Scarlett

36 - Scarlett

Everyday we did everything we could to get our family back to some sense of normality. Over the past two weeks we had no choice but to watch as Mya experienced a whole roller coaster of emotions.
Some days were better then others and having Logan in the know definitely helped.
There would be times where it was almost like nothing had changed and there would be times I would catch Mya in a moment she would drift off, gazing into nothing as if searching for answers to questions she couldn't understand.
She called them her lost moments.

That morning had started just like any other, the kids all went off to school and Carson to work. It was one of the first times I actually had the house to myself in weeks though the moments were soon passed when the doorbell rang not even an hour after Cage had gone.

Seb stood outside my front door, his face pulled tight, small frown lines marking his forehead.

"Seb, what's going on? Is it Mum?"

Seb pushed his way in, pushing his hand through his hair he only looked at the ground,

"Scar, it's not Mum, Kira and the kids are fine"

"Ok, so what's going on? Seb you look like shit"

"It Jackson Scarlett"

"Seb I don't want to hear this, he's a grown man, he needs"

"Shut up for a minute Scar, please"

Our eyes finally connected and that's when I saw it, Seb's were filled with concern, he was scared and I could feel the pain he was in,

"Scarlett I haven't spoken to him in 3 days. He called me to tell me he was taking leave. He told me he was talking a month off"

"That'a probably not the worst thing in the world Seb, it's will probably do him good"

"Can you just stop and listen, please Scarlett"

"Ok, I'm sorry"

Seb nodded and took a deep breath before he spoke again,

"I tried to talk him out of it, he sounded lost, angry even, I tried to tell him work was the best place for him to be, that he could keep himself busy, he just told me he knew what he was doing and hung up. I haven't spoken to him since, when I try to call him it says his number is unavailable"

"Have you spoken to Shay?"

"Yeah" he nodded "So they had a huge fight just over a week ago, she said he said some pretty nasty shit to her and then asked her if she wanted to leave or if he should be the one to go, she hasn't heard from him since. She tried calling him when I went there and his phone rang out"

"Oh, I haven't heard from him Seb"

"I need you to call him Scar, if he's going to answer to anyone it will be you"

I grabbed my phone off the dining room table, finding his contact and pressing the call button, it rang three times before he answered, his voice was dull, lifeless

"Scarlett, what do you want? did you dial a wrong number?"

"Hey Jax, how are you?"

"Busy. What do you want Scarlett?"

"I just wanted to see if you were ok? I heard about you and Shay and I"

"You did? Did you get excited huh? Thoughts of me suddenly single do things to you Scar?? You want to come over and make me feel all better??"

"Jackson" I sighed "I just wanted to make sure you were ok"

I tried to focus on any noise I could hear in the background. What sounded like a TV was playing, his heavy breathing and then the faintest sound of someone in the distance.