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brought Marina’s son over several times to play with Mason and he’d even slept over a couple of times.
    James dropped the bags on the bed in the spare room and then headed to Mason’s room. The boys were head and arms into the toy box. James grabbed a couple of pajamas from Mason’s dresser as they pulled out the huge box of Legos.
    “Why don’t you boys get on these PJs and then you can play for a little while before bed.” They quickly stripped down and pulled on the Spiderman pajamas with each of them needing some help getting their arms into the sleeves. The next thing James saw was Lego blocks being tipped onto the floor. He reminded Mason to pick them up when they were finished, but he knew he was going to be stepping on at least one of the damn blocks before the night was over. The damn things hurt like a son of a bitch too.
    When he got back downstairs, he entered the living room but Marina wasn’t on the couch. James scanned the room and spotted her next to the mantel staring at the pictures lining the shelf over the fireplace. She turned, smiled at him and his heart felt like it flipped in his chest. The way she affected him was still so unsettling.
    “You’ve got a really nice place.” She glanced around the room.
    “It’s nothing fancy but thanks.” He flopped down on the couch. “I forgot you’ve never been here.” Marina sat next to him with a sigh but the nervous silence between them was almost deafening. James sat forward with his elbows resting on his knees.
    “The boys are playing in Mason’s room.” She nodded. “Would you like a cup of tea or something?” James really needed to break the silence before he went crazy. She nodded again as he stood up.
    Marina followed behind him and sat at the kitchen table with her hands folded in front of her. Once he’d flicked on the kettle and pulled two cups from the cupboard, he turned around to see her staring at him. He’d never been so aware of a woman in his life and it was as if her presence enveloped him.
    “Are you okay?” Her beautiful face was pale and her eyes glistened with unshed tears he knew she’d been holding back.
    “A bit confused and worried, I guess.” She dropped her gaze to her hands. He wanted to wrap her in his arms and tell her everything was going to be okay, but if he touched her right now he wouldn’t be able to let her go. Touching her earlier had taken every ounce of strength he had not to keep her tight in his arms.
    “Marina, you’ll be fine here, and we’ll get to the bottom of all this.” Comforting her from a distance was the only option because touching her again was a no-no.
    “I’ve never had anything like that happen to me. I feel violated.” Her eyes filled with tears and his heart thudded in his chest. Shit, if she cries I’m so screwed.
    “That’s understandable.” A change of subject was needed quickly. “Hey, it’s getting late, why don’t we get the boys settled for the night and we can chat a bit afterwards?” The distraction worked because she smiled and followed him upstairs.  The tears stopped, at least for the moment.
    Mason and Danny were still excited about having a sleepover and it took quite a while to settle them down. Marina read them a story and then they negotiated a second story from James. Hopefully, Mason was distracted enough to forget their nightly ritual.
    Every night before Mason went to sleep James sang to him, a song Mason called ‘the tough boy song.’ James was uncomfortable singing in front of anyone outside his family. His brothers, with the exception of him, Ian and Keith sang in a band they’d formed to help raise money for different charities around the province. James hated the spotlight so he only sang to Mason and his grandmother on her birthday.
    James kissed Mason’s forehead and was almost out of the room when Mason sat up in the bed.
    “Daddy, you forgot the tough boy’s song.” The word forgot sounded more like fordot . James groaned