His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Moana

I let out a yelp. I jolted, and then everything stopped. The rain, the wind, the grass… All of it turned back into the still, calm air of my bedroom. Michael’s hand no longer gripped my wrist, and the golden glint of the knife in his hand turned into the soft amber glow of the lamp on my bedside table.

“Moana?” Dr. Rhodes said, sounding concerned. “Are you there?”

I quickly sat up and rubbed my eyes. “Y-Yes,” I replied. “I’m okay. It’s just…”

“What is it?”

I shook my head. “Nothing,” I lied. “Dr. Rhodes… Will you be available to try again tomorrow?”

The therapist paused, then cleared his throat. “Sure. You can call me anytime if you want to try again, or even if you just need to talk. Are you sure you’re okay, though?”

“I’m fine,” I lied again, even though my hands were shaking. “Thanks, Dr. Rhodes. I’ll call you tomorrow.”

…

I didn’t sleep very much at all for the rest of the night. I was too nervous to try to sleep in case I sleepwalked again or had another vision, but at the same time I also couldn’t stop thinking about the vision I had during hypnosis.

wasn’t really any different than my other visions. But this time, something just felt… off. It almost felt as though there was

and awoke to the smell of bacon rising up through the house. I was hungry, and my hypnosis session with Dr. Rhodes made me temporarily forget

Edrick and Ella were sitting at the table while Selina scurried around placing

when she saw me. “Sit down. I made

looked at me with a stony stare in his eyes, but there was also something soft and apologetic behind it. Instantly, I started to wonder

her eggs with her fork. She was leaning her

miss school,” she

It’s Saturday,” Edrick chided gently. “You wouldn’t be at

him. He was looking down at his newspaper, as he usually did during breakfast time, and she took the opportunity to stick her

back in

seen her stick her

still not fair!” she whined. “I won’t be able to go to school on

of coffee. “If you keep having an attitude, you wouldn’t be able to go back to school even if we were in the city,” he said, to which Ella scowled. “Besides…” He gestured toward the set of open French doors behind us that led out to the patio. “Isn’t it pretty

guess,” she moaned.

not always about

fell silent. Even Selina and I froze at Edrick’s sudden snap; it was extremely rare that he ever was so stern with her. I opened my mouth to say something, because I felt as though it was unfair for him to snap at her when he was the one

and set his coffee cup down. “That wasn’t very

said nothing. His eyes then

my conversation with Dr. Rhodes the night before. If he hadn’t heard it, I almost wondered if

I felt my palms start to itch with anxiety beneath the table, and I busied my hands with buttering my

miss school,” she

chided gently. “You

Ella said with a sigh, breaking the silence.

acting beyond her years. Sometimes I really did forget