Page 172 of Beautiful Collide

Mason:Barely. I’ve seen ghosts more social than you lately.

Dane:You guys want to hear something funny?

Aiden:Always.

Mason:Please, tell me Hudson did something embarrassing.

Dane:Oh, he did. I saw him yesterday, driving down Main Street. In a SUIT.

Mason:A suit??? Hudson Wilde? The guy who wears joggers to team dinners??

Aiden:Was it even him? Maybe it was his evil twin.

Hudson:I don’t have an evil twin.

Mason:Nah, bro, YOU are the evil twin. What’s with the suit? Job interview? You finally going corporate?

Aiden:He’s certainly pissed Coach off enough to lose his job.

Hudson:Very funny. It’s none of your business.

Dane:Hudson in a suit is everyone’s business. You looked like you were heading to a wedding or something.

Mason:A wedding? Hold up. Is there something you’re not telling us?

Hudson:Relax. I wasn’t at a wedding.

Aiden:Were you late for it? Because that tracks.

Hudson:I hate all of you.

Mason:Suspicious silence. Bro’s definitely hiding something.

Dane:No doubt. Hudson Wilde wearing a suit on a random weekday? I don’t buy it.

Aiden:Dude probably spilled coffee on his joggers and panicked.

Mason:Or he’s secretly in the mob.

Hudson:I’m not in the mob. And I don’t panic.

Dane:The suit begs to differ.

Mason:Be honest, are you in trouble? Did Mommy and Daddy finally punish you for all those times you broke curfew?

Hudson:You guys need hobbies.

Aiden:Bullying you is my hobby.

Dane:Ditto.

Mason:Answer the question:WHY THE SUIT, WILDE?

Hudson:You’ll never know.

Dane:Sketchy.

Mason:Extremely sketchy. I’m googling “Hudson Wilde spotted in suit” to see if you made the news.

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