CHAPTER 17
MIAThe elevator doors opened, and Mason walked out of the elevator with Melissa and Serena. I hopped up from my chair, so Mason didn’t see Michael’s hand on my knee and hurried over to him.
A look of worry crossed his face for a brief moment, and he wrapped his arms around me. “Baby, what’s going on?” he asked, pulling away from me.
“Mom had another brain aneurysm,” I whispered.
He looked down at my bandaged arms, then back up at me. “And these?”
I pulled my arms away from him and shook my head. “I got cut with glass at work.”
Then, after those two simple questions, he gazed over at Michael. “You called Melissa’s dad to come here before me?”
I pressed my lips together, heart pounding in my chest. Why was he jealous at a time like this? Why was he constantly jealous? Up un
