Chapter 7

She always watched; you just didnt know. She watched you your entire life. Dont let her down by having to watch you destroy yourself,I tell him before thrusting the letter at him

He takes it, reading his name on the front. What’s this?” 

From Valarie, it arrived in the mail a couple of weeks after her funeral along with a few others,I told him, and he turned it over between his fingers. After shaking my head, I grabbed my bag from the counter and headed for the door

Shes dead, Everly. He kept her from me, and now shes dead, he said, and I stopped. Tears burned my eyes as I stopped and turned to face him. www.noveljar.com

She is only dead if you believe she is. That hotel is her legacy, hers. All those women and the rogues? She helped build that. I hated your father for so long and what he did to her; I may never forgive him for that, but if he hadnt, none of that would exist. All those people, she gave them their lives back, that hotel gave them their lives back. She isnt dead, Valen. Everything I am, Zoe is, Macey, your son, is her. Gone, yes, but she is not dead because no one will forget what she has given t o us.I told him. Valen shook his head before falling back onto the stool. He clutched his head in his hands, and his shoulders shook as he broke down

He lied; all those years he lied to me,Valen cried, and

chewed my lip to stop it quivering before walking over to him. I ran my fingers through his hair before taking the letter from him. He looked at me, and I placed it in my handbag

What are you doing?” 

Come with me?I told him, and he shook his head

you something,” I tell him, pulling on

to get dressed; you stink,” I tell him, groaning as I pull him to

an ashtray?” I asked

nodded, pushing him toward the bathroom. I turned the shower on, and he pulled his clothes off. After retrieving him a towel and

Valarian, who he said was asleep. When Valen got out, he changed, smelling

he asked as

him, leading him down

he asked, stepping aside and

it. Biting the inside of my lip,

how to drive in this thing. It‘s why it has a dent in the back,” I chuckled, pointing

it,” he whispered.

letters were in the glove compartment,” I told him before climbing in. Valen hopped in beside me as I started her up. He stared vacantly out the window for most of the

asked as

I told him, climbing out of the car. Valen‘s brows furrowed, but he reluctantly got out. Grabbing his hand, I walked him around to the storage sheds at the far back of the property closest to

I got earlier when I went home to grab the letter. I

was so afraid to have her by his side. This, this is who your mother was,” I told him, lifting the roller door. The shudder groaned as it rolled and banged open. Leaning in, I flicked on the lights. The fluorescent lights blinked before buzzing, staying on, lighting up the huge shed. Valen gasped and stepped inside,

her belongings but her past. “Your mother came from a wealthy family. This hotel was the first one built in Mountainview City. The City was built around it. Valarie‘s father

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