Damien.The lectures hall smelled like old paper, Coffee and the faint bite of cedar from his cologne. It was empty and would be filled up in about two hours. Damien sat with one ankle crossed over his knee, phone to his ear, pretending to listen while his mother–Evelyn–talked about Thanksgiving, about the neighbor’s new baby, about how his cousin Elise had finally left that deadbeat husband.Then she said, softer, “I want you happy Damien. You're thirty five. I'm not asking for grandchildren tomorrow, but I would like to meet someone who matters to you. I don't really a gender preference. Just… bring them home one day. Let me feed them, let me embarrass you infront of them. It's my right as your mother.”He made a low, noncommittal sound. Yeah, relationship weren't exactly his thing. And neither were friendships, to be honest. He did contracts and safe words at The Black Orchid. Those always quelled his constant need to own, to claim and hurt, but he didn't do attachments. Those were
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