“This is our stop,” Simon said as he sat opposite Mason at a bus stop table in Columbus, Ohio. “You going to be okay?”
Mason nodded, his eyes tracking Wade as he stalked through the building. “Yeah, I can handle myself.”
Simon held out a card and Mason took it slowly. “My contact information…in case…There aren"t a whole lot of us left. We should look out for each other.”
“Thank you.”
Lila and her sister came running with their mother and Lucas following. “Daddy, it"s still bright outside!”
“I know, Lila. That"s why we"re waiting inside for uncle Mike.”
She climbed up into Mason"s lap. “Are you coming to grandma"s too?”
He smiled and bounced his knee. “No, darlin". I am getting back on the bus and going to Washington, D.C.”
“Is that where your grandma is?”
His breath caught a littl
