26: Backlash

*Diana*

She had just hugged her only son goodbye for this time, and the wonderful young woman Amber he had brought with him. It was always hard saying goodbye, but this time it has been both easier and harder.

Finally he seemed content with a woman and being his mother… knowing him to the core, she felt that this could very well be the one, the one that made him settle down and be happy.

They had been so very worried about him lately... he had always been a bit unsettled, a bit too adventurous, wanting to see and experience everything, but the last couple of months he had been in trouble.

Normally he cared a lot about other people's perception of him, sometimes even too much, always wanting to be the perfect gentleman in public, but he had suddenly thrown it all away.

And he had been drinking too much, making them all worry, she had even been talking to Luke about taking him to a rehab facility, but Luke had wanted to wait and see, afraid that that kind of publicity would be the