We went to their hotel. It was some ritzy place. I didn’t care and I trudged behind them as we rode the elevator to their top floor. Of course they’d be staying in the top suite, it only made sense, but as we got there Mason pressed a different button. Logan got off and gave us a salute with a cocky smirk. “See you later.” The elevators slid to a close on his words and we rode the elevator down two floors. It stopped on the one between and as it opened, I stepped back into Mason’s side.
Garrett stood there, waiting for the elevator. His shocked gaze swept over me and then Mason. He murmured in a fake Southern drawl, “A bee’s bit my asscheeks to be seeing you here. How are you?”
I pressed my forehead into Mason’s side and his hand swept around me. He answered for me. “Who are you?”
“Her dad.”
I flinched at his tone.
I heard the smile in Mason’s voice. “Really?”
“Aren’t you Helen’s kid?”
“What about her?”
I jumped at the sudden intensity in Mason’s voice, but his hand swept up and down my back. He held me against him.
“Nothing. I like your mother. She’s quite a woman.”
“I think so.”
“So how do you know my daughter?”
Mason chuckled. “That’s something you can ask her when she’s ready for questions.”
There was a heavy silence after that. I knew both of them were waiting for me, but
I shuddered and melted against Mason. His hand held me close and I felt a soft kiss on my shoulder.
I needed it. I needed all the support I could get at that point. Everything was out. It wouldn’t take a genius to figure out that I never meant Logan, but Mason. I knew my whole school would be buzzing about my relationship and my father—David—what could I say about him? He was gone. I felt it in my bones. And now we saw my other dad…what did I even think about him?
He knew Mason and Logan’s mom.
That was weird.
Garrett chuckled as the elevator opened on our floor. “You and your men, little girl. They’re all waiting for when you’re ready.”
Mason hit the emergency stop and turned to face him. I had started to step off, but waited with a pounding headache and a tight chest. What was going to happen now? I wasn’t sure how much more I could handle…
“What are you talking about?”
Garrett wiggled his eyebrows up and down and skimmed a hand over his face. “I figured it out, took me a second, but I forgot Helen was married to James Kade. It all makes sense now. So what are the two of you doing here? I’m guessing Analise doesn’t know about this relationship…is it a relationship or you two kids bumping uglies to piss the folks off?”
Mason’s smile was a veiled threat. “And it’s your business because…?”
Garrett narrowed his eyes and studied Mason for a moment. My heart pounded in my ears as I waited. It seemed to stretch out into strained silence as the two stared at each other and then Garrett broke with a curve of his lips. He shook his head and stepped forward to unlock the emergency brake. “You got balls, kid. Helen would be proud.”
As the doors started to slide close, Mason’s hand stopped them. They retreated back and he narrowed his eyes this time. “You’re the guy bumping uglies with my mom?”
