Chapter 304

KING Laughter drifts through the open office door. Unrestrained laughter, the kind that only happens between two people who have a connection. It’s after six, and most of the building has cleared out, so it probably isn’t work. Does Mason have a guy in his office? I haven’t seen him since Grampa and I bumped into him on Saturday, and as much as I hate to admit it, I’ve missed him. He hasn’t been here for our usual update the past two nights either and I have no idea why that is. I brace myself for what I might find when I walk in. He knew I was coming here tonight because I told him so via email. So is this some kind of punishment? Does he want me to see him with whichever guy this is? To witness someone else sharing something with him that I never will again because I lost that right a long time ago. The door is wide open, so I walk in without knocking. Mason is still laughing, and the guy next to him—big, tattooed, stacked, exactly Playboy’s type—is smiling back at him like he’s land