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Mason gave Jesse a sharp poke in the chest with the end of his finger. "All right, Zeklos. Tell
her.”
Jesse didn't say anything, and Mason repeated the gesture, only harder.
"Tell her.”
Not meeting my eyes, Jesse mumbled, "Rose, we know none of that stuff happened.”
I almost choked on my own laughter. "Do you? Wow. I'm really glad to hear that. Because you
see, until you said that, I'd been thinking it had happened. Thank God you guys are here to set
me straight and tell me what the hell I have or haven't done!”
They flinched, and Mason's light expression darkened to something harder.
"She knows that," he growled. "Tell her the rest.”
Jesse sighed. "We did it because Mia told us to.”
"And?" prompted Mason.
"And we're sorry.”
Mason turned to Ralf. "I want to hear it from you, big boy.”
Ralf wouldn't meet my eyes either, but he mumbled something that sounded vaguely like an
apology.
Seeing them defeated, Mason turned chipper. "You haven't heard the best part yet.”
I cut him a sidelong look. "Yeah? Like the part where we rewind time and none of this ever
happened?”
"Next best thing." He tapped Jesse again. "Tell her. Tell her why you did it.”
Jesse looked up and exchanged uneasy looks with Ralf.
"Boys," warned Mason, clearly delighted about something, "you're making Hathaway and me
very angry. Tell her why you did it.”