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“Good morning, young master,” he said.
Qat was my mother’s butler and head of household. He rarely left her country estate except on important business matters.
Business matters…
It was only then I remembered the thing I was supposed to do this morning.
I was meant to visit Mom.
She kept her own small apartment in the city for important business or social events and needed a place to stay.
“Your mother wishes to see you,” Qat said. “You had an appointment with her this morning.”
He spoke in quick, sharp, clipped sentences. He wasn’t a man to waste words.
“Right,” I said.
I glanced at Ettana and worked my arm free. She mumbled something in her sleep and placed her face on the bedsheet. She didn’t wake.
Qat didn’t give her naked form so much as a second look. I’d never seen him blush my entire life. I covered Vicky with a sheet anyway.
“Tell her I’ll be right there,” I said. “I was… busy and had to take care of some things.”
I spotted my underwear on the floor. I swung my legs over the side and kept myself covered with blankets as I slid them on.
“I’m afraid that won’t be possible, sir,” Qat said.
I moved to the ensuite bathroom, the room still spinning a little. I splashed some cold water on my face. I grabbed a toothbrush and scrubbed at my teeth as I leaned over the sink.
“Oh?” I said. “Why’s that?”
“She’s here, sir,” Qat said.
I froze with the toothbrush halfway through scrubbing my tongue. The toothpaste slopped out of my mouth and into the sink.
“She’s here?” I said.
I couldn’t think of anything worse.
My mom. Here. After a party I’d had the previous night…
Did everyone leave after the party? After I went to sleep? Or had they crashed the way they usually did?
It was too much to hope they’d gone home.
“She’s waiting outside?” I said.
“No, sir,” Qat said. I could swear there was a slight curling up of his lips. “She’s in the next room.”
My stomach fell and I felt the reaction to it immediately.
I spun around and fell to my hands and knees. I spewed into the toilet bowl, my whole body retching.
Funny, I thought. I can’t remember eating much last night.
I didn’t stop until my stomach was empty.
Qat handed me a towel.
