“Everyone deserves to find their person, Seth. Not just Rex.”
“What is a person supposed to do if they’ve already met that person and lost them? Sometimes a happily ever after isn’t guaranteed. I accepted that a long time ago.”
He doesn’t say anything else after the ominous statement, and I’m lost at what the hell to say back. What is a person meant to say to something like that? It’s clear something happened in Seth’s life that I don’t know about. Maybe one day he’ll elaborate and tell me more. Until that day I’m not going to push him to say anything else; that will only cause him unwanted and unneeded pain. That’s the last thing I want to do.
Seth finishes feeding Immy, burping her before handing her over to me and leaving. Hopefully he’ll be okay. I might mention something to Rex later about what Seth said to me; I’m sure he knows whatever it was Seth was referring to and will know how to help his brother. At least that’s my hope.
With Immy secure in my arms, I head downstairs towards the kitchen. I need some coffee. I’ve fucking missed coffee and plan on indulging like nobody’s business now that I can. Entering the kitchen, I find it empty, but someone has obviously already been in here, as there’s a pot of coffee already made on the side with a handful of mugs next to it. Grabbing a mug, I pour myself a cup and take my first sip of coffee in over a year. It’s fucking heavenly, and I can’t help but moan.
“I’ve never been so jealous of coffee before.” Rex says, startling me slightly as I didn’t even realize he was here.
“Why?” I ask as I turn to face him.
“Because I want to be the one causing you to make those sounds.” He says, eyes blazing with heat.
“Later. I’m guessing we’ve got another busy day ahead of us.”
“You’d be right there. Anarchy and Phantom will be here at some point today with Beau and Annmarie. My mother will be here in the next few hours too. She wants to have a few wordswith Richard. Then you’ve got Wreck and Shadow coming over to meet Immy.” He says as he heads towards the coffee pot and pours himself a cup.
“Your mother is coming?” I ask in shock.
He can’t seriously think he can drop news like that on me like he’s talking about the weather. His mother coming is serious fucking business. I could smack him around the head right now for standing there all nonchalant, like he hasn’t just dropped a bomb on me.
“Yeah. I found out when I checked my phone when I woke up. She’s already in the air on her way. She won’t stay long; she can’t with how busy she is. Don’t start worrying; she’ll adore you.”
“How can you stand there and tell me not to worry? She’s the mother of the man I’m seeing. Of course I’m going to worry, just like I did when it came to meeting your brothers. I don’t even know her name, Rex.”
“Her name is Mary, and I can tell you not to worry because I know my mother. She’s going to take one look at you and be charmed. When she learns your story, she’s going to be beyond impressed with the type of person you are, Dre. I promise you that you have nothing to worry about where she’s concerned.”
“I hope you’re right. I want your mom to like me.”
“She will. I have no doubts about that.”
“While we’re on the topic of your family. I’m worried about Seth.”
“Why? What happened?” He asks, voice laced with concern.
“We were talking about us, and he said something about finding his person and losing them and not everyone getting their happily ever after. He just seemed so down when he said it.” I explain.
“Fucking Everett.” Rex spits out, anger lacing his voice.
“Who’s Everett?” I ask curiously.
“Seth’s one and only love. We all thought they were going to be together for life. That was until Everett left Seth. It came out of nowhere, and Seth has never been the same since. We discovered he was back in Devil’s Point just before I left on my search for you.”
“Well, it’s clearly fucking with Seth’s head right now. How can we help him?”
“That’s the thing. I don’t think there’s anything any of us can do. Seth needs to get to the point where he’s ready to confront Everett and get some answers so he can finally put the past behind him. He needs closure.”
“Did you just say Everett is back in Devil’s Point?” Jake’s angry voice says from behind us.
Rex turns quickly to face his very pissed off youngest brother. Jake is so worked up his entire body is vibrating with rage. This isn’t good. Did Jake not know about Everett being back? How is that possible? Even I know the brothers share everything; they’re that close. I’m clearly missing something here.
“Yes, and whatever you’re thinking, stop right now. Seth will deal with this the way he sees fit.” Rex instructs.
“Why didn’t anyone tell me he was back? That’s what I would like to know.” Jake asks, his voice still angry, but there’s a layer of hurt in his tone too.
“Because we saw him when we went down to the station. He’s Moore’s new partner. Seth didn’t want to tell you at the time because of everything that was happening in Flash’s life. He thought you had enough on your plate.” Rex explains.
