Chapter 21

“Mandy and I are getting breakfast. Go back to sleep.”

John yawned. “Want me to set up the coffee?”

“If you want. Or it can wait until I get back and I’ll do it. You might need your rest for what I have planned for you.”

His lover laughed. “I’m probably too old for all this sex.”

“Bullshit. You seem to be keeping up just fine.” Mason leaned on the metal railing next to the shop with the pecan rolls and looked out over the ocean. A few vessels had set out to sea. He could hear sea lions barking at each other in the distance. “Just lie in bed until Mandy and I get back. We shouldn’t be long.”

“All right, you’ve convinced me. See you in a few.”

“Bye.” He closed the phone and straightened up from the railing. “Shall we go get those pecan rolls?” Mason asked the dog.

When they entered the bakery, coffee and novelty shop all-in-one, the bell over the door jangled. They’d always brought the dog in with them, because the owners knew them and didn’t seem to mind.