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Tweak says, "Dont you cry him no tears,"

Cody Jean Lane (loyal_2a_fault) wrote,
@ 2011-03-31 08:07:00

Current location:	The Ranch
Current mood:	pissed off
Entry tags:	james, thirty year verse

Mama's Law Rules! (Maybe)
"You are being the most UNREASONABLE parent in history!" The staff at the Ranch turned, almost in unison, as the long haired young man shouted down the hallway. It wasn't new for there to be conflict in the house...not at all. What was new was that it was Cody Jean at the receiving end of it.

"You listen to me, mister, so long as you park your feet under the table that I set for you, you will do what I say!" Cody was gesturing wildly, typical of when she was really pissed off. Orestes had to smother a grin, as he walked back into the control room. Hsu and Daniel were about to walk in from the stables, after a ride, and they would walk right into a conflict that just might feel familiar.

"It's none of your business!" James came downstairs, dressed in jeans and a crisp, white shirt. "This is not something that I am going to ask my mother's permission for."

"Oh, don't you take that tone with me, young man. I am your mother. I own the air you breathe, kiddo." The usually reasonable Cody Jean was not so reasonable, not when it came to her baby boy. "Some little tramp wiggles her tiny hiney at you, and you are off like a dog after a bitch in heat. Well, I'm not having it. You're too young." That was a grumble, because Cody saw Hsu coming in, with Danny.

"Father says I am older than he was, and older than Daniel was, too." James always did know how to pull out the 'Papa says' card, whenever he and Cody butted heads over anything.

"Your father had his first time with his uncle's fourth...fifteenth...I don't know...wife. That was back in a day when men were lucky to make it to twenty, without being eaten by a dinosaur!" Orestes took position, eating an apple, in the doorway, to watch this one play out. "Daniel had a hooker on his fifteenth birthday."

"Why didn't I get that?" James crossed his arms, a mirror image of his much tinier mother.

"Because I wanted be...that's not the topic, right now. I said no, meant no, and that's that! And DON'T you two even open your yaps." Cody pointed at Hsu and Daniel, as they strode in, narrowing her eyes. "This is one topic that I intend to have the last say on. James is sixteen, the girl is eighteen, and I say no. That's it, that's all, that's final." She spun on her heel, heading towards the kitchen. "MAMA SAYS!"

"YOU CAN'T STOP ME FROM HAVING SEX, MOM!" James shouted after her.

"Wanna bet?" Cody held up his car keys from the door, shaking them. "I dare you to find a single bodyguard in this house willing to take you to Super Ho's place. Good luck with that, Mister Big Balls. I got your balls, right here, little boy." The girl was older, quite sexy, blonde and willing to tutor the young Hsu on the ways of women. She had also been cleared by security. "I'll snatch that bitch bald, she puts her ho-bait hands on my son...I tell you what..." Cody tucked the keys into her jeans pocket, and went back to cooking, grumbling about trampy sluts looking for innocent boys.

James looked at his father and brother, pleading with his eyes. "Father..."

Cody poked her head in and glared at the pair. "Don't even think about it." Then she went back in, confident that her word would stand.

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prince_of_tabar
2011-04-01 11:41 am UTC (link)

OOC: I LOVE this!!

At Cody's parting shot, the two older Hsus exchanged very similar looks, whether it was the way she had glared at them after laying down the law to her son or the fact it was so very novel for them to be the ones fighting, neither seemed sure. Hsu followed Cody out. They had discussed James becoming a man previously, and in his view sixteen was far too long to wait; however, as Cody had with Daniel, as James was her flesh, he had stepped back even if he didn't agree with her.

Danny sat at the table next to his brother. "You'll never get her to shift on this. And I doubt Dad'll step in." He loved Cody, but she could be so strict and old-fashioned when it came to sex. "This girl, Jamie, is it love or lust?" It was unlikely to be the former, at least not at his age, but if it was the latter, he might have an idea.

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loyal_2a_fault
2011-04-01 02:25 pm UTC (link)

Cody slammed the lid off a pot, then picked up a wooden spoon to stir the beef stew inside. She knew Hsu was right there, but she didn't look up at him, not right away. When she did, she raised both brows.

