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Mason has soccer practice, so when Alissa leaves, I get in the car and go straight to the shop to see what my punishment entails.
Dropping in a seat behind the counter, I wait on customers. When Dad comes in, he hands me a detailed list. I look over it.
• Clean the gutters on the shop
• Gas up boats and jet skis
• Spray off dock
• Mow grass around the building
• Re-stock shelves
• Place next week’s order… And the list goes on and on.
I throw my head back in exasperation and let out a long breath.
“Better get to it, Son. Nobody’s going to do it for you,” he says as he walks back toward the door. He opens it, causing the bell to ring, and then pauses. “I may be a little late tonight with the bar and grill. You better be home on time. Got it?”
“I got it.”
As soon as he leaves, I get to work. For hours I work. It’s long after sunset when I finally have it all done. I don’t test him on the curfew thing, because I don’t want to get Mason in trouble again. Not to mention, I’m too tired from all the work to do anything else. I’m home with a pizza by nine P.M.
“Mase!” I yell as I walk in and place the pizza on the island.
He comes running down the stairs. “Thanks for forgetting me, dick.” He grabs two plates from the cabinet and hands me one.
“I’m sorry. Dad kept me so busy at the shop I forgot. How’d you get home?”
“Lindsey.” He grins before taking his plate of pizza and walking into the living room.
I follow him. “She didn’t come in the house, did she?”
“What do you think?” he asks, plopping down on the couch.
I stand unmoving. “Did she?”
“No, Dane! I’m not stupid. I heard what you said to me. Don’t worry, we didn’t have sex.”
A relaxing breath leaves me, and my shoulders visibly fall from relief. I sit down and take a bite of pizza.
“But we made out for like an hour out by the pond.” He grins.
“What the fuck, Mase? I thought you said you heard what I was saying this morning?”
“Last I checked, you can’t get someone pregnant by making out.”
“No, but it starts that way. You start making out, letting your body do all the thinking for you. The next thing you know, you’re both naked and doing things you shouldn’t be doing.”
He rolls his eyes at me. “Whatever. Just mind your own business, and I’ll mind mine.”
I smack him on the back of the head. “I swear if I find out you’re having sex, I’ll spread a rumor so bad at school no girl will ever sleep with you again.”
His chest puffs out, and his jaw flexes. “What the fuck? Nobody keeps you from having sex! Why are you trying to act like Dad?”
“Your future is more important than getting your dick wet, Mason.”
Even with the seriousness of the conversation, the term I used makes him laugh. “You sound so much like Dad right now.”
