Ava knocked on the door of the director’s office and went in after she got the a-okay. Mason was on a phone call with his mother. Their conversation was about something that Ava had just found out and wanted to report to Mason.

“Are you just going to leave her alone, Mason?”

“Who’s Leslie?”

“That Ella has such a bad reputation. We can’t allow Zoe to mingle with her! You should keep your wife in check, Mason.”

…

Mason said nonchalantly, “Zoe is divorcing me, Mom! How am I supposed to keep a