Mason Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers #3) - Sandi Lynn Page 0,19

his brothers or his buddies from the station. After taking a shower and climbing into bed, I fell asleep until I was woken up by the sound of the front door shutting and a lot of giggling. Climbing out of bed, I quietly opened my door a crack and saw Mason and some chick making out as they headed to his room. A feeling I didn’t like erupted inside me. Getting back into bed, I lay there and tossed and turned the rest of the night.

The next morning, after I showered and got dressed, I went to grab a cup of coffee when I saw that girl from last night making herself a cup.

“Oh hey.” She smiled as she stood there in one of Mason’s t-shirts. “You must be the roommate. I’m Candi with an i.”

“Hey.” I nodded as I reached up in the cabinet and grabbed a cup.

Mason emerged from his room in a pair of sweatpants and stopped dead in his tracks when he saw me.

“Hey,” he nervously spoke. “I thought you worked today.”

“I do. But not until noon.”

“Here you go, baby.” Candi grinned as she handed Mason a cup of coffee.

“Thanks. You should go get dressed. I have errands to run.”

“Sure. Okay.” She ran her hand down his bare chest.

After making myself a cup of coffee, I grabbed the bottle of aspirin and shook two pills in my hand.

“Headache?” Mason asked.

“I drank a little too much last night,” I replied as I chased the pills down with a glass of water.

“Oh. Where did you go?”

“Rudy’s.”

Candi walked back into the kitchen and handed Mason a piece of paper.

“I had a lot of fun last night. Call me.”

“Yeah, sure.” He gave her a small smile as he took the paper from her hand and I rolled my eyes.

She left and Mason walked over to the fridge and took out the carton of eggs, but not before throwing her number in the garbage.

“I bet you don’t even know her name,” I spoke.

“Yes, I do. It’s—It’s—Kathy.”

“It’s Candi with an i.” My brow arched.

“Yes. Right.” He nodded. “I hope this isn’t awkward for you.”

“Nope. Not awkward at all. I just hope the same goes for you when I bring a guy home.”

My phone rang, and it was the hospital calling.

“I’m on my way,” I spoke as I ended the call. “I have to go. The ER is getting slammed. There’s a twenty-car pileup on the expressway.”

Chapter 16

Mason

She flew out the door, and I sat there wondering if she had heard us last night. I couldn’t worry about it because this was my place too, and if I wanted to bring someone back for the night, I would with no guilt. This was the problem with having a roommate. Especially one that was a woman. I needed to stop worrying about it. Just as I got up to change in my running clothes, there was a knock at the door. Opening it, Nathan stood there with his head cocked.

“Why the hell aren’t you ready? I thought we were going for a run?”

“We are. Come on in. Let me go throw on some clothes,” I spoke as I rubbed the back of my neck.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.”

“Bullshit,” he shouted from the living room. “I’ve known you my entire life, and I know that look. What happened?”

After changing into my running shorts and t-shirt, I took my socks and shoes over to the couch.

“I brought a girl home last night and her and Sara saw each other this morning.”

“And?”

“And it was a little awkward.”

“Why? You and Sara aren’t having sex. You’re not a couple. You’re roommates. Did she have a problem with it?”

“I don’t think so.” I got up from the couch. “I told her I hoped it wasn’t awkward for her and she said it wasn’t and that she hopes I would feel the same when she brought a guy home.”

“There you have it.” He patted my shoulder. “She didn’t feel awkward, you won’t feel awkward, everything will be dandy and now we can go for our run.” He grinned.

I rolled my eyes as I grabbed my phone and we headed out the door.

“Do you think Mom will tell us everything tonight?” Nathan asked as we ran through Central Park.

“She better. Maybe we should force her to get some counseling.”

“Seriously? You don’t force Mom to do anything. She forces us to do the things we don’t want to.”

“True.” I smiled. “Well, whatever happened between her and Tommy, we’ll find out tonight.”

I stepped into the townhouse and