Then a regional foundation donated.
A technology company funded accessible ordering tablets.
Several families contributed.
One anonymous donor gave half a million dollars.
Mason had refused to let the money be used in his name.
Instead, Same Table purchased sensory equipment, funded transportation, trained staff and gave small grants to businesses implementing accessibility programs.
“You helped run this?” I asked Hannah.
She nodded.
“Legally, yes. Mason designed most of it. We formed the nonprofit when he was fourteen.”
I almost choked.
“My fourteen-year-old formed a nonprofit?”
“Technically, Hannah formed it,” Mason said.
“Thank you for the legal distinction.”
“You’re welcome.”
I pressed both hands to my face.
“Does everybody in my family have a secret life?”
David raised his hand slightly.
“I don’t.”
I stared at him.
He lowered it.
“Bad timing.”
Then George said something strange.
“But the money isn’t what you’re missing.”
My hands fell.
