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.

off. It almost felt as though there was something else in the mist behind Michael, another

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

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

morning,” Selina said when she saw me.

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

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

miss school,”

Edrick chided gently. “You wouldn’t be at school

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

your tongue back in your mouth.

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

won’t be able to go

wouldn’t be able to go 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. “Isn’t it pretty

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

not always about what you

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 her when he was the one

He sighed and set his coffee cup down.

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

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

it. 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

school,” she

gently. “You wouldn’t be at

a sigh, breaking the

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