The Silent Ones

Chapter Twenty: Mother's Secret

Easton Sinn

She's been gone more lately, leaving us with Esme and Jeffery. My mother loves work but not that damn much. She's not here either at the country club.

"Ughh I love these Sunset Breeezes." Alicia hums talking about her favorite alcoholic beverage. We're not old enough to drink yet but my father owned the country club in town so we can do whatever here. Now the country club technically belongs to Alicia because dad left it to her and she loved it here most h it of course mother says "Until you are mature enough I shall run it." Whenever the hell she will consider us mature enough so all Alicia is if the face, mother does all the other.

"Isn't that to fourth." Jace points out. "So I own the place." Alicia sips her drink. "I need to find the hit life guard, bye brothers." Alicia smirks at us before walking off to find whatever his name is to probably hookup with again. "Where's our little babysitter?" Jace asks and I look over to him curiously. He's definitely plotting.

Looking around the one of many three pools at the country club I can't see Esme from our private cabana. Should I go find her?

Absolutely not.

I shouldn't put myself in this position. I already kissed her and then ignored her for the last week afterwards. She's only had to babysit us twice but I stayed in my room while she's been over and then today happened.

Mom needs Esme to be with us for the whole day while we hang out at the country club. So she came over at noon and Jeffery drove us here. She's wearing the same blue bikini today. Which slightly makes me feel warm.

Jace starts going on about his choices of girls to talk to today but I could care less.

"I'm leaving." I sign and gets up from the lounge pool chair. Of course I didn't dress for the pool. I knew I wasn't going to swim. "Fine." Jace replies as I walk out of the cabana.m

Instead of staying out in the summer heat I find the nearest entrance to the building and go inside. Maybe I'll go get some food, I saw crab salad was a special today.

Walking around of coffee people wave and stare and some even try and talk to me but I walk pass them all. They aren't worth my time and frankly I don't want to talk nor do I want the company.

I find the buffet dining room easily and start making my plate of crab salad and some grapes on the side. I find the nearest corner and take a seat alone.

There's nothing like the peace of being alone.

I hate that mother redecorated the office wing. Everything of dad has been erased almost like he never worked here.

"Excuse me?" A small but familiar voice taps me. I turn around and look down at Esme with her hands folded in front of her that she nervously plays with. "Yes?"

"Do you know where your mom is?" She signs back asking. "No." I reply and keeping walking down the hall leaving her alone.

Was that a dick thing to do, maybe but I actually do want to be alone right now, regardless of how much my brain says I like being around her.

"Yes I'm available then." I what my mother laugh, like she's enjoying herself. I stop at the conference room that sits right before my dad's old office that would now be Alicia's. "Of course I miss you." Miss who? Last time I checked my mother missies no one.

Maybe father.

Maybe it's a man. I internally shrug. What the fuck? What man is bold enough to go up to widowed rich women.

"I have the perfect location in mind for our next rondevouz." She laughs. There's no way.

"I'm sorry, I really don't know what I did but-" I pull Esme to me covering her mouth from the rambling. "Shut you." I demand removing me hand and return back to listening to my mom.

She stays silent.

"Of course. I'll have to call you later and we can discuss that." Discuss what. Mother starts moving around the room and i back from the door a little. "Of course." She agrees.

Could she really be dating. I know it's been two years since the accident but for a whole year she never left the house and never left the parents wing and then just last year she decided everything needed to be great again and she worked on everything. Work all the time, this year is her just now opening us back up into her life.

Dad was everything to mom and now she's washed him away and possibly dating.

How could she do that? Do that without telling us or asking us how we would feel about that. What if this isn't a good guy? Could she find someone to live like that dad again?

Everything was filling my head and  starting to think about it way too much for my liking.

"What are you two doing?" Mother's voice pulls me from my thoughts and she's standing in front of us holding her purse and phone in hand. I've still have my hand wrapped around Esme and I take a step back.

"She almost fell." I shrug at mom, hoping she'll brush it off. "Well lucky she's here." Mom reaches into her purse and pulls out a fancy addressed envelope.

It couldn't be. 

"Here dear. I hope to see you there and if you have no date. Easton shall escort you as friends of course."  Friends? I wouldn't say me and Esme are friends. We haven't even gotten to know each other.

"Excuse me." I look at mom. "You'll do it. It would look good for the family." Mother says and gives Esme a smile. "Thank you Mrs.Sinn." Esme tells her and mother gives an "Of course." Before going off down the hall leaving us.

"I'm not avoiding you because of anything to do with the kiss. Just don't want you to get in trouble." I state before going to my fathers office.

I knew she was going to bring it up so willingly answering solves everything fast.

I sit back in the main office chair thinking my mother is keeping a secret from us and the secret is she's dating but who the hell is she dating.

It couldn't be anyone close to us, I've seen with all of them and it's not just anybody. A random nobody. It was to be someone who got her attention and she got there's but who? And why now?

This is something  to think about while drinking whatever alcohol she has stocked in here.