“It doesn’t matter anyway,” Mason said, slumping back in his chair and taking a drink of the cold ale. “I think I’ve fucked it up too completely to fix.”

“But have you at least tried?” Declan asked.

Mason didn’t answer because he didn’t know if the email he sent this morning was going to do anything to win Lisa back.

“What happened, man? Everything seemed to be going so well.” This from Barry and the compassion in his eyes broke Mason.

“I was ...