Chapter 147

Everly POV

Another Four weeks later. “Keep your eyes closed,” Valen said as I walked blindly with my hands out in front of me when I heard Macey and Zoe’s voices. 

“Is that Zoe and Macey?” I gasped, trying to lift Valen’s blindfold over my eyes. He slaps my hand away, and I reach out blindly before slapping someone.

 “Ouch! That you Everly?” Macey asks. Valen blindfolded me before we left and refused to tell me where he was taking me. 

“Oops, sorry,” I tell her. 

“Wait, are you blindfolded too?” I ask her.

“Yeah, and Tatum sucks with directions. I tripped over the gutter back there,” Macey growls.

” My bloody knee is killing,” she growls. “Kids slow down and away from the paint; it’s still wet!” Marcus screeches just as the sound of their voices reach my ears. A hand grips my arm. 

“Glad I’m not the only blind one around. I was becoming paranoid he walking me off a cliff,” Zoe says, and I know it, her hand on my arm. It slides down to grip my hand and gives me a squeeze just as my hand finds Macey’s.

“Those pricks conspired against us!” Macey hisses. Though with them here, I had a good idea of where I was, which was surprising. Valen said the Hotel wouldn’t be ready.

He had every excuse to keep us away from this place, from a gas leak to plumbing issues and electrical faults. “I swear if they have ruined our hotel?” Zoe hisses, and I chuckle, knowing there would be blood.

cliff was a better idea,” Marcus mutters, and Valen laughs behind me. “Okay, can we take these off? We figured

and step up onto the wall,” Valen says. “Wall?” I ask, shuffling my feet,

snickers, and she growls. “Language, you brute! Or I will jam your legs behind your head and test your flexibility,”

My feet hit something, and I know it’s the wall Valen

lift ya legs high enough,” Marcus laughs. All three of them laugh

placing me on

wasn’t very high yet, I wobbled, holding my balance, FRYCM? NL felt the

or you’ll ruin the garden bed beneath

the same time the girls do. I untangle my hair from it before looking up. We all gasped simultaneously at

to its former glory, but that wasn’t what made me gasp; I knew

sat in the center of the driveway. In its place was a huge statue. Zoe cups her hands over her mouth

had of Valarie was used, but instead of the banner she held in that photo, she held the

her was a statue of

standing at the bottom, on a pile of

our arms cradled, a baby in all our arms, and I knew they represented

arm sliding around my waist as she rests

women who inspired us all. Valarie would have loved it, and I knew she would be watching. Knew

something, something extraordinary. Something that made all our hardship so

at her when she points toward the massive statue. “Look at

and no wonder Valen was putting it off for so long.

I read the tiny little detail on them. Instead of

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