Everly POV
It took ages for me to get rid of Valen. Valen had been pestering me all bloody day about taking Valarian for the weekend; he finally agreed to leave if he could get Valarian from school and take him somewhere after. I decided to agree so I could get some damn work done because once again, we were down more staff, and to make matters worse, no one could get a hold of Emily. Apparently, her son also didn't show up for school.
However, when it was nearly 6 PM, I began to worry when Zoe hadn't messaged me to say Valarian had been dropped to her as promised for dinner. Walking back to my office after the dinner rush started to slow down, I pull my phone from my pocket about to ring Valen when I smack into someone. Looking up, I find it was Marcus.
"Seriously, I have been looking
