Page 267 of His Hungry Wolf

“Yeah,” Quin said with a serious look on his face.

“Don’t you think Cage would wanna know this?”

“Maybe. Maybe not. He’s found you and a mother after living his life without a family. For him, that’s enough, at least for now.”

“Are you sayin’ that finding Cage and having a brother should be enough for me?”

“I’m not suggesting anything. But, I’ll ask you, isn’t your life pretty good right now?”

“It’s not bad,” I admitted.

“Then, why would you want to kick the hornet’s nest?”

I looked at Quin and fell into silence. The guy was smart and had made some good points. But growing up as he did with two dads, he couldn’t imagine what it was like growing up without one.

He meant well with his advice. But to answer his question, sometimes you kick the hornet’s nest because it’s in the way of you living your life.

It was clear that Quin wasn’t going any further with his investigation. That left me where I was when I started. My mother was still the only person who had the answers and she wasn’t talking. What was she hiding? And could it be something I didn’t want to know?

I continued to think about it as we entered town and headed towards the trailer park. The closer we got, the more my thoughts shifted to the other thing I had to talk about this weekend. My jaw clenched as it whipped through my mind. I didn’t know if I was ready to discuss this, but Cage and Quin’s lives were moving forward. It was time that mine did too.

Pulling up to my place, I saw Cage’s truck parked out front. Going inside, we found him and Mama on the couch in front of the TV. When she didn’t turn around to look, I stared at my mother.

What was she keeping from me? What could be so bad about my birth? And after a lifetime of asking, how could I get her to tell me now?

“Dinner’s ready if you’re hungry,” Cage said turning to greet his boyfriend with a kiss.

Sitting around the kitchen table, for the first time I realized how small it was. With four people, the plates could barely fit at the same time. As the smallest person, Quin was tucked in the corner. There was no wonder he wanted to buy a house. Dealing with all of this had to be a nightmare for him.

“When are you planning on showing me the place?” I asked Cage.

Cage looked at Quin and Mama. That was when I realized that he might not have told our mother yet.

“It’s a nice house,” Mama said to my surprise.

“Oh! So, I’m the only one who hasn’t seen it?”

“You haven’t been around,” Cage explained.

“That’s because I have games on Saturday and classes during the week.”

“We know. We’re not saying anything about it. Just, that’s why you haven’t seen it.”

I looked at the three people in front of me. Everyone’s lives were moving forward. And, they were doing it without me.

“So, when am I gonna see it?”

“Tomorrow morning. Miss Roberts said she can open it up at 9.”

“Why so early? It’s a Sunday. Don’t you people sleep in anymore?”

“She said she has to be at the Salon by 10 for appointments.”

“People get their hair done on a Sunday?” I asked having lived here my whole life and never realizing it.

“Church. Bingo. Get-togethers. It makes sense,” Cage explained.

“I guess.”