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"Motherfucker!" Mason fisted his hands, tried to keep fro They were fucked and it was all his fault He’d pulled Durango’s o over everything, yet he put it off, before finally leaving it for Isaac Between Creekside and here, he just hadn’t made it the priority he should have

"Shit!" This tith to hold himself back Mason pushed to his feet With one sweep of his hands, he shoved everything fro His parents had never had a problem like this before He’d been the one to hire Bryce, and now the ht he could handle it all and he couldn’t He let hio I’ll fix it"

"Mason" The emotion in Isaac’s voice surprised him The man was cutthroat If so them Mason had fucked up

"This was onthis new restaurant and so busy trying to keep things going at the bar that I let the Durango worries go I didn’t pay attention and I need to fix it" He’d known for a while soo, yet he’d put it off, figured everything was fine because he kneould fall on hihed "How are you supposed to do that? You have your bar and shit going on here I’ll handle it"

Mason fell back into the chair again He set his elbows on the table, his head bowed, and his hands latched behind his head After exhaling a deep breath, he asked, "Does Dad know yet?" That’s what hurt He’d failed his father TheThemore than the son who didn’t even have his own blood to have his legacy

"No I wanted to talk to you first You knoell as I do he’s not going to take this well"

Durango was his baby He’d worked all hours of the day there when Mason was an infant He grew Alexander’s froround up from that establisho Everything else can wait I’o to Blackcreek I have to talk with Gavin, and then I’ll be back Don’t talk to Dad without me" Without another word, he walked out

Gavin knocked on Braden’s door His friend had called hi he wanted to run past Gavin, which knowing Braden, could

When his friend didn’t answer, he knocked again Finally, the knob twisted and Braden pulled the door open "Hey, ?" Braden stood aside for Gavin to walk in

"Good How about you?" When Braden closed the door, Gavin followed hi busy Jess is playing with her cousins today and Wes is at work I don’t really knohat to do with myself"

Gavin chuckled, not sure when he’d ever seen the rounded Actually, that wasn’t true He’d never seen it before Braden ood" The fact that his friend continued to stall didn’t escape his attention "Spit it out, Braden What’s going on?"

"I hear the skepticis Don’t start stressing out on me"

It was then that Gavin realized his body was tense He fought to relax, which prettyelse about himself He always assuot here

"I’ out"

Braden didn’t respond to that "Listen, I had a conversation sort of fall intowith one of Jessie’s friend’sto start at the beginning of the new school year It wouldn’t be at only one school You’d spend certain days at the eleh school, but it’s supposed to be a really great prograet cuts, so now they’re starting over"

Gavin got a pain in his chest thinking about the fact that they hadn’t had o Didn’t people realize how important music was?