The incubus's monthly feeding period is draining and exhausting.
To avoid collapse, after the feeding period ends, I quickly leave the bedroom while a certain someone is sound asleep.
"Son, if you keep going like this, you'll starve to death!"
"If you're tired of Cynthia, you can find other women. Why do you insist on torturing yourself like this?"
New York's most famous French restaurant.
As I elegantly savor foie gras, intense arguing continuously erupts from the private room next door.
I listen, growing increasingly annoyed, until one of them suddenly mentions my name.
"Jack, are you still not over Emily?"
"Wake up! She left you long ago. She's not coming back!"
"Shut up! Shut up!" Jack's voice breaks down, leaving me momentarily dazed.
Three years ago, after overhearing Jack's words at the doorway, I changed my phone number, quit my job, and completely severed ties with everything in Manhattan.