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Sofia stands up when he approaches, s down her sleek black skirt, her four-inch heels lifting her to eye level with her boyfriend
He kisses her with s lips and a sappy expression "Hey, darlin’"
She runs a hand through his blond hair "Hi"
Brent leans back in his chair, his dark blue gaze glinting with et a kiss?"
Stanton pulls out Sofia’s chair for her, then sits in his own "My ass is always available for you, Mason"
"Actually, I was talking to Sofia"
"Her ass is off-li the ood old boy--in every sense of the terinally a Mississippi farm boy, he’s honest, loyal, has a low tolerance for bullshit, and exudes an easy, genuine charm that women find irresistible--as do juries We met in law school and became roommates shortly after that He’s a heavy hitter around the firot his eye on a partnership But, unlike e all the sahter, Presley, is the sole exception She lives back in Mississippi with her h that my friend has more than earned his Daddy moniker And he relishes it If sunshine took human form, like soreat fucking kid
After we order, talk turns to our latest cases, the goings-on at the firurative knife ready to perforossip; it’s intel Ears to the ground to gather the information we need to know to make our next move
Our food arrives and the conversation shifts to politics DC y and alliances, it rese to vote so to the with the revelation of et her naain I try to stay calm about it, butat the gy sweat I consider the odds that I’m actually infected and what that means for me I think about how I came to this point--the choices I should havein my stomach that makes me leave my meal untouched
Brent’s voice pullswith you today?"
I meet his inquisitive stare with a bland one "Why would you think soone way beyond the strong silent type and are approaching selective ives?"
Brent is a talker A sharer He coenerations But his parents aren’t the cold, silent aristocrats you’d iine Sure, they’re kind of eccentric, which I find entertaining as hell, but they’re also war people and they passed those qualities on to their son Because they don’t actually work, Brent’s family members have way too much time on their hands--so they’re also way too involved in each other’s personal lives There are no secrets in the Mason clan Last month his cousin Carolyn emailed the family newsletter with her ovulation date attached, so everyone could keep their fingers crossed for her
And I’ hysterical reality show
When he was a kid Brent was in an accident, hit by a speeding car He survived, ood with it--self-pity is not in his vocabulary His pretty face probably helps in that regard--and the fact that wo for hi believer in therapy I suspect he’s dished out more cash to therapists over the years than he paid for his house