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.

But this time, something just felt… off. It almost felt as though there

the house. I was hungry, and my hypnosis session with Dr.

I walked into the dining room, Edrick and Ella were sitting at the table while Selina scurried around placing food

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

felt a little sheepish beneath his gaze. He looked at me with a stony stare in his eyes, but there was also something soft and apologetic

her fork. She was leaning her cheek into her hand, and kept letting out loud, dramatic sighs every

school,” she

Saturday,” Edrick chided gently. “You wouldn’t

looking down at his newspaper, as he usually did during breakfast time,

in your

fact that her father had seen her stick her tongue out without looking at

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

wouldn’t be able to go back to school even if we were in the city,”

she moaned.

it’s not always about what

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

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

right…” I heard Selina whisper as she walked away. Edrick glanced up at her, but said nothing. His eyes then wandered over to me, and his gaze locked on mine

of me wondered if he had overheard 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 toast. It was also a way for me to break my

school,” she

chided gently. “You wouldn’t be at

sigh,

years. Sometimes I really