Chapter 148

Everly 4 months later

It was scorching hot today, and Macey, Ava, Zoe, and I had just left from the final dress fitting. It wasn’t my dress that needed altering, but Zoe’s this time. Her growing baby bump was getting bigger every day. 

“I just need to grab bread and milk. I don’t feel like stopping after getting Valarian from school,” I tell the girls as we step out of the bridal store. “I’ll come; I need to grab a few things too,” Macey says, slipping her sunglasses on. Zoe pulled the sunshade over the stroller, and we walked the short distance to the shopping center. It was easier to walk than wrangle all three girls in the car and the stroller. Walking into the shops, I sigh as the cold air conditioning sweeps over us.

We walk through the shopping center when Macey shrieks, making us all nearly jump out of our skin when she takes off toward a store. “Man, this baby has more clothes than I do at this point,” Zoe whines as Macey bounces on her heels, holding up a blue Winnie the Pooh onesie. 

“No, Macey, please! I am running out of places to put all his clothes,” Zoe whines, but Macey wasn’t hearing it as she wandered into the store. I waited out the front, the store was much too small for me to navigate the stroller around.

When Macey comes out, she is holding two bags full of baby boy clothes. 

“You’re impossible,” Zoe tells her, but she thanks her anyway. “So, have you and Tatum had any luck yet?” Ava asks her, nudging me aside and taking over the pushing of the stroller. 

“No. We met one surrogate the other week, but Doc said the chances of finding a she-wolf to donate her eggs is near impossible. So we thought of adopting,” she sighs, and I nibble my lip. Tatum and Macey wanted a child, and Macey wanted to give Tatum his own child, but her options were limited.

And besides human donor eggs, she had had no luck. 

“The surrogate?” Zoe asks. 

of sound mind to carry and hand the child

we walk into the grocer. I grab a few groceries, so does Macey. I was excited to get home, and poor Zoe’s feet were so swollen from standing all day, so I knew she wanted to

better, she left the hospital. And I had no idea where she was even living, though we heard rumors that she was homeless. We constantly checked the homeless shelter to see if she

Zoe whispers as she scans

was not the Amber we were accustomed to. The clerk bags our items when I hear her self serve register go off, saying her card declined. My stomach sinks,

nudging me and nodding

 

lipped about. But we knew exactly

Zoe nods to me. Crossing over to the self-serve area, she tries her card again, only for it

approach her. She was wary of me as I pulled my card from

my card on the  machine. Her cheeks flame as I pay for

to do

say they have never struggled. And those that claim they never have, are liars.” I tell her when I feel

cleaners,” Zoe tells her. Amber takes the card and looks at it.

hire me?” she asks, clearly shocked. “Why?” she says

it was Macey that answered as she came

and I see Ava waiting off the side with the girls in the stroller.

off over to Ava. I turn to follow after Macey. “Everly?” Amber asks, and I stop. “Thank you,”

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