#deadwyler

Both the toddler and Ibis were oblivious to the panic in Byron and Guy as they realized they’ll have to tell the others and neither one wanted to deliver the news to Seraphine.

Carlos had heard the commotion so he came to check it out. He was now in front of the camera talking to Ibis and Lori, while Byron and Guy argued in the background about what to do.

“We could go over there-”

“So she could rip our heads off? No thank you.”

“Call Adam and have him tell her?”

“Might be best…”

Seraphine walked in and exclaimed “Maman! Papa!”

“Seraphine!”

They all rushed to hug each other. They also expressed in french how much they all missed each other, and how long it had been and whatnot. It was very emotional. But Ibis was mostly lost.

When they were done Seraphine took a step back and motioned at Ibis. “Voici Ibis Deadwyler. Mon…” She stared at him for a moment instead of finishing her sentence. “And Ibis, you’ve met my parents.”

The woman asked the bartender for ‘the same’ while she got on a call. Evidently her sister was taking care of her kids and she was calling to check up on them. Again. When she hung up she turned to Taia like they were besties continuing a conversation. “I’m a mess at relaxing!” She took a sip of the drink, same thing Taia had, and beamed. “Thanks for the recommendation!”

“You’re welcome?” Taia replied tentatively given that she hadn’t actually said anything before.

“My husband worries and I just tell him it’s normal to worry, you know?” Taia nodded which the other woman took as a sign to keep talking. “Do you have kids?”

Taia blinked. She hadn’t thought about Lori at all the whole weekend. Here was this woman going bananas calling her sister for updates and while she… “Yeah.”

“Oh, then you understand!”