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

pull him to his

you make out with an ashtray?” I asked

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

he said was asleep. When Valen got out, he changed, smelling and looking like the

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

I told him, leading him down to my car, his mother‘s

it?” he asked, stepping aside and

of my lip, I nodded

a dent in the back,” I chuckled, pointing it out. He looked at the back tailgate at the pole mark, where

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.

like?” he asked as we pulled up at

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

my bag, I retrieved the keys I got earlier when I went home to

I realized why your father 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

her belongings but her past. “Your mother came from a wealthy family. This hotel was the first one built in Mountainview City.

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