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.

visions. But this time, something just felt… off. It almost felt as though there was something else in the mist behind Michael,

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 to

I walked into the dining room, Edrick and Ella were sitting at the table while

said when she saw me. “Sit

me, and instantly 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 behind it. Instantly, I started to wonder if I

her fork. She was leaning her cheek into

school,” she

Saturday,” Edrick chided gently.

newspaper, as he usually did during breakfast time,

back in

had seen her stick her tongue out without

whined. “I won’t be able to go

set it 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

guess,” she moaned. “But

not always about what

was short and stern. The table 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

his coffee cup down. “That wasn’t

said nothing. His eyes then wandered over to me, and

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

my hands with buttering my toast. It

miss school,”

chided gently. “You

with a sigh, breaking

I really did forget that