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.

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

next morning, I woke up after 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

and Ella were sitting at the table

when she saw me. “Sit down. I made

stony stare in his eyes, but there was also something soft and apologetic

fork. She was leaning her cheek into her hand,

miss school,”

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

as he usually did during breakfast time, and she took the opportunity to stick

in

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

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

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.

she moaned. “But

it’s not always about

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

set his coffee cup down.

whisper as she walked away. Edrick glanced up at her, but said nothing. His eyes then wandered over to me, and

my conversation with Dr. Rhodes the night before. If he hadn’t heard

and I busied my hands with buttering my toast. It was also a way for me to break my gaze away from Edrick, but I could

miss school,” she

gently.

Ella said with a sigh, breaking the

Sometimes I really did forget that she was only