"WHAT?" Cody stirred like she was paddling a rowboat to China. "He's not you, or even Daniel. He leads with his heart, not his head. This girl is his FRENCH TUTOR, Hsu! She shares a one bedroom apartment with some Hong Kong bikini model, with big fake tatas. It's like a goddamned letter to Penthouse Forum or a bad porno flick." She pulled the spoon out, and laid it on the spoonrest, before slamming the lid back on. Then she began to chop veggies for a salad. "This little FiFi is going to chew him up and spit him out, then turn up on your office doorstep in three months claiming to be pregnant and wanting a slice of Hsu financial pie. No...not having it."

Cody Jean looked up, her eyes bright, but color high in her cheeks. "I know you think I treat him like a baby. You know why it feels like he was just running around here, yesterday, whooping and shooting Daniel in the butt with his little bow and arrow?" She rapidly chopped neat rows down a carrot. "Because it WAS just yesterday that he was doing that! He's a kid...just a kid! I'm scared that he's going to get hurt!" Cody waved the knife around as she spoke. "Then I'll have to kill the bitch, and FiFi the French Poodle Tutor will turn out to be more trouble than she was worth."

"She's acting like I want to marry her." James groaned, and laid his head on his hands on the table. "It's totally lust. Dude...she's FRENCH! And older! Have you SEEN her? Have you seen her roomie? It's totally hot!" James leaned back, sighing dramatically. "Father would understand. It's totally time. I just want to...you know...have some fun! I'm not taking her to Vegas to get married."

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prince_of_tabar
2011-04-17 06:04 pm UTC (link)

Hsu had done and said nothing, just stood arms folded, leaning casually against the door frame and watching as Cody stirred up a whirlpool in the stew. A year or so ago, he had considered offering the same gift he had given Daniel at that age, but he knew how strongly she disapproved of that. The difference was that although he thought of James as his own son, treated him as such, he waved aroundwas not biologically his, and unless it jeopardized the young man's safety, he had always allowed Cody to make important decisions for him, giving her the respect of flesh and blood that she always gave -- and what he always expected her to give -- him with Daniel.

That respect did not mean, however, that he agreed with her in the slightest. His eyes followed the knife as it waved through the air, but his usual unreadable expression remained. "He's well into his adolesence, and of course, he wants to use what nature's given him, like every other teenager, and making it taboo only makes it more attractive." He pushed himself away from the wall, dropping his arms to his side and walking a few steps towards her. "He isn't just a 'kid', is he? He's a man and not just by my standards. Even with the modern laws here..." And she knew what his opinion on those were. "He is above their 'age of majority' here in Switzerland, so in that respect he is free to do as he wants. As to the women, you may not approve, but I very much doubt he has a long term relationship in mind, and I'm sure he would learn a lot."

He paused and gave her a deadly serious look, having ignored the way she was chopping the carrots and the possibly subliminal message she was sending with them. "And if either did anything to take advantage of him, then I know that you would make her pay fully, as I would with Daniel."

Danny put a hand on his brother's shoulder. "I've seen photos of both, and, damn Jamie, I couldn't have picked better!" He tapped his fingers on the table and took a quick look over his shoulder to check that Cody was still well out of earshot. "Look, what if I suggest to Cody that you come help me and Ben at the resort for a while. Yeah, I know she'll think it's the worst idea ever, that we'll lead you astray, but I'll hint strongly that you'll be safe, having fun and well away from the objects of your desire." He winked and grinned at James, so the younger Hsu would know that he had a plan to get the very sexy French tutor and her hot roomie to his new resort at Engelberg. And if not, there were always plenty of hot, exotic women around the clubs for Jamie to practice with.

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loyal_2a_fault
2011-04-21 05:07 pm UTC (link)

"Look who's lecturing who about taboo things being more attractive to their sons." Ha! Cody Jean had Hsu on THAT one. Daniel's obsession with her had waxed and waned over the decades, but Cody had always told Hsu it would only make her more attractive to him.

She sighed, though, after that. Cody Jean appreciated how Hsu allowed her to take the lead in most areas regarding their son, even after the debacle with George nearly kidnapping him when he was a toddler. After he had grown out of his terrorist toddler years, James had become a very thoughtful boy, a good student and had always worshipped the ground that Hsu walked on. He absolutely adored his father with a mixture of reverence and true emotional affection that Hsu seemed to enjoy, even if the child wasn't his flesh and blood. One thing that Jamie did that endeared him to Hsu was that he had a particularly close relationship with his Grandmother, Cassandra, and he spent a lot of time with her during the summers. She took to the boy, and he was a kindred spirit to her, and it seemed to touch Hsu that the young man was both respectful and honestly devoted to his mom.

