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nanny 60 yrs old. Alec/Isabel going meet her family. 1 yr later Isabel/Diane/Christy studio has dance showcase. Kids dance 1st & then Isabel, Diane & Christy. Alec ask Isabel move in. HEA

He talk about age gap, Connie ask if he’s asked what Isabel thinks, Connie tell him listen to what she saying & believe it. Connie tell him she got job offer to dance for Seattle ballet. His stomach drops. Isabel/her friend Diane find dance studio. He tell her he love her, he’s known for weeks. She love him too. 2 weeks later they talk about future. Officially boyfriend/girlfriend. Isabel not nanny anymore, new

Nice spend time w/family. She talk w/couple other retired ballet dancers, want open own dance studio but dancing for fun & fitness. Meet Connie to talk, she not mad at isabel b w/Alec. She surprised. Isabel say if Alec can’t guarantee everything is perfect, she won’t b hurt or die then it’s not worth it to him. Get call from Seattle ballet company. Alec apologize to Connie for way she found out about him/Isabel

Alec tell her she b sacrificing to b w/him. He know she’s his for now. She don’t want b stepmom at 25, he don’t want everybody talk behind her back think she gold diggers. He think he love w/her but can’t stand see her hurt & age difference will hurt her. She willing take chance of getting hurt but obviously he not, too worry about people’s perception. So he’s ending it now? She spend Thanksgiving w/fam

talk, dad say he screw nanny, she gold digger, Alec is easy target for gold diggers. Fine sleep w/nanny but she not wife material like mom or Victoria was. Isabel can’t listen anymore, don’t want b where she not wanted. Alec tell dad never say any of that to her, she one hardest workers he knows, if he knew her he’d know that. Tell dad he’s not get seat back on board at Contron. Go home, have cake for Alec.

Connie wait for apology for him not going to wedding party, she spends all her time on Contron, dad expects kids do as he says. Nate explain Isabel Connie’s best friend. Dad about to speak but Alec tell him not say word, Alec/Dad can discuss it later. Willa say Isabel is Alec’s girlfriend & really nice. Nate laughs, Alec look at dad & say later. Nate show kids part house while Isabel go bathroom, hear Alec/dad

Isabel say sorry they saw. He feel bad questions overwhelming for her. She upset he didn’t answer if they’re boyfriend/girlfriend, she know they haven’t had talk but still hurt. Day b4 Thanksgiving, Alec’s bday. Go to Alec’s dad’s house, Nate there too. Dinner dad ask why Connie not there, dad not kind talk behind Connie back. Isabel there as “nanny” just help kids if need it. Isabel angry, say maybe

w/knife rob them. Alec terrified, Victoria died suddenly, she alive one minute & gone the next. He won’t b able handle it if loses Isabel too but he can’t let her go. Isabel tell Elena about her/Alec. Elena say he’s a lot older. Go to police station to report robbery. Alec/Isabel kiss & Willa/Sam see, ask if she marry dad, if she gonna b new mommy, if dad still love mom, if they’re boyfriend/girlfriend.

Alec/Victoria met thru friend, dated 3 yrs, she funny, supportive, kept social schedule. He misses her on behalf of kids, they didn’t get time w/her. He miss her too. Isabel became his happiness. Isabel at Elena’s comedy show again. It’s late, she call from passersby phone, she/sister were robbed, took keys, wallets, phones. Alec get Katya watch kids, he go pick them up. They walking to subway when 3 teenagers

Connie talk to Alec, tell him not hurt Isabel, she need job. Connie suggest Isabel for job cuz thought trust Alec. She tell him Victoria would want him move on. Connie freaked out at Isabel/Alec. Isabel downplayed relationship, say wasn’t serious to Connie,couldn’t tell her she in love w/Alec but he don’t feel same. He/Isabel talk, he can’t walk away from her. She want b w/him. He tell her about Victoria.

later.

She say if he don’t want her flirt w/others, make her his. He kiss her, tell her not just sex w/them, he want more. They kissing when Connie walk in on them, leaves slam door. Gabriel say Connie don’t want talk w/Alec now, Isabel go talk w/her. Gabriel tell Alec didn’t see this coming, him w/her best friend but then Gabriel/Connie were surprise too. He tell Alec not to think about it too hard, he’ll get it

kids w/, have sex w/ & he hate the guy. Isabel
tell him she was describing him. He say she has whole life ahead of her, he already had kids. She ask they just have sex. He want so much more but agree w/her. At poker night, Connie introduce her to Gabriel’s friend. He’s nice, interested but she feel nothing. She go to bathroom, Alec follow her, mad she flirting w/another man. He say he wanted her b4 she his nanny.

