Maxwell opens the other message he got and frowns slightly at it, trying to understand the language it is in, seeing it isn't in English, so he deletes it immediately. He then opens the other message.
Dear mister Lewis,
My name is Mateo and I'm from Spain. I've always loved working with kids and have been helping at the shelters in my country that shelters little children. I love doing the work there, but I want something different. I want to be able to explore other parts of the world and be able to work with kids over there. I hope I qualify for you to work with your kids.
Kind regards,
Mateo Herrera.
Maxwell isn't sure what to think about this guy, he seems very good hearted with working at the shelter in his country but working at a shelter or as a nanny is totally different and what if he only wants to come to England for other reasons. Maxwell just wants the best for his kids, and he won't make any choices if he isn't sure about anything, so he decided to open the other mail.
Hello mister Lewis,
I'm Hyunshik and I'm 26 years old. I've traveled the world as an au pair for more than 5 years already by now. I've been in different countries in Europe. The last family I stayed at I worked at for more than a year. This was in America. I am highly skilled in the English language and I'm able to help the kids with their education. I've had experience in a lot of age ranges
I know how to make healthy meals; I've learned that at all my previous jobs as au pair. Which means I don't have any problems making dinner for the family. I'm familiar with different kind of cuisines. I don't mind doing any housework during the day when the kids are at school or sleeping.
I'm also not interested to plan a new personal life during the working times, which means I won't be planning any of my personal meetings during the weekdays, aside from medical appointments.
I hope I've told enough about myself. If you have any more questions than you can ask me them.
Sincerely yours,
Hyunshik Lee.
Maxwell is impressed by the male his working experience, the only thing that he doesn't feel comfortable with is the age of the male. This is mainly because Maxwell is 29 so he is only a few years older than the male and he doesn't think that will be very comfortable. But so far this person seems to be the most qualified candidate, then again Maxwell doesn't want to hurry the whole process, but it wouldn't harm to send out a reply to the male.
So, Maxwell hits the reply button, staring at his screen thinking about what he should reply to the male, before he starts typing.
Hello Hyunshik,
I'm glad you've sent me a message regarding the au pair spot I've open. I'd like some more information about you if you don't mind, and maybe some reference from your old employees. Only if they are okay with it too of course.
I also would like to know how long you'd like to stay as au pair in the United Kingdom as I'd like to have someone who's willing to stay around the 2 years because I think that's the best for my boys.
Well that was it for now.
Kind regards,
Maxwell Lewis.
Once Maxwell hit sent, he starts browsing the site to read some of the experience some people have had with the site and the people they've hired. After a while Maxwell opens a new tab and starts just browsing the internet. After a while he looks at his watch and sees it's only 8:30 P.M., but he is already tired. Yet he doesn't want to sleep now because he knows he'll be up during the night and having a hard time falling back asleep then. So, he gets up, making his way to Zachary his room first, checking if the boys are still asleep.
Maxwell opens the door and peeks his head inside, he sees they are both steady asleep, so he silently closes the door again before making his way downstairs to kill some of the time there.
Maxwell grabs some cookies from the kitchen before he walks towards the living room, where he lets himself fall on the sofa turning on the TV and flipping through the channels. He settles with a movie that has just started playing.
Maxwell absentmindedly stares at the screen while eating the cookies he has grabbed, letting himself get lost in his own thoughts. Wondering what went wrong between Kate and him and their relationship.
The relationship looked good, Maxwell isn't a workaholic and he always made time for Kate and the boys. In the eight year they have been together Maxwell did a lot to keep Kate happy but also the boys. He did everything he could for her during their time together. Maybe he has worked a lot before their wedding but that was to finance the wedding she wanted.
It's hard to imagine that eight years could be easily thrown down the drain, but Kate didn't seem to care about it all.
He wonders if he will ever find love again, maybe not with a woman anymore since they don't interest him that much anymore. What he felt for Kate he has never felt for another women, or men to be honest. Even though he had his fair share of relationships with both male a female before he got together with Kate. He still can't find any reason as why she had to be disloyal to him while he had always been loyal to her.
