I'm just going to burst a bubble

here we're always

listening then you know that I said some

things I shouldn't

have so make it right I

can't I'm not good at using my words yes

and expressing my emotions

exactly but Dad you can do anything you

sh your mind to

I can't believe you didn't bring one I'm

sorry I forgot but I mean no sign of any

bulldozers yet anyway they won't know

what they're in for when we chain

ourselves to the

Seesaw we're not actually going to do

that are we we'll do whatever it takes

yeah you know that you can get arrested

for doing that it's okay Jane fond made

it

acceptable no way we we're not going to

get arrested okay no no no not that you

know how we always talk about those key

moments in life that could change

everything yeah you're about to have one

of

those

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SCE what are you guys doing here dad's

back there he's a bit slower than us

guess what I won first prize of the fair

that's amazing and I totally rocked it

on stage that's wonderful and dad broke

up with

Julie

oh so this is kind of

nice you

think Dad you got this speak from the

heart

dude I love you guys hey why don't I

show you guys the swings

H take a

walk sor

okay I've got some good news and bad

news it's the bad news that you need an

inhaler that Hill is a lot steeper than

it

looks okay um let's start with the bad

news I made the deal and bought the

land the mayor was going to sell it to

someone and um the good news I'm going

to keep it exactly the way it is

some things are worth

saving are you serious I've just seen

how well the kids did at the fair I

realized you deserve a

bonus how does a park

sound I mean that's a pretty big bonus

well I owe you an even bigger

apology I'm sorry Celeste for everything

I said I didn't mean any of

it I was

scared what

falling for

you your grandma is right love can be

bumpy but it can be a safe harbor to

come home

to and you've become our Safe

Harbor and I want you to come

home to New

York i' love

that you know I've also been working on

my French along with the kids have you I

have

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how

this

chm chm

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oh

oh oh

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