Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

Nanny and the Alpha Daddy
#Chapter 228: Dead End
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.

It wasn’t really any different than my other visions. But this time, something just felt… off. It almost felt as though there was something else in the mist behind Michael, another presence. Was there someone else working with him?

The 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 headed downstairs to get something to eat.

When I walked into the dining room, Edrick and Ella were sitting at the table while Selina scurried around placing food down.

morning,” Selina said when she saw

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

picking at her eggs with her fork. She was leaning her cheek into her hand, and kept letting out loud, dramatic sighs

miss school,” she

Edrick chided gently.

down at his newspaper, as he usually did during breakfast time, and she took the opportunity to stick

in your mouth. That’s

her stick her tongue out without looking at

it’s still not fair!” she whined. “I won’t

down on the table and picked up his cup of coffee. “If you keep having an attitude, you wouldn’t be able to go back to school even if we were in the city,” he said, to which

guess,” she moaned. “But

not always

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 who dragged her away

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

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

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

bring myself to do 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

miss school,” she

Edrick chided gently. “You

a sigh, breaking the

Sometimes I really did forget that she was