Mason sat down on the blanket with his legs open, I sat in between, scooting closer to him so that my back was resting on his chest. His arm snaked around my waist, and I relaxed against him. “Everyone is heading out for a drink tonight; do you mind if we go after we’ve had our date?” I turned my head and looked up at Mason. “Jack’s leaving in a couple of days, and I’d love to spend some more time with him?”
“Of course we can go sweetheart. I want you to spend time with Jack while he’s here.” He
bent his head and brushed his lips against mine. Pulling away he turned to Savannah. “Where are you meeting?”
“I’m not sure, I’ll have Brody text you the details.” She reached for her phone, firing off a text to Brody.
I felt Mason’s phone vibrate in his pocket “That was quick!” He said, pulling his phone from his jeans pocket. I turned around kneeling up in between his legs. I watched his eyes flash with anger and his jaw tense as he read the message.
“Mason, what’s wrong?” I asked him, concerned. “Is it Brody?” I rested my hands on his thighs, squeezing his leg gently when he didn’t answer me.
“Yeah, it’s Brody, there’s a problem, I need to go. I’m sorry I can’t stay longer baby.” He reached for me, kissing me on the nose. He looked at his phone as another message flashed up, his hands gripped his phone tightly, his knuckles turning white. “I’ve really got to go. I’m sorry baby.”
“That’s okay, I understand that you have to work. Do you need any help?” I asked him, worried about how angry he seemed.
“No, no, you stay here and enjoy yourself. I’ll see you at my place later, come over about six.” He muttered, distracted by another message on his phone. He kissed me on the cheek and ran to the truck, pulling away quickly leaving a cloud of dust behind him.
“What do you think all that was about?” I asked Savannah, who was lying on the blanket with her eyes closed.
“Who knows.” She shrugged, not opening her eyes. “Probably a disgruntled guest, there’s always somebody moaning about something.”
I looked over to where Mason had sped off in his truck, he seemed angry for it just to be a disgruntled guest, but what did I know. “Yeah maybe.” I murmured, not convinced.
The afternoon passed quickly, Jack rode to the house and brought us back some lunch which we ate under the shade of a large oak tree. We spent the time, chatting, swimming and sunbathing before deciding to head back to the house. Savannah and Jack were competitive on the horses and decided to race back, galloping off I could hear them laughing in the distance. I wasn’t an overly confident rider, so I stuck to a steady trot, arriving back at the stables a good five minutes after them. Jack was waiting for me.
“I thought you’d got lost.” He mocked, laughing at his own joke.
“Ha ha! Not everything has to be a race, Jack.” I smacked him in the stomach, before making my way into the house. I laughed as I heard him groaning behind me.
After showering, I chose a dress to wear for my date with Mason, hanging it on the bathroom door ready to put on just before I went to meet him. I still had an hour to kill before that, so I reached for my phone, texting my parents to say hello and to let them know that I was okay. I didn’t expect a reply back as they would be asleep, so I grabbed my kindle and read for a while. After I had finished my book, I started to get ready, curling my hair in loose waves down my back and applying a bit more makeup than I usually wore. Happy with how I looked, I grabbed my bag and went to find Savannah and Jack to say goodbye. I found Savannah in her room studying.
“Wow Lib, you look amazing,” Savannah exclaimed as I entered her room.
I gave her a twirl and laughed. “Thanks, Sav. I’m heading to Mason’s now, but I’ll see you later at the bar.” I bit my lip. “Is Josh going tonight?” I asked cautiously, not wanting to upset her.
“Urgh! No idea, I haven’t asked Brody. He usually comes if Brody goes out, let’s just hope if he comes he leaves Averi and her grabby hands at home!” She gave me a small smile before jumping off her bed and coming over to hug me. “Have a great time Lib, don’t do anything I wouldn’t do!” She said with a wink.
I laughed. “I’ll try my best, can’t make any promises, though,” I told her, returning her wink.
I heard her chuckling as I closed the bedroom door behind me and went downstairs in search of Jack. I couldn’t find him anywhere, so I guessed that he was somewhere with Brody.
I made the short walk over to Mason’s cabin taking in the beautiful surroundings, I inhaled deeply, loving the smell of the country air. As I got closer to the cabin I heard raised voices, one of which I recognised as Mason’s, the other was the voice of a woman, a woman whose voice I’d have trouble forgetting. Amber.
“What are you doing here? I thought I told you earlier to stay away.” I heard Mason say, his voice full of anger.
I frowned, what did he mean by earlier, was that who was texting him when we were at the lake? Why didn’t he tell me? Why did he say it was Brody?
“I needed to see you, please Mason, we can make this work.” Amber cried.
“No!” Mason exclaimed. “I don’t want to be with you Amber, why can’t you understand that!”
I was stood on the porch now and could clearly hear all of their conversation. I wasn’t sure if I should knock and go in, or just go back to the house.
“Amber, what are you doing? Shit! Put your top back on, have you got no self-respect!” Mason shouted.
On hearing that, I flung the door open to see Amber standing topless in Mason’s lounge. Mason spun around as he heard the door open, a look of horror on his face when he saw it was me.
“Libby, this isn’t what it looks like I promise.” He blurted out. “She just turned up at my door five minutes ago, I thought it was you, so I just called out for her to come on in. The next thing I know she’s taking her top off!” He looked at me, panic evident on his face.