Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 248: The Matriarch

Edrick

Within an hour, Moana and I were nervously walking up the front steps to my parents’ mansion.

We left Ella with Selina just in case we walked in on anything sinister. The house was mostly dark, which was out of the ordinary. As I slowly opened the front door, I felt my heart catch in my throat.

“Hello?” I called out, holding Moana’s hand as I stepped into the large foyer. “Mom?”

There was no answer. Moana and I exchanged nervous glances and walked in a little further.

“Verona?” Moana called, cupping her hands around her mouth to make her voice travel further. “Are you there?!”

Still no answer. We decided to head into the sitting room, where my mother often liked to be during her free time, but it was dark and empty. At this point, I was starting to get even more nervous.

“I swear, if that bastard did anything to her…” I growled, “I’ll—”

Moana gasped. “Look!” she said, pointing behind me. I followed her finger to see what looked like a small fire outside.

The two of us quickly ran out the patio door toward the fire, then across the garden. As we ran, we saw a lone figure standing by the fire.

It was my mother. She was standing by the fire pit, in her dressing gown, and was tossing what looked like pieces of paper into the flames.

“Mom!” I exclaimed, running up to her. “You’re alright!”

“Oh, darling!” my mother replied. She grabbed my face and kissed my cheeks, then did the same to Moana. “I was so worried about you…”

only to see that they weren’t papers at all. She was holding photographs. I snatched the stack out of her hand and flipped through them.

a long rod. “I’ve been wanting to do that for ages, darling,” she said, flashing a vibrant smile as she watched the

tossed one of the photographs into the fire myself. It did actually feel good to see

hurt you?” Moana asked, taking a step forward with

my phone right

“So when I

that I should learn to mind my own business for once. Hah! As if I’d

the rest of the photographs into the fire all at once, and the three of us watched in silence

then…” My mother turned to face the two

mother inside, where she put the kettle on the stove.

mother simply shrugged. “Your father sent them away not too long ago. It was a shame, really. I don’t know exactly what he was up to, although I think I have a pretty good idea.” She paused and looked over at Moana with nothing but sympathy in her eyes. “Once I can get my phone and my things in order,

of us sat around the kitchen counter. Finally, I

…

I was finished with both my story and my tea, my mother stared down at the leaves in her

said quietly.

“Don’t you dare finish that sentence. None of this is your fault. If it wasn’t you, then it would have

silence, filled only by the sound of the crickets

“He’s going to prison, mom,” I

nodded vigorously. “Of course I’ll be alright, dear. My lawyer and I have both been waiting for this day. And trust me when I say that I’ll certainly be getting the fortune and the house in the divorce. A man behind bars for crimes like

pity yourself,” I said, patting

her tea.

“You’ll marry her?”

eyes wanted to widen, and coughed slightly. “Y-Yes… I think so.