Not long after the truck leaves my car in the parking lot, I am waiting on the curb. Zoe got out of the taxi first as it stopped beside me. Zoe pays for the cab, and I help her grab her stuff from the trunk.
“I never knew this place was here,“ She says, looking up at the vast hotel, “kinda creepy, it looks haunted, “ She adds, and I chuckle.
“Anyway, I am so glad to see you again. I have been so excited I barely slept a wink last night,“ Zoe tells me, giving me a hug.
“So, is this everything?“ I ask her looking down at the pram and duffle bag.
“Yep, that’s everything, our life in a bag. Pathetic, isn’t it?“
“No, see that piece of scrap metal,“ I tell her, pointing at my busted wagon. She nods her head.
“That was home sweet home, “ I tell her, and she laughs.
“Seriously, as for baby stuff, don’t even worry about it. Valarie went on a shopping spree. The room is packed with everything, baby. So much so we may have to sleep outside to fit it all in the room,“ I tell her.
“What, really? How long have you known Valarie? “
She asks.
“Met her yesterday. She is lovely. I have never met anyone like her before, “ I tell Zoe, and she smiles just as a green Daihatsu charade pulls up next to us, honking its horn a few times.
“Thanks, bro, “ Macey says, punching her brother in the shoulder and climbing out before tapping the roof.
“Hi, girls, “ Her brother calls out, and we both wave to the stranger.
“Bugger off, Blake, stop hitting on my friends. They aren’t interested, “ Macey scolds her brother as he waves to us. Macey flips him off, and he laughs, driving off down the road.
“Sorry about him. He is a sleaze, so try to stay away from him unless you want another baby,“ Macey chuckles, shaking her head.
shirt showing her belly button, her hair pulled in a bun, and a
a handyman, “ She tells us when she catches both of us
the parking lot, looking up at the building. The
dump, “ Valarie’s voice
you scared me; it ah-has potential,“ Macey
a dump?“ Valarie asks,
goes to say when
jumped in that pool over there, you wouldn’t come out again, water is probably nuclear, that might actually be that
all up for the job, I will pay on time, and anything this place needs, let me know, and I will try order it in, but there is a catch, “
the catch?“ Zoe
that are good with that crap, let me know. If not, we will figure it out ourselves, “ Valarie tells them. That was going to be hard trying to source help and an electrician being the main thing because I didn’t fancy being
That’s where I got the tool belt
“ Zoe says, and
He is a real asshole now that he found his mate but doesn’t want her to find out he already has a kid. So I will threaten to tell her; he either helps when
will probably find someone else, but I know he
you
plumbing which we will figure out,
you want to do
list everything as we go, “ Valarie says, and we all agree, heading up to the room. We stack everything in the bathroom before tossing all furniture over the balcony into the skip bin
kids in her studio while we got everything out. Once we were done, we then started ripping
balcony. Valarie must
got floorboards under the carpet? I was expecting
in perfect condition, and
re -carpet, the floorboards are in good condition in this room, if the rest are the same you will save a fortune by rubbing
later and see what
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