His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 248

Chapter 248: The Matriarch

Edrick

Within an hour, Moana and I were nervously walking up the front steps to my parents’ mansion.

We left Ella with Selina just in case we walked in on anything sinister. The house was mostly dark, which was out of the ordinary. As I slowly opened the front door, I felt my heart catch in my throat.

“Hello?” I called out, holding Moana’s hand as I stepped into the large foyer. “Mom?”

There was no answer. Moana and I exchanged nervous glances and walked in a little further.

“Verona?” Moana called, cupping her hands around her mouth to make her voice travel further. “Are you there?!”

Still no answer. We decided to head into the sitting room, where my mother often liked to be during her free time, but it was dark and empty. At this point, I was starting to get even more nervous.

“I swear, if that bastard did anything to her…” I growled, “I’ll—”

Moana gasped. “Look!” she said, pointing behind me. I followed her finger to see what looked like a small fire outside.

The two of us quickly ran out the patio door toward the fire, then across the garden. As we ran, we saw a lone figure standing by the fire.

It was my mother. She was standing by the fire pit, in her dressing gown, and was tossing what looked like pieces of paper into the flames.

I exclaimed, running up to her.

my cheeks, then did the same to Moana.

“And what are you doing?” I glanced down at the papers in her hand, only to see that they weren’t papers at all. She was holding photographs. I snatched the stack out of her hand and

“I’ve been wanting to do that for ages,

the photographs into the fire myself. It did actually feel good to see my father’s face burn to a

he hurt you?” Moana asked, taking a step forward with concern written

well as Ella. He tossed my phone right in the fountain, if you’ll believe it! And then he just took the car

eyes widened. “So when I

a nod. “That was when he took my phone. Said that I should learn to mind my own business for

at seeing my mom still being as witty as ever despite what had happened. She tossed the rest of the photographs into the fire all at once, and the three of us watched in silence as the flames jumped up into the sky, devouring

mother turned to face the two

put the kettle

paused and looked over at Moana with nothing but sympathy in her eyes. “Once

three of us sat around the kitchen counter. Finally, I started to explain everything to my mother… From

…

I was finished with both my story and my tea, my mother stared down

said quietly. “This is my

your fault. If it wasn’t you, then it would have been someone else. He already took that prostitute’s

sound of the crickets chirping through the open

going to prison, mom,” I

waiting for this day. And trust me when I say that I’ll certainly be getting the fortune and the house in the divorce. A man behind bars

never one to pity yourself,” I said, patting her hand. “Moana and

finished off the rest of her tea. Suddenly, I

“You’ll marry her?”

tried to hide the fact that my eyes wanted to widen, and coughed slightly.

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