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"It’s good to see you," she told hiood to see you, too" And it was Maybe that’s what ot there Mason walked with his parents into the second dining room They used the first for when they had company It was more for shohile the second was more intimate

The table only sat six It was marble, with fresh flowers in the middle They were replaced every few days It had been like that as long as Mason could remember

"I made salmon I hope that’s okay" His father pulled out the chair for his"salus, her butter cream sauce on the side They also had raspberry walnut salad, as well as a bottle of wine

For lunch Mason liked to keep healthy, and he always paid attention to what he put in his body, but he couldn’t coh this much trouble for lunch "You didn’t have to do all of this, Mo their food

"Doing all of what?"

"Neverinto their meal,them both He used to think he looked like his dad, but now he knew that couldn’t be true

It was a shock to his system--to always knohere he came from only to find out he never really had Only to find out that he had soenes inside him, had a family he didn’t know

What would they think of Mason? Would they enjoy sitting down in his bar for a beer, or would they not be able to accept who he was? Did he look like his s ondered about him?

He’d wanted that so bad as a kid, wanted brothers and sisters, and now he possibly had the on the rest of the day?" his , really Why?"

"It’s just…weyou around Your father has to run an errand for the restaurant, and we thought you guys could spend soether You can help him take care of some business and then come back here, for dinner"

It was then he realized they cornered hiht word, but they had a very specific plan for today, only they hadn’t let Mason in on it until now "Mouilt ih him Damn it No matter what, he didn’t want to hurt them What harm could one day make?