Page 18 of Our Last Chance at Forever

Chapter Six

Lennox

The waitress broughtover two plates full of scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns, and a biscuit, all covered in gravy.

“Wow, you ate all of this?” Mason asked with his brows raised.

“Well, I ate half of it. Alissa ate the rest.”

“I should’ve known.” He laughed.

After we ate breakfast, we decided to head back to the apartment to make sure everything was packed and ready to go.

We grabbed everyone some coffee and a bag of bagels before we left. When I walked into the apartment, I thought Alissa was going to tackle me.

“I can’t believe you went there without me. That was our place,” she said taking the bag from me.

Mason sat the coffee down on the bar and took a seat on the sofa. I took my place on his lap, wrapping my arms around his neck. “I’m sorry, you could’ve joined us.”

“So, what’s left to do here?” Mason looked at Alissa.

She swallowed her bite of bagel before answering, “Nothing, we were just waiting on you guys. The moving men came and took the boxes, they will be at the house in a few days.”

After everyone had finished their breakfast, we packed up to head out. “I’m kind of going to miss this place.” Alissa turned to give her bare apartment one last look.

“I’ll be glad to leave it.” Dane grabbed his bag off the floor and walked out ahead of everyone else.

“What’s his problem?” Mason asked taking my bag from me as we followed behind him.

“I think it reminds him of a life Alissa had without him,” I whispered only loud enough for him to hear.

A limo was parkedoutside Alissa’s building and we all got inside. You could feel the tension in the cramped space. Mason wouldn’t even look at Ray. I think he knew that if he did, he would end up saying something that would get him beat up. Ray was a rather large guy, anyone who stood against him was crazy.

We pulled up to the airport and stepped out of the car. I was instantly crowded with people trying to get my attention. I held on to Mason and we stayed between Dane, Alissa, and Ray.

Lights flashed from people taking pictures, people yelled my name, and tried squeezing through to get to me. With every flash of a camera or scream of my name, Mason held me that much tighter. It was like he was afraid someone would try taking me away from him.

“Are you glad to be back in the real world?” Alissa asked, turning around to look over her shoulder at me.

I shook my head and smiled. “This isn’t the real world.” I looked up at Mason who already had his eyes on me. “Me and you, were the real world.”

His eyes glimmered as his lips turned up in a smile. With my hand in his, he pulled me closer for a quick kiss while we continued to our gate.

Walkingthrough the small airport at home was completely different. Nobody gave us a second look. It felt nice not having everyone’s eyes on me, watching and waiting for a story.

Mason took my bag and led us outside. He turned to Ray. “I will wire you the other half of your payment, but I don’t think we will be needing your services any longer.” I saw his jaw flex as his eyes threw daggers at Ray.

Ray nodded before walking away.

“Mason, it really wasn’t his fault,” I said as the four of us headed to the parking lot.

“I don’t want to hear it. He was supposed to be protecting you and look what happened.” We stopped in front of his truck.

Mason and Dane threw our bags in the back before we all crammed ourselves inside.

I felt guilty for costing Ray his job, but I knew there was no arguing with Mason when he was mad. He had his mind made up and there was no changing it.

After we dropped off Dane and Alissa, I kept my spot at Mason’s side. He kept his hand on my thigh, rubbing gently back and forth.

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