His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Missing
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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 was coming back to pick

end of the line. “You

felt a knot form in my stomach.

voice quivering with anger.

act quickly for Ella’s sake. Collecting myself as best

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

was 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

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

onto the door handle for dear life as he sped down the road,

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

I screamed, pointing. The driver slammed on the brakes and came to a screeching halt. Without thinking, I leaped out of the

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

as my body slammed into Ella’s, and together we tumbled to the other side of the

and looked down

of the speeding sports car,

“Mina, was it YOU?”

a while to answer, and she

“That was… incredible.”

passersby stood murmuring to each other on the sidewalk, pulling out their phones to

helping me stand as I held the crying Ella in my arms. Without

…

the lobby as we arrived

shouted in front of the lobby

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