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?” she asked

who has a lot of problems in her life. She doesn’t feel things the

of my eye standing in the kitchen doorway, but

But I kept going.

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

it because sometimes, adults don’t have

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 works. And that’s okay. I’m just sorry that

was silent for a long 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

“Daddy?” Ella finally asked.

“Yes, Princess?”

already sort of

my eyes go even wider. “What are you

And one time, I had a dream that you and my real mommy were fighting, and you told her to leave and not come back and hurt us anymore. That’s what you said. In my dream, at

aback. That was exactly what I had

get out! I don’t want you

memory rushing back like a train hitting me. I felt my heart practically stop, and all I could do was look in shock up at Moana, whose eyes

after all, and it seemed now that

was so young, it was probably only showing itself in sporadic dreams like that. But maybe, when she was older, it would

But I kept going.

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