NICOLE
"So," Mason says on the phone, "do you have any news about the charity? Any donations? Are you truly determined to shut it down come month's end?"
I narrow my eyes. "I wish you didn't have to sound so happy while saying that, Mason."
"I don't sound happy—you're projecting. It's just a question."
I sigh. I've sent Roman's money back, so I don't have anything to work with anymore. We've received a few small donations here and there that'll probably be enough for the event, but that's it.
I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I'd kept that money. Roman was an asshole to me, and I want nothing to do with him.
"I guess so."
"Haley tells me you're pretty agitated."
"I'm fine," I grit out. "Just disappointed."
Not only with the charity, but with the matters of the heart, to