Once, when Cass was visiting, Hsu had wandered into the library and overheard a conversation between his mother and James, and they were discussing Danika. Keeping far enough away so as not to be detected, Hsu eavesdropped, long enough to hear James, who was about ten, ask Cass if she thought Danika would like him. Cassandra assured him that his older half-sister would have loved him, and she stroked Jamie's unruly, sandy curls, while the boy read the ancient herbs and potions book.

"I know I shall meet her...someday."

Cassandra had felt a chill run through her, at the child's prophetic statement, and she knew, then, that the boy was most likely speaking the truth, and her heart gripped in pain, because she loved the child dearly. In addition, she knew that her beloved son loved the boy as his own, and that if James died, it would hurt Hsu and crush Cody. So Cassandra just kissed his forehead, and hugged him, and went on with his lessons, not ever saying a word. Now he was a man, wanting to enjoy the pleasures that all young men did, and Cody wanted him to stay a little boy.

Cody didn't say that she wished James could stay a baby, forever. That wasn't such a good thing to say, to Hsu. Cody cut up some cornbread and put the hot, fresh, squares on a platter, with a clean cloth over them to keep them warm. She knew she was being silly and over-protective. No one needed to tell her that. But deep in her heart, she always feared that she was living on borrowed time with James. This was all too good. She was too happy. She and Hsu were having good times...great times, in some ways. Daniel was enjoying success at his resort and with Ben. James was strong, healthy and doing well in school. Watchers were even on the run. It all felt too good. She began to dish up stew into tureens and salad into bowls. It was just family tonight, Orestes included, a casual supper while a cold snowstorm blew outside.

"Why couldn't he have found some sweet girl?" Cody grumbled, as she went from counter to table with dishes. "Some sweet, tender girl, who isn't a little tramp?" She stopped in front of Hsu, putting her arms around his waist and looking up. She had her hair up in one of those large, springy, claw clips and she knew he liked it loose, but she had been cooking. "I suppose not everyone can be as lucky as I was, to have the very best first time that anyone could ask for." She was only teasing a little, verbally at least, because her body was teasing quite a bit. Her tight tee had a deep v-neck that, at his height, he could see down the front of and see her red lace bra. Cody pressed herself against him just right, in all the right places and kissed him gently on the lips. "Okay, look, he hasn't even had that birds and bees and opportunistic skank discussion that you gave Daniel back before the whole virus thing? I think you need to do that, don't you? Then, I will think about it."

A nice little bit more teasing, then she stepped back and called for the boys, "Dinner!", grinning quite naughtily.

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prince_of_tabar
2011-05-04 07:34 pm UTC (link)

The look Hsu gave Cody said as much of his opinion as his words. "Comparing Daniel's pursuit of you with James having sex for the first time is not the thing. Daniel's desire for you is just another way he's found to annoy me, and James just wants to do what any man his age, younger than him, wants to do and that is to have sex with someone, any one." Why did women have to have such different ideas on sex, like confuse it with romance. "Perhaps I should have given him the same present I gave Daniel." Although said seriously, he wasn't entirely as he knew just what Cody thought of Daniel's fifteenth birthday present. "This girl has been vetted, and spending the night with her, whatever you may think of her morals, is better than him hitting Zurich's red light district and picking up a street hooker."

The trouble with Cody, was, despite knowing him for so long and even accepting how he approached relationships, she still had this ideal in her head. She might accept that he couldn't give her romantic love, but she still believed in it. A part of her, clearly, still equated sex with love. "Some sweet girl? Innocent and shy as well, I suppose. And exactly what would he learn while they fumble with each other, each not having a clue what to do aside from at some point his 'thingy' is supposed to go into her 'hoohah'." Yes, he deliberately used terms that Cody used when she had been sweet and innocent. "You want him to learn well, don't you? To give his future lovers as good a time as his father can?" He smirked and looked down at her.

