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JADE A month into the job, I was ready to pull my hair out of my head. Not only was Aaron a pain in my ass, and we clashed all the time, but I also struggled to juggle my work at Hannah’s with the au pair job. I’d told Hannah I had difficulty staying focused in the office and asked her if I could leave at lunch every day to keep working from home. She’d been sympathetic with me––she knew how much I struggled, and maybe she hoped it would make things easier for us if she gave me what I needed. I didn’t tell her that I wouldn’t be working from my home, but Aaron’s. I didn’t tell her I wasn’t only trying to get away from the distractions. I was trying to fix my mistake. I was relieved she’d allowed it. It was still tough to do it, and I worked hard to keep my head above water, but after a month, I still had my job, and neither Hannah nor Aaron suspected anything weird was going on. I wasn’t in the office all the time, but I’d never done so much work before. When it came to my turnaround,