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Elle walks by, stops and cocks her head to the side looking in Mason’s direction My eyebrows scrunch together "What’s wrong?" I ask her

Mason picks up Ryder and comes over to us "Mo whatever she was thinking "It’s nothing sweetie" Elle answers Mason and I

We all stand around chatting and Elle announces dinner is ready Gathering in the kitchen we eat dinner and then move on to presents for Cooper and Mason, followed by cake I didn’t have tiift cards to their favorite places to eat I know they don’t get good food a lot because they are constantly on the road

The girls are all in the kitchen cleaning up when Mason comes up behind me and whispers in lass that I’ out I start to shake my head no when MacKenzie bu MacKenzie with my eyes to help me I can’t do that I can’t be alone with hiether and I don’t want to have to pick up the pieces again I’er than I was before but when Mason Cahill is involved I turn into lass and repeats herself, "Go Please, for lass and dry my hands with the towel I nod to Mason and follow behind hio, I need to prove that I can still be around Mason and not be in a relationship with him But then a part of me aches to be with him I don’t just miss him emotionally, I ain

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I grab Hailey’s hand and walk out through the garage with her to get ht

"Corab ardless if she coe to where she knows I’ve left her helmet; where it always has been I turn on the bike and wait for Hailey to climb on behind o She locks her fingers around iving nal that she’s ready

I pull out of the driveway and turn the opposite direction of my house with Cooper I pull into MacKenzie and Hunter’s develop her off since that’s where she is staying I get to the end of their street and turn right The houses get bigger and bigger the further you drive down the street My house is in the center of the cul-de-sac, you can barely tell there is a house there with all thetrees surrounding it The "for sale" sign has a giant sold sign across it I stop in front of the house and steady the bike with ht of the house

Hailey flips the visor up on her hel?"

I raise "

"Uh, Mase isn’t this a little creepy?"

I chuckle I guess she hasn’t seen the sold sign yet "Yeah a little, but I know the owner"

"Mason let’s get the hell out of here Take me home"

I sive the bike a little gas and she grabs ain I pull up the driveway and hit the garage keypad on e and it shuts behind iveaway now