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The words hit Martina like punches to the gut. Aion wasn't coming home. He was going to travel, indefinitely. What did that mean for her? She'd hoped perhaps that she could make up for lost time between them after his graduation, but those plans were slipping through her fingers faster than...

For some reason, Martina had expected Aion to decline her invitation to the bonfire, so when he instead accepted, she looked briefly startled before breaking out into a nervous smile. Spending so much time with her son was so unusual, it almost felt unsettling. Plus, she could never quite shake...

"Don't indulge him," Martina said, shaking her head. "The last thing that man needs is to think he can have what he wants!" Actually, it was more likely to be the last thing Martina needed, but she wasn't going to tell Aion that. She'd spent three weeks preparing for that forsaken bonfire...

Martina smiled gratefully at her son, touching his arm. He was a good boy, he really was. Unfortunately, she knew that had very little to do with her; but at least it reflected well on the family, for whatever that was worth. She liked to boast about her son's achievements to anyone who'd...

After long, hard negotiation with her client (and his frankly tiresome wife), Martina had finally managed to schedule in a visit to see her son. She owed it to him, really, considering she'd missed his graduation, and several other important milestones of his life. Working all around the world...

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