Simon heard the sound of a car roaring in front of his building. As he dropped the book he had been focused on for hours to pass away time, he got out of the bed with a smirk on his face and walked to his window. As he peered out, he could see Mace parking in a spot. "Finally," he said. He had been trying not to get tempted to move away from the house without Mace so he took a novel instead and focused on it so he wouldn't do anything stupid.

"Get dressed. We don't want to be late to the evening meeting." Mace shouted when he got...