He could feel her teasing very well, not that he minded in the least. Just as pleasing was the view from his vantage point. His arms went around her as they kissed. "I don't recall such a discussion." At least not how she described it. "I told him about sex, where to go and where not to go to pay for it, and to learn to be a memorable lover. I could do that, or I could just get a call girl in to show him the ropes as well." There was no smirk this time, but his eyes were full of amusement.

When he heard Cody calling them for dinner, Danny patted his brother on his back as he stood. "Come on, what do you say? I can tell her you'll be helping around the place, getting some work experience around the hotel and slopes."

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loyal_2a_fault
2011-05-09 01:58 am UTC (link)

"STAY IN THERE!" Cody snapped her finger and pointed in the doorway, which spun Orestes around and caused him to push the boys back into the other room. It was almost funny, how her barked command was instantly obeyed by the ancient warrior, but she was not in the mood to be amused.

"Hsu Danmei! I have been with you a long, long time. I am not talking about romance or love, and frankly, I am rather insulted that you think so little me that you think I haven't learned a fucking thing in all the years I have spent learning and living with you." When Cody was really mad, her brown eyes snapped to a nearly black color. "You are talking to me like I am seventeen, or some kind of developmentally disabled idiot! As if it isn't insulting enough that I would not have learned practical lessons from you, Andy, Lars and others...no, not me, the stupid romance novel queen? No, then you add in the insult that I would not have learned ANYTHING from the event with George, or others like that accountant or that woman with the son or..."

Oh, she was really MAD, now, and if Hsu backed up and thought about it, he would see that she had every right to be. He was treating her like a child, a foolish and romantic child, and like she was seventeen or even the age she was when they had the hooker argument about Daniel. Back then, he had knocked her on her ass, and rightly so. But this was HER son, and she was furious that he was discounting the intelligence, training, good sense and cunning that he had honed in her. All her 'sexy tiems' inclinations were gone, in a flash.

"James isn't like me, or you, or even Daniel. He leads with his heart, not his head. He isn't cutthroat, not cold enough. He's a white hat, Hsu, and despite all we have tried to teach him, he still wants to believe in people and that they are good." Her color was high, and she was out of arms reach, again, not stupid, but she was mad as she practically threw ice cubes into glasses. "Add into that an erection? There won't be enough blood flow to his brain for him to THINK like you do."

She slammed the glasses on the table, and despite all her assertions of being so grown up, she still looked the same, with her hair wild and her arms waving in fury. "I wanted a sweet young thing, not for love or locating her hoo-hah with his wanker. I said it because there are three levels of women he could do this with." She held up her hands and counted on her fingers. "One, there are innocent girls who are just fumbling around and trying to figure it out, like him. Two, there are experienced little bitches, who start noticing who his father is, and how many dollar signs are there and what car he drives and they look for ways to get a piece of the cherry pie, usually by claiming to be pregnant and we all know how that goes. Lastly, there are pros...they know what they are paid for, and what the limits are. You chose for Daniel, and that was fine. I am worried about OUR SON, Hsu, because he is not Daniel, or you, or me. He will not take this lightly. He will remember her, maybe even fall for her. And a slut like that will use him. I don't worry about the innocent virgin girls or the pros...I worry about the in between, and that, Hsu Danmei, is what this little bitch and her slut friend are."

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loyal_2a_fault
2011-05-09 02:16 am UTC (link)

Now that her initial anger had worn down, she was hurt. The insult was, at the end of the day, that he still thought she was some dreamy eyed romantic ninny without a brain, who had not learned anything he had taught her. "I can't believe you think so little of me. I know the difference between sex and romance, the mechanics and the emotion. But he doesn't. He is a warm, generous, chivalrous, kind boy...and he would defend his first 'love'..." Cody did finger quotes in the air, the sheen of hurt tears in her eyes. "...and he will get hurt. If his wallet, pride or heart get hurt, then so be it. But you and I know that there are those who will come at us through our children, and they have no care as to how they do it. And you may, after all these years, still think I am a stupid little girl, in spite of how many times I have proven myself, but I put my trust in you a long time ago, and put my son's love and life in your hands, quite literally. So, I am going to my room, because frankly, none of you are my favorite people, right now." She gritted her teeth, using considerable self control not to shout at him, and to keep from crying, because she hated that, but he had really hurt her. "And I would hope that you will sit down with your sons, and that you and Daniel and Orestes will talk to him about the women in between the hookers and the virgins. Because there is more at stake than my stupid, romantic fantasies."

