"Miss Roy, Miss Roy,"Diane called, trying unsuccessfully to catch the twenty-year old blonde as she ran out of the hotel. She just couldn't run that fast these days.

"I'm sorry,"the girl had mumbled shoving her resignation notice in Diane's hand. She'd been out that door quicker than one of her children when she needed help in the kitchen.

Hiring a nanny to help with the kids during the tour had been fairly successful in the past, when it just helped more to have an extra set of eyes on the younger kids. Now that she desperately needed the help, they couldn't seem to keep a nanny for longer than a week. Miss Roy hadn't even been there long enough for her to be called by her first name. Actually, Diane wasn't even sure what her first name was.

With a deep sigh, she headed back to the elevators where she bumped into Taylor, who, guessing from the fact that he resembled a prune more than a twenty-year old, was coming back from doing his almost daily laps at the hotel pool. Starting about a year before, swimming had become his latest hobby. As long as he could still stumble downstairs half awake, he was in a pool, or the ocean, depending on where they were currently staying. Swimming was pretty much the only non-musical thing he did.

"Are you okay, Mom?"he asked anxiously, wishing he wasn't wet so that he could put an arm around her.

Diane sighed."For the last time, I'm fine. Its not like I've never had a baby before."She gently touched the small bulge of her stomach. Five months left and counting. Things would be fine if the could only get Walker and all of her children to stop acting like she was the first person to have a baby. She didn't remember them being like this when she was going to have Zoe.

Of course she hadn't been showing this early with Zoe. Oh well, all she really wanted was another nanny.

* * * *

"Hey, baby,"Talia whispered, kissing Zac on the cheek and situating herself on his lap."I missed you."

Isaac glanced up from his book, then immediately looked back down, choosing to pretend that there wasn't an unnatural redhead in red spandex sitting on his little brothers lap.

Okay, so it wasn't spandex, but the skintight top Talia was wearing did expose quite a bit of cleavage. Surely spandex couldn't have showed more than what she was wearing.

Not that his parents seemed to notice. You'd think that they'd be concerned about his barely legal brother having a girl on his lap, but all they did was exchange glances that silently told the other to keep both eyes on him.

He took a deep sigh, trying to concentrate on the book, realizing halfway through reading a page that he'd already read that one.

"Mom! Avie stole my nail polish again!"Jessi ran in the room holding a half empty bottle of blue polish.

Diane smiled."Just the person I wanted to see."

Jessi was in trouble, he knew that much. The look in his mother's eye was not to be mistaken. It had been seen many other times by all seven of them. They generally attempted to avoid that look.

Lowering her eyes, Jessi took a deep breath."About what?"

"About what you did to make Miss Roy run off like that."

Isaac's mouth gaped open."Not Wendy!"he exclaimed.

Diane eyed him curiously, then, deciding her curiosity could be satisfied later, turned back to Jessi."She bolted out of the building this morning and I want to know why."

"I don't know."Jessi shrugged."I swear. I really didn't do anything this time. I know I was mean to Lorna, but I didn't do anything to Miss Roy. I liked her."

She was probably telling the truth."So now what are we going to do?"she addressed the question to no on in particular. Chances were, Isaac was the cause of her trouble, giving that he was the only person who knew her first name, but what was she going to do now. They might not have terrorized Miss Roy, but they had to all the others.

"Just call the agency,"Walker said, smiling slightly."We'll have a new nanny out here in no time."

"I did. No one will take the job."

Walker gave her a strange look."And why is that?"

"Apparently word has spread to anyone who hasn't already worked here. They all refuse to work for us."

Biting her lip, Jessi thought good and hard."What about Bethie?"

"Who?"Diane asked.

"Bethany Morgan. Remember? She used to watch Avie, Mac and me when we were really little. I don't think they do, but I remember her."

"Hmm."Diane glanced over at her husband.

He shrugged."Hey, it's worth a shot."

** * *

"Did you hear?"Isaac asked, after Taylor let him into his hotel room.

"Hear what?"

Isaac sat next to him on one of the beds."About Wendy?"He raised his eyebrows.

Now Taylor was interested."What about her?"he blurted out, looking worried.

"She quit."

"What?!"A wave of guilt went through Taylor's body. Wendy had quit? Uh oh. That was bad. Incredibly bad. Last night had been a worse idea than he'd realized.

"You did it again, didn't you?"This was not the first time Isaac had come to tell him about a nanny leaving.

Taylor tried to look innocent."Did what?"

"Did you kiss her or just hit on her?"

"Both."Taylor's self control seemed to be getting worse and worse. He was engaged for god's sake! He didn't mean to hit on her. He really didn't. He'd had no intention of kissing Wendy the night before, but when he saw her by the vending machine in that silky blue nightgown... well, all reason had gone out of his head.

"I know, I'm a jerk,"he said finally.

Isaac said nothing. This was the third girl this month that Taylor had scared off. Sooner or later Mallory was going to find out, although he refused to be the one to tell her. He knew Tay loved her, but something was scaring him. It had to be that. Why else would he be jeopardizing his relationship with Mal? Even if he came to his senses, Mallory might never forgive him if she found out what he'd been up to during this latest tour.

101 reasons why he'd told Kari not to bother waiting for him to come back. Long distance relationships never worked out.