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Mason’s mouth twitched, but he pushed up froa ave hie to fk off "We’d love it if you still played"

They stared at each other with narrowed eyes before hed His napkin had been clenched in a hand, but he let it drop to the plate now His eyebrow arched "I’hed and shoved back his chair He stalked fro behind hioodbye in theave him a quiet nod in response His eyelids shuttered close, and he followed behind his brother in the next moment Then Garrett asked me, "Did you enjoy that?"

I turned, startled that I felt attacked by hiestured after thee motion "That was because of you You know that, don’t you?"

"Hoas that about ain I was reminded that he’d never not been one

"Helen can take care of herself She doesn’t need her two ‘little’ boys to protect her I don’t buy what they’re selling This had nothing to do with their mother That leaves you, my dear"

He started to pick up the dishes As he threw one down in the sink, I flinched but kept my voice controlled "If you’re that stupid to believe that, then you can think that"

He twisted around "Then as that about? Since I’ve known the they protect"

"They protect each other too"

He snorted in disbelief "They don’t need to protect each other Have you met them? They are the two most capable men I knoho are able to take care of the clicked with rew, and I couldn’t help to be aed his role frooal, probably not Who would have a goal like that? But whatever his agenda had been, that’d been a benefit from it

And then I said in a soft voice, "If you haven’t noticed, they don’t like people getting close either"

He shook his head as he continued to clean the table "You’re right about that Mason has to pick everyone he deean wanted to go off on o I’d like to rattle their cage like they do to everyone else"