After the breakup Maxwell have been set up on blind date by his mother, friends and even some of his co-workers. He always came with the excuse that he was busy and couldn't find dates thus being set up by people around him on a blind date. A few of them seemed nice; but he couldn't connect with them on a second date.
He is happy his best friend Emma hasn't tried to set him up on any dates, even thought she would know what type he would like the best, but she promised not to do that. Because she wants him to have his own choice in whom he goes on a date with, plus she knows he'd like to take his time with it.
Poking around in his love life hasn't helped that much so far, even though he does always accept those blind dates he has been set up with, because who knows he thinks. Maybe he could find his new love through one of those blind dates that are set up by other people.
And who knows maybe he won't find any true love anymore and he won't even mind that much because then he can give all his love and attention to Zachary and Darryl.
After what appears to be way too long, he can finally shake the thoughts out of his mind and focus on the movie that he was watching, which is already halfway through. He groans and turns the TV off, not even bothered to try and understand what the movie was about since he already missed so much of it.
"Might as well go to bed." He murmurs to himself.
Even though it's quite early Maxwell gets off the couch and goes upstairs to sleep. This way he at least will be waking up early to have some more time with Zachary and Darryl in the morning before going to work.
In the morning Maxwell is awoken by his phone that starts ringing. He grunts and tries to find it, a small thud on the floor indicates that his phone has fell on the ground. Maxwell gets out of bed slightly and grabs his phone, turning of his alarm clock. While doing so he notices he got an email from the au pair website. Maxwell decides to lay back in bed before opening the mail, scanning his eyes over the mail it says he got another message from another person. So he opens the page on his phone and logs in. within seconds the message page is loaded and he opens the new message he got.
Dear mister Lewis,
I'm Boyd Davis. I'm from Montreal, Canada and I'm 18 years old. This is the first time I'm doing this, so it's slightly awkward for me. Anyway, I saw you're looking for an au pair and I wonder if the spot is still available.
I'm taking a break from college right now; this is because I don't really know what I'd love to do, and I thought it would be nice to be in a different environment. This way I can learn about the real world. Who knows even maybe enrol in college abroad once my time as au pair has ended?
Don't worry though I do have my sheer knowledge about taking care of kids, as I have younger siblings and I've taken care of them for ages already, because my parents have a fully packaged schedule. Thanks to that I also have knowledge about cooking and cleaning.
Unlike any other boys of my age I'm luckily not into the party scene or any other scene which would keep me distracted from working with your kids.
I'm very interested in hearing more from you mister Lewis, as I'm interested in working for you. I think it's actually a great thing that I can help someone out with his job in a way like this.
Yours sincerely,
Boyd Davis.
Maxwell reads over the message again, compared to the messages he has gotten last night this kid seems to be more sincere than that Jason guy that mailed him. Maxwell may even prefer this Boyd guy over the Hyunshik guy. He doesn't know for sure yet thought. So he decides to take contact with them both to make a choice that will fit him and his boys. Maybe neither of them is fitting and in the end it's all about Darryl and Zachary ad the two of them should be able to make a choice too.
Maxwell hits the reply button and starts writing his reply.
Hello Boyd.
Thanks for the message about you taking interest in the job. The position has yet to be filled, and your message seems to be very sincere. I like that a lot, sincerity can bring you a lot but that's not the point here.
I'd like to have some extra information about you, and if you don't mind maybe a reference from either your parents or maybe if you've worked for someone else as a nanny. This is of course of neither of those people disagree to do that for you.
There is some other person that's also interested in this position, so I'd like to get the know you guys to make my decision easier. This is also one of the reasons why I'd like a reference from you.
From that point on we will be able to discuss all the other things.
Kind regards,
Maxwell Lewis.
After sending the message he decides that he can stay a bit longer in bed before getting ready for his work. Which he dreads today because of Kate is coming over for the boys today.
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