Everly POV
A year later Zoe and I sat with Valen and Marcus, as we waited for Doc to tell me how many eggs they were able to extract that were viable.
"Man, I have never been so nervous in all my life!" I whisper to Zoe.
"I know! My hands are shaking," she whispers.
"What if she says no?"
Zoe worries as she bounces her son, Noah on her lap.
Macey was not able to find a surrogate or an egg donor.
Zoe had come to me and told me she wanted to offer to carry a baby for Macey, yet she wasn’t sure she was comfortable carrying a baby that was biologically hers.
So after speaking with Valen and telling him what Zoe wanted to do and that we just needed an egg donor. He sighed heavily.
"You want to donate your eggs?"
I nodded my head.I needed his blessing, because it was a big ask for him knowing biologically the child would be mine and Tatum’s.
Though I was not carrying this child and it was just eggs I had no intention of using, this was not my child but theirs and Zoe was the vessel.
"As if I would say no," Valen had said, so Zoe and I had gone to all the appointments, made sure everything was safe and would work out before deciding to present it to Macey.
We didn’t want to get her hopes up only for them to crash down again.We had all witnessed her heartache when she couldn't find a donor or surrogate.She desperately wanted to give Tatum a baby, though we all knew he was content with Taylor, but in Macey’s eyes, their little family wasn’t complete.
We wanted to help her complete it.
The door opens and Doc walks out and I think all four of us suddenly forgot how to breathe as we stared at his desk as he sat down and went over his notes.
"Seven viable eggs, you just have to ask now," Doc tells us and we all let out a breath simultaneously.
I squeeze Zoe’s hand excitedly and she squeezes mine back.We had it all planned on how we would ask her.
A little corny, but we were excited to see their faces.
"We will ask at the barbeque tonight," I tell Zoe and she smiles, while Noah babbles on her lap excitedly, eating his hEAp*[VNNs having no idea what is going on.
The packhouse was full of family.
Kalen and Dad were wrangling the girls.
Ava was chasing the kids around the backyard while they pretended the grass was Lava and Ava was the lava monster chasing them around the huge climbing frame they played on.
The smell of sausage and steak on the barbeque made my mouth water as I carried a salad bowl out and placed it on the table.
Tatum was with Marcus and Valen as they manned the meat.
Zoe was giving Noah his bottle and talking to Macey about the upcoming event at the hotel and arrangements that needed to be made.
"Zoe!" I sing out and she looks up at me, her lips curling up at the edges as she stands.
She passes Noah to Macey.
"Can you give him to Marcus? I just have to help Everly for a second," Zoe says.
"Sure," she says, taking him while Zoe makes her way over to me.
Macey sets her beer down, eyeing us as we disappear back inside.
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