The Mason Dixon Line (A Horizons Novel) by Morris Linda

Author:Morris, Linda [Morris, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Nonesuch Books
Published: 2014-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

One Big, Happy Family

“Park in the garage next to the hotel. Gwen rented a ballroom on the ground floor.”

Rush hour traffic had slowed them down, but they’d made it to the hotel garage in downtown Indy with minutes to spare. They’d swung by Gwen’s house first. Mason had waited in the car outside, engine running, while Carolyn went inside to borrow a suit for him.

She’d emerged fifteen minutes later with a garment bag and a bad attitude, thanks to Gwen, who’d asked endless catty questions about what kind of loser couldn’t afford his own suit. After several minutes of bitching, Gwen had loaned her a pair of charcoal dress pants and a white shirt, along with a casual gray jacket.

Her irritation with her sister must have showed on her face. “What’s the matter?” Mason said.

“My sister’s a witch, but I knew that already.” He hadn’t asked any more questions after that. Next they’d stopped at Carolyn’s place so that they could get dressed.

The arrested look on his face when she’d emerged from her bedroom in her white column gown and strappy sandals had been almost worth dealing with Gwen’s shit.

She hadn’t had time to savor it, though, because he hadn’t looked too shabby himself. The shirt was a bit snug across the chest and the pants could have been an inch longer, but overall, the clothes fit him well.

“You look nice,” she’d said softly.

“Thanks.”

“Thank you, for coming with me. I owe you one for this.”

“How are you going to repay me?” That sounded like a flirt, but his face gave nothing away. With any other guy, she would have flirted back, teasing him about repaying him with sexual favors, but not him.

Not now. What was he even thinking, making a comment like that after what happened between them, especially after he’d as good as ignored her since?

If she didn’t know better, she’d suspect he didn’t know what the hell he wanted.

They parked on the third level and then headed off to find the elevators. “How do you think Barney’s doing?” They’d left him with a fresh supply of water and food, but still. She worried about him.

“Oh, he’s fine. I only feed him every other day anyway. He’ll be great for a few hours.” He shook his head and gave her a speculative look. “I never would have imagined you’d worry about a lizard.”

“What? He’s a living thing, isn’t he?”

“So are spiders, but I bet you still squish them when they show up in your bathtub.”

“Wrong. I put them in a jar and take them outside.”

He laughed. “You have hidden depths.”

“Whatever.” She rolled her eyes, but secretly, his words delighted her. “There’s a dinner and dancing afterward, but we don’t have to stay for all of that.” They made their way to the bank of elevators and took the first one that arrived.

In the hotel lobby, a vast space decorated in warm-toned marble and modern art, they followed the signs to the Vienna ballroom.

“This place is unbelievable,” Mason said.

“Yeah. Gwen doesn’t do things halfway.

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