Repeater error

I am getting the error below when trying to access a repeater field's values:

`FatalThrowableError in Repeater.php line 101: Call to a member function get() on null`

The data is definitely there as shown below:

I am accessing the data as shown below:

`$currentQuestion = Post::find(17);
return $currentQuestion->acf->repeater('answers');`

Thanks!