Close to Me

Chapter 14 Part 3: Family Revelations

(previously, in Close To Me)
Evelyn:...... it's your father.

Shaun, his brothers James and Jack and his sister, Sydney had all just heard from their mother about a member of the family that they though that they'd never hear from again and that was their biological father.

Evelyn: I've been in contact with your father recently, and he has told me that he wants to see you guys.

Sydney:.... Sorry, what did you just say mum ?

Jack: did you just say that our dad, wants to meet us ?

Shaun: the same guy that abandoned us ?

Evelyn: (sigh) it's not as simple as that sweetheart, it really isn't.

Jack then turned to James as he had already known about this beforehand.

Jack: and why the hell did you know about this before we did ?

James: it wasn't intentional mate

Jack: (scoffs).

Shaun: I believe you but why should we believe that our "father" wants to see us, I mean come on bro, this is out of the blue, why should we trust the jackass ? He left mum to raise us on her own.

Evelyn: please sweethearts, before you guys start arguing with each other, just know that me and your father have been talking on FaceTime and I can tell that he means it, just please at least try to meet him and then you can form your own opinion later on whether he actually wants to be in your life again.

Sydney: why does he want to meet us now when he could have got in contact earlier than he has ?

Evelyn: well I'd rather he be the one to tell you that but what I can say is things happened and he decided to make changes before there was no going back for him.

James: so when does he want us all to meet ?

Evelyn: whenever you're all ready to do so, he doesn't want you to feel like you have to do anything right away if you don't want to.

Shaun and his brothers and sister took their time to think about it and then they all agreed to just get it over and done with.

Shaun: well I don't know about anyone else but I'd rather just get it over and done with, I mean what do we have to lose if he decides to change his mind ?

Evelyn: are you sure ?

Shaun, James, Sydney and Jack: yeah.

Evelyn: okay, we'll if your sure, I'll talk to him about it on the phone tomorrow.

Shaun: where is he even living now ?

Evelyn: well he's living back in Manchester with his wife and kids.

Jack: so we've got either half brothers or half sisters ?

Evelyn: two half brothers and a half sister.

James: it sound weird but I'm actually looking forward to it.

Shaun: I'm still not too sure, until we see him in person, I'm not putting all my eggs in one basket so to speak.

Jack: neither am I.

Sydney: does he know what we look like ?

Evelyn: yeah, I've sent him a photo of you all together when you were younger and one from not too long ago when you all came to visit me.

Shaun, James, Sydney and Jack stayed with their mother another hour or two and then they all went back to their homes and when Shaun arrived back at his place, he was sat on his couch in silence and he was going over what his mother had told him about his father in his head.
Was he angry ? Or was did he just not care ? He was definitely open to finding out and if his biological father is telling the truth and he does want to see him for the right reasons, then Shaun would like to continue seeing him as will James, Sydney and Jack.

As it was his day off and Brianna was also at her place today, he wanted nothing more than to spend some quality time with, it didn't matter what they would end up doing, he just wanted to be with her and so he grabbed his phone and he called Brianna who answered the call in a chirpy tone of voice.

Brianna: hello handsome, how are you ?

Shaun: hey mousey.

Brianna could tell that Shaun sounded like he just had some news that shook his world up a bit and so she asked him if he was okay.

Brianna: you don't sound so good baby, is everything okay ? Do you need me to come to you ?

Shaun: I can come to you, I don't mind babe.

Brianna: too late, I'm coming over, stay where you are.

Brianna ended the call and Shaun put his phone down and he chuckled to himself and he waited for Brianna to arrive.

Eventually, he heard a knock at the door and so he got up off his couch and he went over to the front door and he opened it and he was blindsided by Brianna who immediately bombarded him with hugs and kisses as she jumped in his arms which made him chuckle.
Shaun closed the door behind them while Brianna was still wrapped around him.

Brianna: hi baby.

When Brianna climbed down off Shaun and she was stood right in front of him, he placed his hands on her waist and while he was looking her in the eyes, Brianna could tell that something was bothering him and so she lead him right over to his couch and playfully shoved him down onto his couch and she straddled him and she held his face in her hands so that she could look him in the eyes again.

Brianna: come on mister, something is bothering you, what's up ?

Shaun: it's nothing bad, not really I guess, i just wanted you here with me.

Brianna: whatever it is, it's still bothering you.

Shaun then proceeded to tell her all about that talk he, James, Sydney and Jack had with their mother and as Shaun told her, she knew how it affected Shaun because he was raised by his mother and only his mother and all of a sudden, his father may possibly be back in the picture.
When Shaun finished talking, Brianna leaned her head against Shaun's and she told him about how proud she was of him for giving someone who might not exactly be deserving of a second chance.

Brianna: first of all, I want you to know giving him a second chance even when you didn't have to shows the kind of human being you are, I'm proud of you for that baby.

Brianna pulled his face closer to hers and she kissed him on the lips.

Shaun: thanks babe, that means the world to me.

Brianna: oh how about we take your mind off this for now huh ?

Shaun: how about I make us some dinner and then after that, we can relax on the couch and watch some Netflix ?

Brianna: that sounds great baby.

Brianna kissed Shaun on the lips once more and Shaun got up off the couch and started making dinner with the help of Brianna who started helping without him even asking which made him smile and while they were preparing dinner, Shaun kissed Brianna on the lips.

Shaun: I love you, you know that right ?

Brianna: of course I do baby, you never let me forget it.

They finished preparing the dinner and after cooking it, they sat at the dinner table and then after cleaning up, they sat down on the couch and cuddled while watching Netflix for the rest of the evening.