The employee fell silent.

*****

Mason returned to the hospital where Kate was waiting. "Can we talk?" she asked.

Mason sat down beside Kate.

Kate noticed his expression and asked, "Did you fight with Aurora?"

Mason didn't respond.

Kate remembered him following her car yesterday. He must have heard Aurora introducing her boyfriend.

She thought he was keeping his cool yesterday, but he ended up rushing over first thing this morning.

"Is that mark ...