Chapter 34. Benjamin

I went to see mom moments after we arrived back at my parents. Benji went straight looking for Tara when I told him to pack what we need and Peggy will take care of the rest.

"Benjamin told me about the cheque." I confronted mom when I find her reading in the lounge.

"Jasper, honey, surely you don't know about this, about his occupation?" She closed the book and put it aside, walk to the bar, and pour two glasses of her favorite apple brandy. She loves them too much when I was growing up, along with her fruity vodkas.

"He was an escort, now a PA in the same agency,"

"So, you can imagine how people would think if they found out." She cut my words giving me my glass as if we were talking about something annoying, rather than the profession of the man that I love.

"No mom, I love him. I don't care what people think. This is all you, if you can't respect my boyfriend, we're leaving right now." I gulped down the drink and