Chapter 24
“I can stay and help clean up.”
George smiled. “Nah, Betty’s already got it under control. We’re going to get cleaned up and go have dinner. You want to come along?”
The thing of it was, he did. John did not want to be alone in his empty house thinking of Mason. But he also knew the old saying, three’s a crowd, was true. He shook his head.
“No. You two have a nice dinner. Thanks again for the day. It was great.”
“Anytime.”
John went and said goodbye to Betty and then he and Mandy walked down the plank off the boat and then back up to shore. In the last few days since Mason had left he’d gone about life sort of like a robot. The first night he’d not been able to sleep, so he’d stayed up and worked on his novel until he finally got it done. His agent had been so happy he sent him a fruit basket the next day.