Agnes I blinked, staring up at the familiar face smiling down at me. I hadn’t seen Mason in years, not since college, and now I had randomly run into him twice in the past few months after all that time apart. “Hey, Agnes,” he said with a lazy smile, sticking his hands in his pockets. “I thought I saw you in the restaurant earlier.” “What are you doing here?” I blurted out before I could stop myself. I instantly bit the inside of my cheek, suddenly feeling rude for that, and said a bit more softly, “Not that it’s not nice to see you, but it’s just…” “Strange seeing me twice in such quick succession after years of not speaking?” he asked with a low chuckle. I nodded, the knot in my chest loosening a little. Despite our years apart, it was nice to see that Mason still had

