Chapter 204: Curiosity Killed the Cat…

Edrick

The thought of sending Moana back to work and Ella back to school made me incredibly nervous, but I knew that it needed to be done. It wasn’t fair to keep them both cooped up, and as long as they both had the proper protection, I decided that it would be alright if it would make my girls happy.

On the first day, Moana went to work by herself while I talked to Ella. Ella was becoming increasingly aggravated lately, seeing as how she didn’t remember anything from the night of the kidnapping. Eventually, however, she was bound to find out; surely her little friends at school had heard whisperings of what happened at the warehouse already, and although the details of what really happened weren’t known by the public yet, I didn’t want Ella to learn about it from anyone except for me.

So, while Moana was at work, I sat Ella down to talk to her. She was holding one of her dolls tightly in her hand and brushing its hair furiously, as though she was taking a bit of her frustration out on it.

“Princess, I need to talk to you,” I said gently. “Can you please put your doll down?”

With a huff, Ella threw her doll down on the floor where we sat and folded her arms across her chest. I debated scolding her for that, but decided against it.

I can’t?” she growled, her little pointed

go back to school tomorrow, but I need to talk to

talk. “The other night, when you woke up in the police car, I wasn’t

the entire story of what happened, her little eyes widened and her face went pale. When I was finished, she looked up

that…?” she

I said gently. “I hope you’re not mad

up at me for a few moments longer before she quietly climbed into my lap. I held her there for a long time, gently rocking her back and forth. Now that the story

didn’t tell her

something bad to have happened to Moana. I wondered if she

from my desk and immediately preparing to run down there myself. “Is everything alright?

the bodyguard, Darren, said. “Nothing happened. Don’t

let out a sigh of relief and sat down as I ran a hand

the other side of the phone, I heard Darren let out an audible sigh. “She saw me watching,” he replied. “I guess other teachers complained, too. She came out here and made quite the scene. And she took

that other teachers were complaining, either. Maybe I was a bit too aggressive with my orders when

watch undercover,” I said. “I don’t care how you do it, so long as you don’t let Moana or Ella see you and you don’t alarm any of the teachers or

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