Finally having that talk with your mother

 

Gabe didn't know why they really needed him. He was beginning to think that his mother loved Pan best. After all, she'd raised him. He hated that bad feeling, but it seemed she wanted Pan's wedding to be special while his and Sammie's wedding was just a backyard affair.

"You really have to have it at a hotel?" Gabe squinted. They'd invited him out to the venue to sample the food.

"Really, it's not anything big," Pan assured him. "But you'll have to wear a suit."

"Oh." Gave tried not to grimace too much. "Sure." Even then he knew he didn't want to. He didn't dress up.

"You know, Wade has done so much for your brother," his mom said later when they were alone after dinner. Of course, Gabe felt he needed Sammie here to be a buffer, but he nodded as if he was OK with everything. He'd do his best to be the best man. Although, it felt kind of odd, just the three of them in the ceremony. 

"Wade's so alone, you know."

"But, but he has a brother." Gabe reminded his mother. It felt so distant being in the heart of the old market in a hollowed-out brick building that had been here since before the thirties. It was just a space now with an indoor garden. Gabe was certain it was still too fancy for his liking.

"Yeah, I know, but..but he is with Pan's ex. And they are expecting." Gabe's mother made him feel that it was quite a downer. They hadn't invited Elvis to this dinner for the wedding arrangements.

"Surely, you guys aren't going to leave Elvis out," Gabe said. "I mean, even..even ..Rox is like family."

He knew he said too much but didn't want to leave them out. He could see his mother didn't want to talk about them.