With that, she whirled with military precision, and stomped up the back stairs to her own room, slamming the door so loudly, it boomed across the house. Orestes peeked around the hall corner into the kitchen, shrugged at Hsu and muttered, "Women".

James heard the sound of his mother's door slamming, and he turned to look at his brother, in shock. Rarely did his parents actually argue where he actually saw the effect. Even more rare was his mother daring to storm out in a rage. Jamie turned to stare at his brother, eyes wide. "Holy shit, dude."

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prince_of_tabar
2011-05-17 11:44 am UTC (link)

The way Cody blew up at him, surprised Hsu, not because it was so sudden, but that he really didn't understand why. To him, the facts were quite simple. Yes, she was right in that during her years with him, she had become used to the idea of romance was not one that was entertained. Sure, there had been a few missteps along the way, notably her ex-husband, but he knew that Cody accepted his own views on love and romance and tried to apply it herself.

But Hsu also knew that most people were not able to disassociate themselves from romantic notions as readily as he was able to do. In fact, it was something he accepted that he was incapable of but others tended to cling to even if reality was something quite different. Cody accepted their relationship was not romantic, although there were deep feelings there, and even Daniel hadn't the same ability as he did not to fall in love as his continuing crush on Cody was testament too -- assuming that was not just something to irritate his father with. And James...well, James was as sensitive as his mother but without the training yet to bury it and toughen up his shell.

"It is exactly because James isn't like me, or you, that letting him go off and have a quick fuck with some meaningless girl is far more preferable than letting him meet some sweet, innocent girl that he might actually fall in love with. And before we know what that girl becomes a liability, a weapon far greater because of this 'sweet, innocent' connection that could destroy him...than a fling ever would. A fling, which I add, has been thoroughly vetted and checked out. Do you really think I would allow him to go off and screw the first random person he took a fancy too? I didn't do that with Daniel, and I won't with him." Ice blue eyes flashed with annoyance at her trying to turn this around on him. "Daniel lost his virginity where I could protect him, and I would do the same for James. Just because you don't like this girl because she's an experienced, older woman. You trust her to tutor him, but not to fuck him? And you think I'm the one being unreasonable."

He shook his head. "James is a young man, and take it from another man that the last thing on James' mind is a whirlwind romance. He has a cock and he wants to stick it somewhere warm and wet, that simple. It's natural and nothing more but lust. James has grown up in this house and what my approach to sex is. He knows sex and love are two different things." His voice became quiet, annoyance giving over to controlled temper. "If James isn't hard enough,'cutthroat' enough, then he needs to become so, and you need to stop smothering him. You lecture me on the dangers that face them? I protected Daniel, but I let him get the mysteries of sex dealt with before he could be used. I let him go to college, which was far more dangerous." And it had been difficult to let him go, she knew that. "But I knew to become a man, strong and tough, I needed to step back no matter how I worried."

As she stormed towards the door, he added with a growl. "He has to grow up, Cody, if he's going to survive. He's not your baby anymore!" He just glared at Orestes, but he knew his old lieutenant would understand he shared the same view.

Daniel was almost as stunned as his brother. Rarely there was an argument with his father than didn't involve him. If he didn't mostly agree with Hsu on this, he would be quietly cheering Cody on, but he didn't see any reason for James not to discover the delights of the flesh. "Not wrong there." He thought for a moment on what they could do, and Danny was typically impulsive. "Let's get our guards and get out of here as soon as possible. By the time Cody's calmed down, we'll be at Engelberg, and before she knows you'll be de-virgined." With a sage look at him, he added. "Otherwise, she may never let you out of here."

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loyal_2a_fault
2011-05-17 05:08 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, oh...OH!" The door swung back open, because she had been propelling herself with such force, listening to him, that she didn't stop, but, rather, turned around to re-engage in battle as she stomped down the stairs. "Really? So the fact that you trust someone enough to do work for you means that you would trust them enough to let them get super close to Daniel, is that what you are saying? I hired this little Fifi tramp because she assured me that she was a professional, who understood her boundaries. If you ask ME, she has shown how untrustworthy she really is, because you and I both made it very clear to Bimbo Deluxe that she was NOT allowed to step outside of that job description." By this time, she was at the bottom of the stairs, a look of genuine confusion on her face. "Tell me something, Hsu, when did YOUR word stop being law? Do all of your employees get to step out of bounds from what YOU tell them, and just do whatever they decide they want to?" Cody's head was tipped to the side, and she pointed at him when she said that, throwing back into his face the more important aspects of the employer/employee relationship. "Does this mean that your men can decide, all on their own, that they want to go out with me, or sleep with Daniel? Great! After all, if it involves that stuff, then all the rules about loyalty, obedience and being hands off clearly don't apply, anymore."

