Flashback to Embry being 17
"Sue, Embry knows what time dinner is… he will be here." Harry soothed hugging her into him. Sue was leaning against the counter anxiously tapping her foot. She kept glancing at the clock, but it felt like each second was a life time. Embry had been living at their house for eight months now; two of those months he had been a shifter. Sam had barley given him patrol times because Harry told him the circumstances of Embry's home life. Sue had begun to welcome Embry into their lives after Harry had asked him to stay. She was very reluctant at first since she was worried about Leah in California and Seth who was close to phasing age at fifteen. She was protective of her family but had begun to take care of Embry as one of her own.
"He didn't patrol today. He should be here." Sue frowned looking at Harry.
"He is clean Sue. He kept his word." Harry reassured. Sue glared at Harry letting him know that was not her concern. Seth began to get anxious seeing them get worried about Embry. They were always anxious about Leah, so he hated seeing something add to their stress. Right then the front door opened and closed, and they heard footsteps go upstairs.
"Embry get your ass downstairs!" Sue commanded not letting him off the hook.
"Miss Sue, I promise I am okay just not hungry." He yelled back downstairs. Seth's mouth dropped at that comment. Sue looked at Harry as if to say "you handle it or I will".
"Embry come downstairs. You live here so you eat with us." Harry called up calmly making Sue yet again glare at him. Slowly Embry came downstairs with his hoodie up and only looking down. Sue rapidly approached him and despite his protests she removed the hood.
Sue stood in shock seeing Embry's eye swollen and the rest of his face yellow and purple with cuts. She took a deep breathe.
"What happened?" She asked sitting him down as she got ice and gauze. Embry looked at Harry for help.
"Answer her, kid." Harry nodded reassuring Embry.
"I went home." Embry answered hoarsely.
"Why did you go there?" Harry asked.
"Got a text from my mom saying she needed to see me. Look… I don't want to ruin dinner. I am okay, I promise. Please eat." Embry making Sue slam the fridge. Harry flinched knowing how hot-headed Sue was. Sue then began fixing everyone's plates and handed all three to them aggressively. Embry looked at her questioning her actions. She roughly handed the fork and he slowly began to eat and she began cleaning the cuts on his face as he did. She would work around him eating as she did. Seth and Harry soon followed suit.
"Who did this to you?" Sue asked as he ate.
"Mom's new knight in shining armor. I refused giving them money for shit and he went all alpha animal." Embry shrugged chewing.
"Did you phase?" Harry asked slowly. Embry shook his head no as they all let a sigh of relief. The last thing they needed was an outsider knowing the truth or Embry hurting someone phasing.
"I had it under control. Only reason he got so many punches in was I was busy holding back from phasing." He said slowly his body beginning to vibrate. Sue and Harry locked eyes and nodded at each other. They didn't need him getting upset in the house with Seth either. Harry scooted Seth's chair away slightly.
"You knock his fucking ass out?" Sue asked uncharacteristically making Harry wink at Embry.
"Yes Miss Sue." Embry smiled at her making everyone chuckle.
"Good. And you either call me Sue or mom. None of this miss/ Mrs/ Ms bullshit." Sue huffed finishing up his face and hands. They both knew he would heal just fine with the werewolf gene but went along with her taking care of him. They both needed to feel that connection. He needed to be taken care of and she needed to feel like she was helping. Embry locked eyes with Harry making Harry smile. Embry was shocked she said that and after the day he had, hearing that was one of his happiest moments in his life. He leaned over and hugged her with all of his strength.
"If I ever hear about you going 'home' again I will beat the shit out of you. This is your home not that fucking place. