His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 12: Missing
Moana

I felt my heart sink into the pit of my stomach at the attendant’s words.

“She left quite a while ago. Did you not pick her up?”

“Hold on,” I replied, walking away briskly and trying to stay calm as I dialed the penthouse phone number into my cell phone and asked the concierge to direct me to Edrick’s suite. This had to be some misunderstanding. Surely Ella was safely home. Maybe Amy or Lily got confused with the schedule and picked her up without letting me know.

“Hello?” Selina’s voice said on the other line after a few rings.

“Selina,” I said, trying to sound as calm and collected as possible, “did Amy or Lily pick up Ella from her training?”

Selina was silent for a few moments before responding. “No. That’s your job.” Her voice sounded stern and cold, but I could sense a hint of fear behind it as she seemed to put two and two together. I knew that Selina cared for Ella just as much as I did, and the last thing she would ever want would be for something bad to happen to Ella.

“f**k,” I whispered.

“Excuse me?” Selina growled, irritated by my choice of language.

“I got stuck in traffic when I was

Selina gasp audibly on the other end of the line. “You weren’t there for her when she was finished with

a knot form in my

Selina said, her voice quivering with anger.

around me as I stared down at my phone screen, but I knew I had to act quickly for Ella’s sake. Collecting myself as best I could, I ran

you long eno– Are you alright? Where’s Ella?”

gone,” I said hastily as tears streamed down my cheeks, trying to rack my brain as to where Ella might have run off to. Before I had left, I

to the orphanage in the Waterside District,” I said to the driver. “I have

an angry look on his face, the driver stepped on the gas and peeled away from the curb. I quickly buckled my seatbelt and held onto the door handle for dear life as he sped down the road, passing other vehicles at dangerous speeds. As we flew down the city streets, all I could think of was Ella. Would I

a sudden as we were speeding through the city streets, I saw a familiar little head of blonde hair walking at an intersection a little ways away, all by herself… And at the same time, I saw a black sports car with tinted windows barreling down the road at breakneck speeds, swerving this way and that as a drunk girl stood through the sunroof, hooting and hollering like

driver slammed on the brakes and came to a screeching halt.

motion. I found myself running faster than I ever had before. I lunged into the street, my arms outstretched for Ella as she stood

shut my eyes as my body slammed into Ella’s, and together

eyes, panting, and looked down at Ella

us out of the way of the speeding sports car, which continued to careen down

“Mina, was it YOU?”

took Mina a while to answer, and she seemed to

“That was… incredible.”

came running as passersby stood murmuring to each other on

as I held the crying Ella in my arms. Without a word as I was too stunned and relieved to speak, I nodded and

…

was furious when we got back to the penthouse. He came running into the lobby as we arrived and ripped Ella out of my arms, who

training!” he shouted in front of the lobby staff.