"Sure, that's fine. We're all just simple guests here, how can we refuse the birthday celebrant and her boyfriend?" Evander humored.
Catelyn and Mason smiled as they sat down, their elbows brushing together and their smiles were making Grayson and Grace breathe through tiny straws.
Emily swallowed hard, trying to get over the awkwardness between Mason and Grace. The awkward tension was floating there on top of them but the people around the table forced themselves to ignore it. Jason and Evander maintained their friendly and nice smiles to get past it without a problem.
"You know, I think I remember it now. I heard your name from a friend of mine. Eli Balthazar. Do you know him?" Jason asked Grace.
Mason was a close friend of Eli and he was sure that the two hadn't met each other b
