Free Resolution (Heart of Stone) by D H Sidebottom

would know Greg would be there?” I asked.
    Elijah
frowned. “Well he couldn’t really, unless he spotted him while he was at the
cashpoint” he expressed and I nodded but pursed my lips.
    “But surely
Dane would have gone by the time Greg got there” I deliberated and Elijah
frowned.
    “Well I
suppose” he typed something in to his laptop. “Why was Greg sent there?”
    I shrugged.
“I don’t know, they were all given the co-ordinate’s when the hit came through
but Greg went on his own without waiting for a partner” I divulged.
    “And who
knew Greg had gone?” he asked and I shrugged again.
    “Well all Mason’s
employees, I would presume, they were all given the command” I told him.
    He sighed in
thought, “Strange” he whispered.
    I nodded
“It’s like Dane knew he would be there but I don’t see how he would have known.
I presume he would have used the cash point then moved on knowing he was being
hunted. He definitely wouldn’t have dined in La Roche when he knew Mason would
have looking for him, it’s one of Mason’s haunts and the owner is good friends
with him.”
    I nibbled on
my little finger. “I just can’t understand why he hung about for the 15 minutes
it took Greg to get there.”
    Elijah
frowned in thought. “Ava, I’m gonna do a search of all Mason’s employees, we
keep this between ourselves okay?” I nodded gratefully.
    It was
something that I had been turning over in my head for a while and I felt lighter
for sharing my suspicions.
     
    I retrieved
a bottle of wine from the fridge and a glass from the cupboard. “You want one?”
I asked but he shook his head.
    “Not while
I’m on duty” he said distractedly as he worked on his laptop.
    I had just
placed the bottle and glass on the table when the back door opened and Mason
stood there. I gasped and Elijah shot up. “How the hell?” he asked him
astounded that he had got past the security.
     Mason’s
eyes never left mine. “They know me, they both used to work for me” he told
Elijah while he held my gaze.
    My body was
screaming out for him, my man. Relief and delight coursed through me but the
main emotion was anger and rage that he had put me through this nightmare for
the last four days. I walked round the table and punched him in the face.
    His head
shot sideways and Elijah gasped.
    Mason closed
his eyes, took a deep breath and opened them again. “I guess I deserved that”
he said quietly.
    “You fucking
deserve another one, don’t you ever do that to me again” I shouted at him and
he gulped but nodded then narrowed his eyes.
    “I went home
and you were gone” he said sternly.
    I scoffed.
“What the fuck did you expect? That I would wait for you after what you said to
me?” I saw Mason’s eyes shift to Elijah and he glared at him.
     
    Elijah
nodded slightly and disappeared and Mason took a step towards me but I stepped
back. “Ava…” he warned and my eyes widened on him.
    “What the
hell do you expect Mason… open arms?”
     He bit his
bottom lip. “I fucked up Ava, I know” he confessed quietly.
    “Well guess
what Mason, this time you fucked up by gigantic proportions and we are now
officially finished” I snarled at him.
    I could not
believe he expected things to just carry on where they were left.
    His face
dropped and he stared at me. “Ava, no” he shook his head and stepped towards me.
    “Don’t
Mason, don’t fucking touch me” I hissed but he ignored me and grabbed my arm, I
recoiled and flinched harshly and hurt flashed across his eyes.
    “Where the
fuck have you been anyway and how many women have you screwed this time?” I
asked.
     
    He flinched,
guilt exploded on his face and my heart clenched. “Oh no, no, no Mason. Not
again” I choked out, “Please, no” I sobbed.
    “Ava… I… I
don’t think I did but I was high and … and I… well I need to tell you before
she does” he said.
    I narrowed
my eyes on him. “Tell me before who does?” I asked slowly and