Chapter 81

“You’re going to marry mum?” Valarian squealed, hurting my ears, his little eyes lighting up as he danced and wiggled in his seat. “Well, I hope so, that is why we are going t o the jewelers. We need to find her a ring, “Valen claps his hands excitedly.

“Oh, I know. What about grandma’s rings? Grandma had heaps,” Valarian says. “Her mother?” I ask him, a little confused. But he shakes his head. 28 “No, Grandma Valarie, your mum. They are in the storage shed, mum has where she keeps all grandma’s stuff,” he says.

“I don’t remember seeing a jewelry box in there,” I tell him. “No, mum packed it in a box after I dropped it, and had all my grandma’s “Yep, they didn’t take anything, just wrote rogue whore on the brick walls, Aunty Macey scared them off,” “Language! And you remember this?” I ask him.

“Ah, it was only last year, when mum got her 5 star rating for the hotel, just before Christmas. Mum thought it was another Hotel owner. Aunty Macey smacked one i n the head with her bat when they tried to get in the office area,” Valarian laughs, making a swinging motion with his hands before he shrugs.

“And she didn’t call the police?” I ask him. oc “She did, they laughed at her and said it was her problem, so mum moved the jewelry from the safe, said it would be the first place they looked for valuables,” oc “And how do you know where she hid it?” I ask and Valarian drops his head.

coa “I accidentally knocked a box over and broke the jewelry box. Mum spent hours crying, trying to put it back together with glue. She wouldn’t stop crying, she said it was Grandma favorite possession,” Valarian tells me, making my brows furrow DO “You made her cry?” I ask him.

“Yes, but I don’t think it was the jewelry box. I think it was because I lost a stone out of one of the rings when it smashed. I t was Grandma’s mother’s wedding ring.

heirloom, and the jewelry box was given t o grandma, so it must be the ring, because the box looked ugly,” he says with a shrug while looking down at his hands in his lap. 3 OS “Do you think we can sneak in the

of where?” DC poca “The storage shed,” I tell him. “Like a secret agent?” he asks, and I chuckle when my phone starts ringing again. BE “You should answer

 

just got home. Zoe went into heat, so I had to ring Marcus.

around at the roundabout and heading for the storage locker. oc pooo G 3 “Where are you taking him? It’s pouring down,

radio, I heard it’s going to get worse overnight

“Fine, I will start dinner, I guess. Oh, can you grab more milk and coffee on your way home? Oh, and

too. Don’t forget my ice cream, “Everly says, hanging up.

grabbing the spare key from my glove box. The trees were bending over from the wind, the sound of the wind whistled past the

“Yellow Box?” I ask while turning to look at Valarian sitting in

brown cupboard. I t has boxes stacked in front of it.” I nod, turning the car off. “No, this is a surprise. You can’t tell your mother.” I remind him, and he nods. I hold my pinkie out to him. “Pinkie, promise?” “I can keep a secret,”

keep secrets from us,” “Isn’t that the same thing?” Valarian asks. “No, because I will be telling her, well, I will be asking her, so it is a surprise.” a “Sounds like

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