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SIXTY ONE

Author: J.O
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-21 23:08:34

MASON

My phone rang like it was screaming.

I jolted upright, my heartbeat slamming into my ribs. The sitting room was dark—curtains still drawn, light bleeding around the edges. I blinked down at the screen.

Mom.

Great.

I answered on the third ring, my voice thick with sleep. “Hello?”

No greeting. No breath. Just her clipped voice, sharp and low.

“Mason. Come home. Now.”

I rubbed my eyes, trying to sit up straighter. “Mom… what’s going on?”

“Just come.”

Click.

She hung up.

I stared at the screen, frowning. No please. No explanation. Just that cold and tight tone. The one she used when someone was bleeding or had royally screwed up.

I sat there for a second, trying to steady the pounding in my chest.

Then I turned my head.

Audrey wasn’t here.

Thank God.

Her perfume didn’t linger in the air. No bare legs draped over me. No baby voice asking me if I wanted coffee like we were still pretending this wasn’t a disaster waiting to explode.

I dragged my hands over my face and stood up.

My back
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