“You could have just put me down and opened it, you know. Was that really necessary?”

“Necessary? No, not at all, but it did make me look fucking cool!”

He raised both of his eyebrows and puffed out his chest as his ego took over. I laughed at him and shook my head again. I went to reply to him but was rudely interrupted by Carmen. She came storming out of her bedroom further up the hallway.

“What the fuck is all the banging about?”

Mason turned us around to face her, she gasped and froze on the spot when she saw me.

“Don't fucking start Carmen, I'm warning you!”...