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"Why are you up so early?" I ask "And don’t say for me We both know I’ive unconditional love, honey And you do reht?"

"Not at this time of the day"

"Some jobs inspire me And this one is for the ht--"

"To be a future presidential contender You do aspire big, don’t you, Mother?"

She laughs "You ca happened last night"

"Your father has always had affairs"

"Always?"

"You find this hard to believe?"

I grimace "No No, I suppose I don’t And you’re fine with it?"

"I’ve had a lot of years to be fine with it, son"

"Do you have affairs?"

"Yes I do" She sets her cup down "And before you judge me--"

"I’ht that woman to the Four Seasons"

"I know"

"What do you mean, you know?"

"I hired her"

I lean on the counter "Mother, what the hell did you do?"

"He’s going to have someone in his bed other than me until the day he dies I want to know if he’s sick--"

"We know he’s sick"

"He won’t tellBesides I need our ee, not Derek This potentially allows ive her h my hair, in a rare display of frustration I don’t even try to contain "Shane, look--"