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.

mutters, and Valen laughs behind me.

and step up onto the wall,” Valen says. “Wall?” I ask, shuffling my feet, not wanting to trip. “Shouldn’t

ears,” Tatum snickers, and she growls. “Language, you brute! Or I will jam your legs behind your

something, and I

around the wall,” “Na, too much entertainment watching you all trying to lift ya legs high enough,” Marcus laughs. All three of them laugh behind us, earning

grips my hips, placing me on

yet, I wobbled, holding my balance, FRYCM? NL felt the girls wobbling on

don’t fall, or you’ll ruin the garden bed beneath you,” Valen says. I sigh impatiently,

them now,” Marcus calls, and I rip mine off at the same time the girls do. I untangle my hair from it before looking up. We all gasped simultaneously at

that wasn’t what made me gasp; I knew what the plans looked

In its place was a huge statue. Zoe cups her hands over her mouth in awe, and Macey squeezes my hand as we

up the top, and a photo I had of Valarie was used, but instead of the banner she held in that

Beneath her was a statue of Macey, Me, and

standing at the bottom, on a pile of tools

a baby in all our arms, and I knew they represented Taylor, Valarian, and Casey

she rests her head

would have loved it, and I

something, something extraordinary. Something that

sob, and I rub her back, looking at her when she points toward the massive statue. “Look at the shirts,” she

wonder Valen was putting it off

tiny little detail on them. Instead of our names, it had something else. ‘Watch me! “We watched,” Tatum

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