Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

Nanny and the Alpha Daddy
#Chapter 229: The Truth
Edrick

I stayed up almost all night thinking about things.

Moana was right about Ella needing to know the truth about her mother. Especially if bad things were about to happen, I felt as though I needed to finally tell her everything. And besides, Moana was angry with me; maybe this would remind her that I wasn’t all that bad, and that I was trying my best.

“Ella, can you come here, please?”

Ella sighed and pushed her chair back, causing it to scrape against the floor in an unpleasant way. She was upset with me, too, because she didn’t understand why we had to leave the penthouse so suddenly. But nonetheless, she came over to me and sat in my lap.

I caught a glimpse of Moana standing in the kitchen. Her green eyes met mine, and as I held Ella, I saw them soften as they looked at the two of us.

“Ella, there’s something that I haven’t told you. And I think you deserve to know the truth.”

“What is it?” Ella asked, looking up at me with a pout on her face.

I took a sharp breath. I wasn’t mentally prepared to have this conversation, but it needed to be done.

“Ella…” I saw Moana lingering in the doorway. It seemed as though she didn’t want to make it too obvious that she was listening, but if I was being honest, I wanted her here by my side for this. I just hoped that Ella would understand why I kept the truth from her for so long… And I hoped that she wouldn’t resent me.

“Daddy? What is it?” Ella was getting impatient, and looked up at me with wide eyes.

I sighed. “I haven’t been telling you the truth,” I finally said. “Your mom… Your real mom… She isn’t dead. Actually, she’s alive. The reason why I told you all this time that your mom isn’t alive anymore is because she isn’t very nice. See, when you were born, she didn’t want you. Or me.”

widened. “Really?”

you, Princess,” I said gently. “Your mom is someone who has a lot of problems in her life. She doesn’t feel things the way the rest of us do. When you were

see Moana out of the corner of my

But I kept going.

just using you and me to get money and a fancy life, I decided to send her away. That’s why it was always just you and me. I’m sorry I didn’t

sometimes, adults don’t have things all figured

wide at Ella’s wise words, and I nodded. “That’s exactly it. When you’re little, like you are, you think that you’ll have everything figured out when you grow up. But you never do, because that’s just not how life

time. She seemed to be processing. I heard a sniff from the doorway, and looked up to see Selina dabbing at her eyes with her apron and scurrying away. Moana, however, stood steadfast and just looked at me with what almost

“Daddy?” Ella finally asked.

“Yes, Princess?”

a deep breath. “I think I already sort of knew that my

felt my eyes go even wider. “What are you talking about,

about what it was like when I was a baby, before I could remember things. And one time, I had a dream that you and my real mommy were

was taken aback. That was exactly what

get out! I don’t want

memory rushing back like a train hitting me. I felt my heart practically stop, and all I could do

Ella would have stronger powers than the other kids. She was an Alpha, after all, and it seemed now that she had the ability of Hindsight, or being able to see

showing itself in sporadic dreams like that. But maybe, when she was older, it

But I kept going.

just using you and me to get money and a fancy life, I decided to send her away. That’s