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Me, on the other hand, a solid eighty-three And a horny eighty-three, too I’d be doing the saet my tacos delivered toThe idea had e baths

I stopped just inside The kitchen light was on We never kept that light on

"Hello?" I walked inside and spotted Mason locking the back door "Hey What are you doing up?" I sht with the wife?"

He scowled, scratching the top of his head as he walked past me to the hallway "No, you asshole I had to pick up Nate"

"Nate…" My voice trailed off, and I took in how s under his eyes, his hair slightly messed up, and tired lines around his ot him at the party, didn’t I?" I looked around, but no one had come in behind Mason "Where is he?"

"Yeah You left hi on to the back of my neck That was even worse "His parents are in town" The pieces were coo to the party But I did, so I talked hione a few hours His parents were arriving tonight--ed, so he wanted to stay up and surprise them at the hotel Shit Shit Shit"

Mason shook his head "I hope the chick orth it"

"The chick?" That’s what they thought I left him to have sex I shook my head "I’m not that shallow I mean, come on"

Mason stood half in the dark hallway now, half still in the kitchen’s light His face was rin "You didn’t leave the party because of soh "That’s your problem Whatever you did and whoever it ith, I hope it orth it Nate is pissed" He walked backward toward his room "And lucky for you, you sleep next door to him"

I hadn’t left him to have sex I knew that even when Taylor texted back She wasn’t that type of girl But hearing it from my brother, I couldn’t tell Nate the truth It’d be even worse that I’d left him to not have sex He wouldn’t understand I’d dropped the ball Nate was rew up together, ere fa with Saht, little bro You’ll make it up to hi into his bedroom "Hey" His voice had softened

"Yeah?"

"Did you have fun?"

"What?"

"With the girl If you didn’t have sex with her, did you have fun, at least?"

I scratched behind ht you didn’t want to know"