'Cause true love is searching too

 "Well..mom called," Alfie hoped that didn't sound to alarming. He called his brother Boone as soon as the call was over.

"Really?" Boone was a bit sarcastic, but Alfie knew how he felt about the mother who would never see him. They hadn't even actually talked on the phone.  "What did she want?"

"Oh, you know, wondering if she's a grandma yet."

It was all a little disconcerting. It was a little odd. Alfie felt a little sad, but not completely. "I told her we would have called to let her know, if she was."

"Do you think she  could handle being a grandma?" Boone made it sound like a dare. Even then Alfie could feel his smirk.

"Hey now, you two just got engaged," Alfie paced the kitchen and decided on some coffee after all. He didn't care what Zoey said. If it was some other time in his life he would have been looking for the liquor, but he knew they didn't have any.

It had been an all-right Valentine's Day, they got together with Gage and his family and had game night. It was cold, but the potluck was cozy. Yes, that's where Alfie felt his real family was, with friends. Although, he'd spent some time with his Dad who was recently in the hospital with congested heart failure. Even Boone had came by a couple of times to the hospital. He didn't even mention it to his mother. Alfie didn't want to hear her remarks. It had always been bad blood between them. 

"Well, she's not going to come here," Boone practically bellowed.

"Who knows," Alfie hadn't meant for it to shake him up. It was so out of the blue. "Maybe..maybe something happened to her too." It was a miserable thought. He felt sad about being such a butthead. Although, Zoey said he wasn't. She told him he sounded very cordial.

The fact was, he hadn't meant to. Now he felt guilty. 

"You didn't tell her to come, now did you?" Boone wanted to know.

"Well, I don't even know where she is, or where she was calling from," Alfie squinted hard, almost tears, but he was dry-eyed. Yes, for the life of him, he never knew where she was exactly. She was such a mystery.

"Why don't you give her a call?" Alfie finally said.

"Me!" Boone snapped.

"Tell her, you want her to come home."