#Chapter 204: Curiosity Killed the Cat…

Edrick

The thought of sending Moana back to work and Ella back to school made me incredibly nervous, but I knew that it needed to be done. It wasn’t fair to keep them both cooped up, and as long as they both had the proper protection, I decided that it would be alright if it would make my girls happy.

On the first day, Moana went to work by herself while I talked to Ella. Ella was becoming increasingly aggravated lately, seeing as how she didn’t remember anything from the night of the kidnapping. Eventually, however, she was bound to find out; surely her little friends at school had heard whisperings of what happened at the warehouse already, and although the details of what really happened weren’t known by the public yet, I didn’t want Ella to learn about it from anyone except for me.

So, while Moana was at work, I sat Ella down to talk to her. She was holding one of her dolls tightly in her hand and brushing its hair furiously, as though she was taking a bit of her frustration out on it.

“Princess, I need to talk to you,” I said gently. “Can you please put your doll down?”

With a huff, Ella threw her doll down on the floor where we sat and folded her arms across her chest. I debated scolding her for that, but decided against it.

“Why can Moana go back to school, but I can’t?” she growled, her little pointed ears and sharp fangs showing as she shifted slightly from her anger. “It’s not fair!”

“I know, Princess,” I replied. “You’ll go back to school tomorrow, but I need to talk to you first about why all of this has been happening lately.”

prospect of going back to school. She waited patiently and allowed me to talk. “The other night, when you woke up in the police car, I wasn’t entirely truthful with you,” I said. “I told you

and gently told Ella the entire story of what happened, her little eyes widened and her face went pale. When I was finished, she

that…?” she

sorry, Princess,” I said gently. “I hope you’re not mad at me for not telling

she quietly climbed into my lap. I held her there for a long time, gently rocking her back and forth. Now that the story was out, both of us felt much better. But there was something that I still didn’t tell

didn’t tell her

expecting something bad to have happened to Moana. I wondered if she shifted at work, or if my father showed up. All of the worst outcomes immediately came to mind before I

standing abruptly from my desk and immediately preparing to run down

Darren, said. “Nothing

down as I ran a hand through my hair. “What

audible sigh. “She saw me watching,” he replied. “I guess other teachers

honestly, it was stupid of me to think that she wouldn’t. I wasn’t surprised that other teachers were complaining, either. Maybe I was a bit too aggressive with my orders when I secretly told Darren to watch her through the

but watch undercover,” I said. “I

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