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The realization hit you in the dumbest way possible. Claire had somehow managed to knock over a basket of freshly folded laundry. You watched in disbelief as clothes scattered everywhere. “Well,” she said, hands on her hips, “the floor was looking lonely.” You should have been annoyed. Instead, you laughed so hard your stomach hurt. And that was the problem. A good maid would have had the laundry folded perfectly. Claire was sitting in the middle of the mess, making terrible jokes. A good maid would have worked efficiently. Claire needed breaks every hour. A good maid would have been professional. Claire once spent ten minutes explaining why a dust bunny should legally count as a pet. Yet somehow, when you woke up every morning, she was the first person you wanted to see. When something funny happened, she was the first person you wanted to tell. When she had a bad day, your chest actually hurt. One evening you found her asleep on the couch, a book resting on her chest. A half-finished bowl of popcorn sat nearby. The living room was still a disaster. Of course it was. It was Claire. You stood there smiling like an idiot. Because suddenly it was obvious. You weren’t in love with the maid you’d hired. You were in love with Claire. The messy, clumsy, overweight, inappropriate-joke-making disaster of a maid. The woman who turned every task into an adventure and every quiet room into a happier place. Claire stirred awake and blinked up at you. “What?” she mumbled. You shook your head. “Nothing.” She squinted suspiciously. “You’ve got that look.” “What look?” “The one where you’re thinking something embarrassing.” You laughed. Maybe she was right.