𝔸 𝔻𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕊𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥

“Is she alright?”

“I don’t know! Give me a moment, for God’s sake!”

Roxana prodded at Ash’s face, trying to determine whether the girl was actually unconscious or just trying to take a moment. Elara, meanwhile, was calming Danica down — and the youngest sister in turn was lowering the intensity of the whirlwind.

“Do you think we’ve killed her?”

“I… she’s alive?” Roxan...

I pull up to the house. It’s quite large, two story’s, completely white, a yellow glow coming from all the windows but one. And a large gate keeping me from pulling into the driveway. “State your name and business.” A robotic type voice commands. “Oh um Naomi, Naomi Parter. You hired me to babysit. I live down the street.” “Permission granted.” A light flashed green and the gates opened. I park my...

When my next door neighbor passed away, there was a silver lining with her demise. She was a wonderful woman, sweet as can be, but I’d always wondered about the layout of her home. At the time of her passing, I lived in my house for over twenty years with no plans of moving. My interest was pure curiosity. I suppose it would have been easier to walk over and borrow a cup of sugar when she was ...

I heard Conor talking to himself about thirty minutes after his Mom had left for the evening.

At first, I’d thought it was his TV, maybe his cellphone. At first, I thought nothing of it, but then I heard:

“Her name's Judy and she's our babysitter for the evening.”

“If you want her, then we can have her.”

It was the last line that made me deviate my attention from my phone. It made me scrun...

(When Jason was young, he had a babysitter who was offered $250,000 to babysit him. Something happened to that babysitter. We shall see what happened.)

It was Saturday. The second day that Sarah was to babysit him. Jason had woken up from his bed and gotten dressed, he was ready to share with Sarah about his new game. The game consisted of his red and orange puppets and was a make-believe game. B...

𝔼𝕪𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕞

It was in the middle of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥 (because apparently the girls did know what Disney was, even if they were never allowed outside and didn’t understand the concept of nicknames) when Ash’s phone rang. They answered it as Dani buried her head in Ellie’s shoulder during ‘𝘗𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴’ — apparently she wasn’t a fan ...

“Oh—wow, you really shouldn’t have,” I gape at the thick bundle of dollar bills resting in my palm. It’s a ridiculous amount of cash—almost an inconceivable amount for someone as young as me.

A fair, slim woman wearing a tight bun stands beside the door, fidgeting and stealing glances down at her wristwatch. “It’s no problem,” she speaks so softly that I have to lean forward to hear her.

Charl...

The child, Lex, was about eight years old. He was contentedly playing video games. Harmony stood at the window, staring out into the street, studying.

“What are you looking for?” Lex asked, not looking up from his game.

Harmony’s fifteen-year-old eyes moved from detail to detail, but at the same time held a quality that made it seem her mind was somewhere else entirely.

“Something’s odd here,” ...

“Of course!” I said graciously to their offer. I normally wouldn’t babysit at 2 AM. But for this amount of money, I would do it anytime. I walk with them to their house as they thank me dubiously. I walked in to see their baby laying on the couch. They said that they had an urgent meeting they could not miss. So I sit and look at my phone. At the numerous calls I have gotten from him. How I have ...

“Whenever she’s throwing a fit, just give her Mr. Snuffles,” Mrs. Huxley was leading Elle through her mansion that she called a house. If it was, it was an enormous house. “She eat’s at 6pm everyday, if you miss it she’s going to throw a fit, one you can’t solve with Mr. Snuffles, so don’t miss it. And Paisley likes her coffee more sugar than coffee.”

“Can six year olds have coffee?”

“Well she’s a...