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Whispering Willowbee

The Tale of Lost Love

By Taylor HicksPublished 3 years ago 6 min read
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CHAPTER 1:

Willow’s jaw dropped slightly as she walked up to the house, when she accepted the ad to become a “live in” nanny to the Marron family, she hadn’t expected the house to be so massive! She paused to take in her surroundings and evaluate her new home. To her left she saw a clearing that seemed to stretch about a mile away from the house and bordering that clearing was a thick wall of trees. To her right she saw what looked to be a stable that mimicked the grand demeanor of the house. Next to the stable house was a lake, its sparkled beautifully against the afternoon sun and sent a wave of relief over Willow as she slowly started to approach it.

As she started walking towards the lake she was interrupted by a man coming from the front doors of the house. “Hello! You must Willowbee Nanson, our new nanny! I am Trone Marron the man of the house. How was the trip here? Hopefully it wasn’t too stressful I know this place can be hard to find.” He then winked at Willow and started to walk back toward the house leaving the girl confused. When he did not hear footsteps following him he turned around and ask her cheerfully, “You comin’?” He had a slight twang to his voice that she could only assume came from living in the south...North Carolina to be exact. “Sure.” She followed uncertainly, she couldn’t place her finger on it but something seemed kind of eerie about Trone.

“Before I introduce you to the kids or your “charges” Trone says using air quotes with charges as if it was a taboo term that he would rather not use, “I want to show you the house and go over a couple thing that was not mentioned in our ad” As the walked through the front door Willow was instantly welcomed by a pleasant aroma coming from what she assumed was the kitchen. She was reminded that she hadn’t eaten all day and was starving! Trying to cover up her stomach growling she coughed slightly. She didn’t want to make a bad first impression on her boss. She struggled to focus on Trone as they wandering through the house going from room to room while he explained each room and it’s purpose. Lastly they ended up in front of a door that was different from the rest, it was slightly pink with gold hearts painted on it. “My daughter Lilian wanted to make you feel special, she practically begged me to let her decorate your door for you, I guess it was her way of saying “welcome to our family!” Willow stared at the door, reaching out very gently to touch one of the hearts. As soon as she touched the firm wood her hand shot back in pain. It was as if the door was on fire. “Are you okay Willowbee?” “You can call me Willow, and I think so. It seems as though the door my have just given me a shock.” Trone grabbed Willow’s hand gently to examine her finger, “It doesn’t look as though anything is wrong, we can have our on call doctor take a look if it is bothering you?” Willow stared at him surprised that he offered to go through such measures when clearly nothing was wrong with her fingers. “No thank you. Let’s check out my room please.”

Reaching for the door knob Willow walked hesitantly into her room, after what happened with the door she was expecting some sort of surprise. But when she stepped in she was met with a beautiful bay window looking over the lake she seen earlier. It was as if the Martin family read her mind. As she examined the room she saw her bags that were delivered here before her arrival, her bags were leaned against a king size bed that was decorated with pink bedding similar to the pink on her door, next to the large window was a chair with a small table and a throw blanket thrown onto the chair. Against the other walls were dressers for her to unpack her things. Willow started to walk over to the window when the familiar feeling of relief washed over her. She isn’t sure about the lake but she knew that she needed to check it out sooner rather than later. While being lost in thought Willow completely forgot about Trone until she felt him come up behind her. She refused to comment on how close he was standing to her. He spoke low against her ear “The view is beautiful isn’t. We put the nannies in the best room in the house so that they know how special they are to our family.” His comment wouldn’t have been strange to her if he wasn’t standing so close or slowing running his hands up her arms as he spoke. “Um...I think you should take me to meet the kids now. Don’t you?” Trone stepped back and examined Willow’s face. He slowly started to move towards the door. “Sure they are in the back yard playing. Let’s go.” His toned changed back as if what just happened hadn’t happened.

He was trying to make small conversation when all of a sudden they both were ambushed by two children, one was a older boy who looked to be about 6 or 7 then there was a little girl who was of course Lilian, she looked to be about 5. Hanging back in the door from of the large French doors that led to the backyard stood another boy who seemed uninterested in what was going on. He could have been maybe 12 or 13. After getting the kids to calm down Trone clicked his heels together three times. The younger boy and Lilian stood straight up with their noses pointed to the ceiling. The oldest son walked towards them and just stood and look Willow straight into her eyes. “My name is Jules Marron, I am 13 years old, nice to meet you.” With that Jules walked out of the foiler and up the stairs to his room. Everyone flinched at the door slamming about 30seconds later. Next up is the middle child “Hello Willowbee! My name is Eliza Marron, I am 5 years old and this is my twin sister Lilian-“ELIZA! I am sure I can introduc myself to Ms. Nanson!” After about 15 seconds of bickering Trone interjected “Excuse me guys but I’m sure Willow would rather NOT hear you guys arguing 24/7. Please excuse yourselves and go to your rooms please. And please go to your respective rooms! We didn’t give you your own rooms for you guys to basically share one.” Looking dejected the kids stalked off to their rooms, we listened to one door close then finally heard a second. “Well THAT was entertaining!” Willow whipped her head around to find a beautiful woman standing before her, looking much like the kids Willow had just met she had striking blonde hair and dark green eyes, her hair was piled high on her head and she wore a loose white button up with light blue jeans. She had on some tan flip flops and minimal makeup to complete the look. “Why hello Willowbee. My name is Annalize and I am the lady of this here Marron Estate. I am excited to have you here!”

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Taylor Hicks

Hello guys! I am 22 years old (soon to be 23) I have two children one is 4 years old and my daughter is about to be one in January. I have recently fell in love with reading apps and have decided to try my hand!

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