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.

wasn’t really any different than my other visions. But this time, something just felt… off. It almost felt as though there

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

Edrick and Ella were sitting at the

she saw

Edrick’s eyes on 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.

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

miss school,” she

gently.

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

back in your

father had seen her stick her tongue out without looking at

she whined. “I won’t be able to go

attitude, you 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

guess,” she moaned. “But

always about what you

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

coffee cup down. “That wasn’t very nice of

her, but said nothing. His eyes then wandered over

Dr. Rhodes the night before. If he hadn’t heard it, I almost wondered if I should say something to him about it… In

busied my hands with buttering my toast. It was also a way for me to break my gaze

miss school,”

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

said with a sigh, breaking the

Sometimes I really did forget that she