My 5-Year-Old Son Blurted Out That Our New Nanny Always Locks Herself In My Bedroom – So I Came Home Early Without Warning
I was standing in my hallway, unable to get into my own bedroom.
The door was locked from the inside. Soft music drifted underneath it. My five-year-old son, Mason, tugged at my sleeve and whispered, “Don’t open it, Mom. It’s our secret.”
Three days earlier, he’d mentioned playing hide-and-seek with our nanny, Alice—but warned me not to hide in my bedroom because that’s where she always went. “She locks herself in,” he said quietly. “I hear noises.”
I checked later and noticed something was off. My perfume filled the room, and my brand-new Paris dress was missing.
On the drive home from work that afternoon, I called my husband—and heard music and a woman laughing in the background. My worst fears took hold.
When I got home early, Alice’s car was in the driveway. Mason sat at the kitchen table, whispering that she told him to count to 100 this time.
The bedroom door was locked.
I used the spare key and pushed it open.
Candles. Rose petals. My dress.
Alice stood there with a man I’d never seen before.
She admitted it had been happening for weeks—letting him in while Mason counted in the hallway, thinking it was all part of their game.
“You used my child to keep secrets,” I told her. “You’re fired.”
That night, I told my husband everything—including that I thought the man inside had been him.
He listened quietly before saying, “If you were that scared… you should’ve come to me.”
Now I work from home.
Because when your child whispers something feels wrong—you listen.
