Completely re-written and re-edited.

I make no apology for the slow start as it is meant to reflect Carole's slow, boring life, a life that changes as various events unfold.

After her employer vacates this life, strange feelings begin to interfere with Carole's normal routine, which she tries to maintain as far as possible whilst all around her own private bubble is being is being slowly dragged into the real world—a world she has always tried to remain isolated from.

And,
Her new employer does not help matters. Far from it.

A host of suppressed, half-forgotten, doubts, fears and suspicions slowly begin to surface, revealing answers to something so...!

Oh!
Why could things not remain the way they were before—before all this happened?

The worst thing about being the subject of someone's infatuation is; not knowing you are the subject!