better. Alec forget his wallet at home, she bring to him & they have sex on desk like scene from her book. He ask her on date. Connie run into her, tell her come to poker night the same night as date. Talk w/kids, Willa ask Isabel if want kids, yes but won’t b for while. Who she want marry, Isabel describe guys she want. Alec don’t know if could have more kids. He tell her he think of guy she’ll marry, have

thought he gonna talk dance, he say they can go out, have fun & then maybe talk, see where her hip is at. She’d heard about his sexual reputation, she leave. She cry in car, feel so stupid, Mack say he’s good listener if she needs. Alec ask what happened, she cry in his arms, tell him choreographer only want sleep w/her. She feel like it’s final nail in coffin of her career as ballet dancer. He make her feel

again. He come her bedroom, he read her kindle, can’t stay away anymore. They have sex. His dad stop by Alec office, he think retiring from board was mistake & wants come back & take man’s place that retire soon. Alec say would b mistake, dad want him think about it. Willa tell dad she like Isabel. Isabel meet w/choreographer from company. She curious why he want meet. He ply her w/wine, want sleep w/her. She

she want him read highlights of 1st 5 books on her kindle. He can’t think straight, want go home & read it right away. Alec think he not right for Isabel, if he was 10 yrs younger he would b but he isn’t & won’t act on his want. Get home, put kindle in nightstand drawer w/out read it. He tell her didn’t read it, she deserve more he can give, don’t want mess w/her/Connie friendship, she upset he retreating

his equal esp if they’re gonna b together. Connie/Nate/Alec dinner, Alec tell Connie sorry dad didn’t attend wedding party. Connie go bathroom, Nate ask how Isabel is, fine. Just find? Nate gonna ask her out then. Alec pissed, Nate smiles, tell him b honest w/her about what he can/can’t give her, b good to her & himself, say been 5 yrs, it’s ok to b w/someone else. Isabel text him & say she know what she want

bad. She tell him his kids want his attention, approval. He took piano lessons for 14 yrs, she tell him to teach Willa or sit w/her while she practices. Tell him kids think she (nannie’s) take them away from time he’d b w/them. He don’t believe that, she say it’s kids way of thinking. If nanny there, dad isn’t. Alec heard what she said, he always want her speak her mind, tell him when he’s wrong, she’s

waiting up for her, tell her he care too much. They kiss, he carry her to his bedroom. He lick her, ask her what she likes. She won’t say the words, he say they aren’t doing any more til she can tell him exactly what she likes/wants. Willa piano recital begin & Alec don’t get there til halfway thru her performance. She so happy he came. Isabel pissed at him he not there on time. His kids want his approval so

ask what they’re doing. He get up, say was mistake, won’t happen again talk like he’s her employer. Next few days they barely talk. She doing yoga, he come back from work cuz forgot something, gasps at her in downward dog in workout bra & short shorts. They kiss again & he gonna lift her when hear Katya come in. Isabel’s twin siblings, bro & sis Sebastian & Elana. Isabel go to Elena’s comedy show. Alec

agree. Alec/Isabel/kids go to movie night. Women fawn over Alec. Isabel play referee. He ask her what she like do, she watch tv, yoga, reads. What genre, she say he wouldn’t like it. Now he curious, ask horror or those kink like books? She say something like that, he say she’ll have give him recommendations. He come home late, she ask what he do to relax, workout. They kiss, he pull her onto his lap, then he stop

them it not their fault. Willa/Sam fight in car, Mack has yell to get them stop. Apartment was bought 1 month b4 Victoria died, needed new space w/out all memories. Alec moved in w/3 yr old & 1 month old & ton of grief. Connie told her Alec don’t date. “Oh Isabel, you’re my saving grace.” Willa mad cuz having movie night at school, everyone going but Alec has business dinner. Isabel suggest Connie go w/. He

Get home to 4 boxes pizza cuz he didn’t know what she liked. Eat pizza, watch Gilmore Girls together. Alec furious w/himself for wanting her, been jealous guys hitting on her at party. Mack/Katya help him thru dark times when Victoria died. He come home to her/kids have dance party, they ask her spin, she does & leg gives out. Willa look at her spin in awe. He carry her to bed, get ice. Kids quiet, she’ll tell

She like his company. Evan flirts hard til Alec take her to dance. He admit hasn’t liked parties in long time, hasn’t danced in long time. Connie introduce her around to single guys. One sleepy guy follow her outside, Alec rescue her. She don’t know what to do, only world she loved shut its doors on her. She begin cry, tell him she lost job, home, dream. He holds her while she cry. Drive home, she want pizza.

Isabel from Connie. She ballet dancer, now she nanny. His wife, Victoria. Isabel has twin siblings 5 yr younger than her, they’re 20. He’s 40. Her trial period is over. They go to Connie/Gabriel’s wedding party. She meets Nate, he hear story about hip injury, he say sorry. Tell her take things in stride w/Alec, don’t want mishap w/him ruin her/Connie friendship. Gabriel’s friend, Evan, introduce himself.

know relationships take everything out of u. Give Isabel trial, he think she last 1 week. She always been attracted to him. Willa 8 yr old & can b harsh to nanny. St. Regis prep school where kids go. Mack is driver, Katya housekeeper. Sam, Alec’s son, in Kindergarten, younger than Willa. Willa ignores her. Her room is like small apartment. Her mom don’t like Isabel live w/Alec. Willa say she hasn’t heard of

He see her fall, ask she ok. Only talk few times. She has tear in hip, he give her ride home. He can’t get sight of her dancing & her tears out his head. She out of job, soon b out of apartment cuz it’s own by ballet company. Connie visits. Willa drove nanny to quit w/in month. Connie tell him Isabel need job & place stay. Nanny job is live in, he think it’s trouble have her so close. Wife died 5 yr ago. He l

Narrators: Meg Price & Oliver Clarke
Isabel 25 & Alec
Isabel ballet dancer for NY ballet company. Company cuts her cuz talk w/Isabel dr about hip. If completely healed in 6 months & dr sign off on her dance they can talk about it. She practiced 20 yrs. She dance thru pain over & over, falls to ground w/hip on fire. Alec go to ballet studio cuz daughter, Willa, want take lessons. He see Isabel dance,he’s mesmerized