NICOLE

Once Mason and I are dropped off in Richard's parking lot, which is where our car is, we watch as John's guy drives away with growing despair.

"That's it," Mason says in a low voice as he heads to the car. "That's fucking it. We're going back to our hotel and we're gonna get the fuck out of here. We should never have come here! I don't know what we were expecting."

"Mason."

He ignores me.

"Mason," I say again, more forcefully this time around. "We can't go!"

This makes him finally ...