Rose did not see Xander or anyone else until later that evening when Wayne came knocking on her door.
She walked away from the bed, where she had been sitting all day and pondering her choices. When she stopped at the door, she opened it right when Wayne was about to knock again.
He caught himself, faked a cough, and stood up straight.
“The Master of the house would like for you to join the family for dinner,” Wayne said and Rose c****d an eyebrow.
Did he mean Mason? And what was that about the family?
She was not in the mood to deal with that many people, let alone the people who were the cause of her strife.
“I’ll be down soon,” nevertheless, she would not decline Mason’s request. Refusing to join the family for dinner would cause more problems than avoiding any. Wayne left and
