I was sitting on the back porch at Helen’s house when the doors slid open behind me. I didn’t look up from my position on one of the couches. I continued surveying the pool, pool house, and the second lower deck and veranda. None of it seemed impressive or surprising anymore to me. It was like the other mansions, and I couldn’t remember the day when I had been impressed.
I was so far from that person now.
“Logan said you were out here.”
Mason sat next to me. He lifted my legs and placed them in his lap, starting to knead my calves. “You okay?”
“I was just thinking about the beginning.”
“That seems to be the theme this summer.”
I looked over and felt my breath catch. The moonlight shone on him, casting him in a romantic, hazy glow. He was gorgeous.
“Sam?”
I gave him a quick half-gri
