THIRTY ONE

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"It's complicated", he answered.

"It's complicated!", the elder woman repeated. "Leo a-", she paused for a moment, snapping her fingers, trying to figure out what to say, "a baggage showed up in my home, unexpectedly without you, what's more complicated than that?", she queried.

Leo snort.

"Son, are you really that desperate?, for christ sake, she's your secretary!, that's below, even for you".

"Mom, her being there might as well be your fault"

"My fault!", she was bewildered.

"Yes!, whenever you'd throw these, shindigs, youll try to set me up with women i don't even want to know".

"Well excuse me for searching for your best interests", the woman softened her tone, reaching out to touch her son's hand, "Leo I'm getting old, I just wanna see you happy".

"And one day, maybe I will be, but when the time is right", he assured her.

She got up, "well at least that's a different answer than your last, I've got to go, I've got an auction to attend", she leaned over, placing a light kiss on his cheek, " you take care".

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