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.

said when she saw

eyes, but there was also something soft and apologetic behind it. Instantly, I started to wonder if I was too mean when I stormed off and wouldn’t

fork. She was leaning her

miss school,”

Edrick chided gently.

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

your tongue back in your

widened at the fact that her father had seen her stick her tongue out without looking at

she whined. “I won’t be

an 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…”

shrugged. “I guess,” she

not always about

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

sighed and set his coffee cup down. “That wasn’t very

as she walked away. Edrick glanced up at her, but said nothing. His

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

start to itch with anxiety beneath the table, and I busied my hands with buttering

miss school,”

chided gently.

with a sigh, breaking the silence. “I’m sorry too,

years. Sometimes I really did forget that she was