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“Thank you for your quick actions, officers”

“You’re welcome It was your acquaintance Mr Smith that did the work” We leave the police station on State Street and head home I just want to wash my hands of all of this Since the crime was perpetrated on his friend, on’t have ets

Chapter 16

Mason

Christht of passion, we slept in I wake up, slinking downstairs to make some coffee for us

When I co at me “Merry Christmas, Winter”

“Merry Christ me as I hand her the coffee It’s hot, but I ood to be true,” she

“Well, it is” I take a drink of htstand “In a few years, we’ll be waking to kids ju to open presents”

“How many babies do you want?” she asks me We haven’t really talked about exact numbers I can afford a whole brood of them if ant

“A hundred,” I tease

She scoffs and takes another drink “Ue to have kids in my sixties”

“Fine I suppose five is good enough,” I grumble I’m so happy, I want to pin her to the bed and claiain, but I’ll just steal sohtstand next to et to it then” Then I pounce on her for a lovely Christ that started with deep kisses and finished with Winter screa my name

We finally a to watch some football and have dinner with a couple of my friends and my mother She loves Winter and can’t wait for us to h not asthat we can get married before the new year, but with the dra so fast I didn’t want to push her

Winter’s in the kitchen prepping our dinner while ait for our guests I tried to help, but she kicked ate buzzes just as I plop down on the sofa with ate with my phone when I see it’s my mom

“Merry Christht her boyfriend with her It’s not a big deal to ated, not that I’d tell her He’s clean and seems to be on the up and up We’ll see from there “Harry, this is my son, Mason Mason this is Harry”