Page 151 of Please Save Me

“Of course.” Sophia grabbed one of the plastic cups and passed it to Jasper, kissing him on the cheek as she sat down beside Sebastian and grabbed one of the wine glasses.

I was taken aback a little when I noticed there were four in total.

I’d expected that she and I would drink and that she’d probably at least offer one to Sebastian. Butwhowas the fourth for?

The sound of footsteps started down the hallway, and I looked over to see Mason and Lucian both dressed in their pajamas, and Juniper followed close behind. Her green eyes narrowed with suspicion as she followed at their heels.

“Finally,” Sophia muttered, taking a sip of her wine. “I thought you would miss all the fun.”

“That’s my fault,” Mason said as Lucian helped her get settled into the loveseat. “Rosie–” A wince cut her sentence short. “Rosie wasn’t making getting dressedeasy.”

That small action had every set of adult eyes glued on Mason. I tried to remember everything Dr. Reed told us to watch for this morning. But she also said that Mason probably wouldn’t have Rosie soon.

I grabbed an extra pillow from the armchair and made my way to her, tucking it behind her back. “Do ya need to go to the doctor?”

Mason heaved out a heavy breath as she shook her head. “She’s just letting me know she’s in there.”

I wanted to believe her, but there was an underlying tension in her expression. “You sure?”

She swallowed and nodded. “I think I’m just dehydrated, and she’s mad.”

There was no way in hell Mason was dehydrated. I’d seen Lucian grab her at least six bottles of water since we got home. But… Dr. Reed also said mothers knew their bodies best. So, I’ll let this be. If Mason needed to go to the doctor, she’d tell us.

“And I have the perfect thing for that!” Sophia chirped before giving Mason one of the juice cups. “Drink up! We have a whole tree to decorate, and the pinecone turkeys won’t hang themselves.”

Mason quietly thanked Sophia before taking a long drink from her cup.

Sophia then passed out the remaining drinks. Juniper got juice, of course, and she gave Sebastian and me whatever seasonal sangria she’d made for the occasion, but I paused when she gave Lucian a glasstoo.

He was a recovering addict, and I was pretty sure that meant he wasn’t supposed to drink.

I was even more shocked when Lucian brought the glass to his lips and took a sip.What the hell was going on?

I pushed that thought to the back of my mind as Sophia started to pass the turkey-shaped ornaments and autumn leaves out so we could all decorate. When everyone was distracted, I pulled her to the side.

“Hey… Is he allowed to do that?” I pointed to the glass of wine in Lucian’s hand.

Sophia hesitated as she looked back. “Promise you won’t be mad?”

I tipped my head closer to her. “Not as long as you can explainwhyhe has a glass of wine.”

Sophia’s gaze darted over to the tree and back to me.

“He’s going to be a rockstar, Cam. That means he’s going to be around alcohol.” She kept her voice low as she focused on me. “And, I figured if we could reintroduce him to it here, slowly, and while it’s controlled, it might be less of a problem for him down the road.”

I took a moment to process her words, and while it made sense, I stilldidn’tlike it.

“So, what was your plan for if he relapsed? We’re going to be having a baby pretty much any day now. We can’t deal with that right now!”

“Cam, it’s fine,” she assured me. “It’soneglass of sangria. He’s been fine every other time we’ve done it. Plus, he’s like six-three. One glass of wine isn’t enough to get him drunk.Especiallybecause we’ll be having dinner soon, right?”

Somehow, the knowledge that this wasn’t the first time made it worse. But she and I could argue about that later. Tonight was about me giving Mason and Sebastian time to be alone.

“Yeah, I mean, I ordered it like an hour ago. It should be here,” I explained and grabbed my phone, pretending to look through emails. After a moment, I muttered, “Shit.”

“What’s wrong?” Sophia asked, trying to look at my phone.

I quickly slipped it back into my pocket so she wouldn’t see the screen.

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