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

want to show you something,” I tell him, pulling on his hand.

I tell him, groaning as I pull him to his feet, and he chuckles. He

you make out with an ashtray?”

bad?” he asked, and I nodded, pushing him toward the bathroom. I turned the shower on, and he pulled his clothes off. After retrieving him a towel and fresh clothes, I sat next to the

said was asleep. When Valen

going?” he asked as I retrieved my bag and keys.

him down to my car, his

it?” he asked, stepping aside and

the inside of my lip, I nodded

to drive in this thing. It‘s why it has a dent in the back,” I chuckled, pointing it out. He looked at the back tailgate at

almost crushed it,” he

Good thing too. All the letters were in the glove compartment,” I told him before climbing in. Valen hopped in beside me as I started her up. He stared

like?” he asked as

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 the

my bag, I retrieved the keys I got earlier when I went home to grab the letter. I unlocked the padlock and

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

only filled with all 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

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