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“Maybe we could take a little stroll?” her mother suggested.
Rene looked out the window.
“Are you sure? It might rain.”
“Rain is good,” her mother smiled, getting up and putting the photo album on the coffee table. “It helps things grow. It purifies. It makes us feel brand new.”
“I forget how positive you are,” she smiled, kissing her mother on the forehead. “Let’s go for a walk, but just in case, we can take an umbrella.”
Chapter 12
Rene was eager to talk to Hyde and show him the photo she had found. It was highly unlikely that he’d recognize anyone in the photo, but maybe he’d know the name of that ancestor. His father maybe? The resemblance was striking. She was sure that this man was somehow related to Hyde.
She called him up on a day when she knew Parker was at his mother’s place, and rushed over. She wasn’t surprised to see Jesse there as well. The guys were lounging in the living room, there was a bottle of white wine already opened and their glasses were half full.
“Hey! There she is,” Jesse shouted as she walked into the room, holding Hyde’s hand. “The most beautiful girl in the world!”
She smiled, walked over to him and gave him a peck on the lips.
“Did you know that we missed you?” Jesse wondered.
“Yes, that’s true, we did,” Hyde confirmed, sitting down on the sofa and patting the place next to him.
She didn’t want to show them how glad she was to hear that, because every day that went by without them being together, felt like a whole year.
“Oh, before I forget,” she remembered the photo she got from her mother and got it out of her purse. “Here.”
Hyde took it and glanced at it.
“What’s this?” he wondered.
“I got this photo from my mom’s album.”
At first, Hyde didn’t quite see what he was supposed to be looking at. Slowly, the look on his face started changing. He peered into the photo, and Rene could see that he was finally looking exactly where she wanted him to.
“Can you see it?” she asked him.
“You say your mom had this?” he looked up, then at Jesse.
“What’s wrong?” Jesse asked.
“Her mom has a photo of me,” Hyde explained.
“What do you mean, of you?” Rene didn’t understand. “Isn’t that your father? Or some relative?”
“No,” Hyde shook his head.
Jesse took the photo and inspected it closely. He looked at Hyde, then back at the photo.
“Shit, this really is you,” he said.
“How can that be you?” Rene asked, shocked. “That photo is 50 years old, at least.”
“I might be a little older than I seem,” Hyde revealed. “Jesse, too. You see, we age slower than normal humans. We’re not immortal, but we do live longer.”
“But, how do you know my family?”
“Who is your mother?” he asked.
