How could she STEAL FROM ME?
Feeling tears forming in my eyes, I watched as my employee, Alacia Bowker, then 19, walked into the school hall with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. ‘I thought you could do with some cheering up,’ she smiled, handing them to me. ‘And I want to take you for lunch later, too.’ I was so touched by her kind gesture, I pulled her in for a hug. ‘You’re so sweet,’ I beamed.
It was April 2019 and it had been a difficult week at the kids’ club I owned, with staff being off sick and the stress of caring for more than 90 children. But Alacia had a way of keeping mine and
