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.

It almost felt as though there was something else in the

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

were sitting at the table while Selina scurried around placing

when she saw me. “Sit

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 was too mean when I

at her eggs with her fork. She was leaning her cheek into her hand, and

miss school,”

Saturday,” Edrick chided gently.

at his newspaper, as he usually did during breakfast

in your

had seen her stick her tongue out without looking at her. I had to stifle

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

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

shrugged. “I guess,” she moaned. “But I

it’s not always about what you

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

coffee cup down. “That

said nothing. His eyes then wandered over to 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 should say something to him about it…

with anxiety beneath the table, and I busied my hands with buttering

miss school,”

gently. “You wouldn’t be at

with a sigh, breaking

her years. Sometimes I really did forget that she was only eight