In a way, she had him there. Cody had been wary of the little French tutor, thinking more about her being Hsu's type than anything with her son. However, once she had been vetted and all, both of James' parents had made it more than clear to the girl that her job was to teach him French, that's all, and not to get to personal with her student. It was all wrong, on many levels, a violation of trust and the rules that had been clearly defined. "If she was a brunette, and not hot, you would not be happy to go with this flow, because she broke YOUR rules about staff getting too personal with your family. If you think she's so hot, then you go over there and play 'hide the salami' with her and her roommate. But you have rules about staff, and I assumed that you meant for them to be obeyed, without question. So why does she get a free pass for it?"

Cody came over right in front of him, and looked up, speaking so softly that no one could hear. "I'm sorry for yelling. But he's..." Cody Jean looked down, and then back up into those icy eyes. "...all I've got. In that hotel room, a long time ago, I saw what the loss you suffered did to you, and you are the strongest man I have ever known. If anything happened to him, Hsu...I'm not nearly as strong as you are. Please, I know I am being a little overboard. But I can't lose him." Hsu knew that she had never told ANYONE about what happened in that room, the night she had found out about Danika and Daniel. They hadn't talked about it, either. He had to understand what she was saying. He was solid and strong, the strongest of any, and losing his little girl brought him to his knees. Cody didn't think she could survive losing her son. "I know I have to let him grow up. You haven't been around much, recently, and he hasn't been able to learn from you, in that area, as much. I'm not criticizing..." Cody held up her hands, not wanting to fight with her lover, anymore. "You've been incredibly busy. So..." She sighed, a sign that she was willing to compromise, which, in Hsu's world, meant doing things his way. "How about you find him a 'warm and wet' outlet that has not violated the rules of her job? Even, as you say, maybe a professional, or something." That was a HUGE submission on her part, giving him back the control and allowing him to rule over an area that was tough for her to let go of.

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loyal_2a_fault
2011-05-17 05:08 pm UTC (link)

"Boys...dinner." Cody called to them, again, then whispered to the man she trusted to father her boy. "I give in to your wisdom in this area. I know you love him, and I know that you are right in much of this. But I don't like her, Hsu, I don't like that she broke your rules by getting involved with him, in the first place. Please, please, talk to him. He will listen to you far better than he will to me." She laid her hand on his arm, another silent apology, then turned back to the stove and gathered herself before she sat down at the table, waiting for the boys and Orestes to join them. No, she didn't like this girl, at ALL. The girl had overstepped her job and violated the rules set down, and she didn't trust her, sneaking around to seduce her son behind their backs.

When they were seated, she carefully buttered a square of cornbread, and James just watched her as she did so, wondering if she would blow up, again. Cody Jean glanced up, and saw her son watching her. She took a bite of stew, which was really good, and then she chewed, swallowed and spoke. "After careful thought and consideration, I have decided to place this matter, and all similar ones, in your father's hands."

"Oh, Mom, thanks! You won't be sorry..." James was excited, grinning over at his brother, eager for the fun ahead. He could hardly WAIT! How quick could he finish dinner and go get busy?

Cody arched a brow, and held up her hand. "I'm not done. Since we have no idea, yet, as to your fertility, you will practice every care, just like any mortal male, to prevent unwanted procreation." At James' look to her, she smirked. "Allow me to clarify, son. Don't knock up anyone."

Orestes chuckled in his seat, but ate his stew and said nothing.

"You will also do whatever your father and Orestes tell you, insofar as security." Cody continued, looking over to Hsu. "And you will begin some training in some areas that have been neglected too long...regarding Hsu Family Philosophy." Cody took a sip of her drink, and sighed in defeat. "But, aside from those things, I will step back and allow your father to take control over issues regarding your...outside and inside interests. He's the boss, so take these things to him."

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