Chapter 148

“You’re right. I’ve had a crappy life. I’m a fucking worthless piece of shit. When Sue found out, I lost everything. The job, the house, my marriage, access to my kids. Then when I found out I’d gotten the plague, I…”

“It’s always been about you! Please feel sorry for me, I’ve had such a crappy life. Well, fuck you, here’s a newsflash. Your life has been a hell of a lot easier than mine.” Mason banged his fist on the arm of his wheelchair. “Whatever went wrong in your life was your own doing. I can’t fucking say the same about mine.”

“Sorry,” Parker said in a small voice.

“Ha, that’s rich!” Mason spat. “Tell me, Parker, which parts are you most sorry for? Outing me to the whole fucking school, or setting your football buds on me, beating me to within an inch of my life, then tossing me out of a delivery van, breaking my spine?”

Parker’s face went white. He opened and closed his mouth, but no sound came out.