A Dark High School Romance The Brotherhood – (Redwood High) Series Books 1-5 by Summer Rose

Author:Summer Rose [Rose, Summer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-24T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

R emorse shone in those beautiful blue eyes as soon as he saw my reaction. I wasn’t scared of him; I could never be scared of Mason. I was just shocked because he seemed like a completely different person than I knew at that moment.

“Kat, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you.” He looked so sad and guilty that I couldn’t fault him. I must have struck a nerve by talking about his parents.

I took the hand he offered. Since he couldn’t get up from the bed, I sat back next to him. It didn’t take long for him to pull me against him so that I was lying by his side with my head on his chest and his arms around me. I had never felt safer.

“I could never be scared of you, Mason. I love you.” It was as simple as that.

I felt his smile before he kissed my hair. “My parents are a sore spot for me, Kat. I don’t like to talk about them. They’ve never really been around for us; the only thing they care about is their political careers.”

“Us?” I asked, confused by the word he had used. “Who else?”

“It doesn’t matter,” he whispered. “It’s been like this for as long as I can remember. Once, when I was ten, I jumped off the treehouse Aaron’s dad built for us back at their place hoping that would bring my parents home, but it didn’t. On the rare occasion that they were home, I stole my dad’s car and took it for a reckless spin when I overheard them talking about leaving the next day. I thought that if I got myself into an accident, they would stay, but they still didn’t. After that, I knew there was nothing I could do to stop them from being so indifferent.”

He stopped talking for a while before he continued.

“Aaron said you read to me all the time back at the hospital. Do you know why that’s my favorite book?”

I shook my head.

“It’s the only book my mom ever read to me when I was little. Deep down a part of me still yearns for the love and care I know they won’t give me.”

My heart broke for him as I wondered what kind of parents would do that to their son. “That’s awful… but you don’t seem…”

“Bothered? Depressed? Bitter?” He asked the questions I couldn’t, answering them himself. “It’s been years Kat, and I’m older now, smarter. Dwelling on it won’t change anything. That’s why I surround myself with people I love. When I’m with you guys I never think about my parents or how much they’ve hurt me.” He sighed, and I pulled myself up to stare at him. I could understand now why he dated so many girls, searching for affection in the wrong places, but I knew I was different. I could feel it whenever I was with him. “Besides, I’ve got this huge place all to myself to throw awesome parties and stuff.

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