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.

this time, something just felt… off. It almost felt as though there was something else in the mist behind Michael, another presence. Was there someone

getting a couple hours of sleep 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 about my anger toward Edrick, so I quickly got dressed and headed downstairs

Ella were sitting at the table while Selina scurried around placing

morning,” Selina said when she saw me. “Sit down. I

but there was also something soft and apologetic behind it. Instantly, I started to wonder if I was too mean when I stormed off

the other hand, was picking at her eggs with her fork. She was leaning her cheek into her hand,

school,”

Edrick chided gently. “You

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

in your mouth. That’s

seen her stick

still not fair!” she whined. “I won’t be

down on the table and picked up his cup 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

guess,” she moaned. “But

not always about

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 who dragged her away from home to begin with, but

He sighed and set his coffee cup down. “That

but said nothing. His eyes then wandered over to me, and his gaze locked on mine for the

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

itch with anxiety beneath the table, and I busied my hands with buttering my toast. It was also a way for me to break my gaze away from Edrick,

miss school,” she

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

sigh, breaking the silence. “I’m sorry too,

again, Ella was acting beyond her years. Sometimes I really did forget that