Chapter 57

” I will be back soon , ” I said when I answered ” No , it’s fine . I got someone in to cover you . I figured you were concussed , but Zoe isn’t answering , and 1 am on tonight , and mum has hurt her knee again , so she can’t watch both girls . Can you and Valen please , please , come to get Casey for the night ?

” ” What do you mean Zoe isn’t answering ? Did you knock on the door ? ” Macey cleared her throat before speaking i na hushed voice . ” I did , but I don’t think she could hear me over all the showering sounds coming from the house , ” she hissed . I snorted . Who would have thought ?

” They are like damn rabbits . I have been u p there twice now , and I swear my ears are bleeding . Anyone would think we are running a brothel with the noises leaving your apartment , ” ” What’s a brothel , Aunty Macey ? ” I heard Casey asked in the background .

” Ah , a place where people get foot massages , ” Macey answers awkwardly . Valen chuckles but turns the car around , hearing her . ” Yep , we are on our way now .

Meet us out the front , ” I tell her . ” Thank God , but you need to talk to her , ” ” Why do I have to talk to her ? You’re the eldest ? ” I told her .

” Because I can’t say anything after what you saw the other day and don’t say you didn’t tell Zoe . I know you did , and you’re the only one not getting la .. foot messages around here , ” Macey corrects herself . ” Ah no , you talk to her , ” ” I will scissor paper rock you for it ,

do . ” Valen raises an eyebrow at me and shakes his head . I say goodbye and hang up the phone . ” Are you two seriously going to fight over who is giving Zoe the sex talk ? ” ” Yes , unless you want to

and I folded my arms . I was not making any more deals with the devil , and I know he would pick his words wisely if I did , so I couldn’t get out of it . W e pulled up out the front ,

and school was canceled . I just got the notification because of a covid case , ” I sighed and nodded . Damn pandemic . Macey buckled Casey in , before stopping

 

, and we quickly played rock , paper , scissors while Valen laughed a tus . Macey fist – pumped the air when her scissors cut my paper . ” No !

the cringingness of that talk and proper behavior in our hotel , ” Macey said triumphantly . ” ” Fine , but you get the next awkward talk

talk still haunts me when I had to explain to both you girls the importance of pap smears . ” ” } ” You could have just told us you didn’t have to diagrams and or reenact on our dining room table . I haven’t looked at the table the same , and you owe

thorough . Valarie always said get your facts straight , and I did that , ” Macey said . ” We were mortified , ” ” Valarie thought it was pretty funny , even

, and both Macey and I froze , forgetting entirely about Valen and how casually we spoke of his mother . 17 ” She was . She was a marvelous woman , ” Macey said with

out and back onto the highway and Casey leaned forward in her seat . ” Look , Uncle Valen , I brought Trolls . Aunty Macey said I could because it is your favorite , ” she said , holding up the

he was your boyfriend and would marry you one day . ” ” Did she now ? ” I asked . ” Yep , so that makes him my uncle , but if h e is my uncle , how will I marry Valarian ?

glanced at her in the mirror . ” My boy is a lady’s man . ” I smacked his thigh , and he grabbed my hand before I could pull it away . He kissed the back of it when he lifted it to his lips , before keeping hold of it on his lap . ” So can

going to be so excited about our sleepover , ‘ ” ” ” Casey , you live with Valarian . Every night is a sleepover , ” I chuckle . ” Oh , right ? I guess it is , ” she said , bouncing happily in the back of the car . The drive was short , and

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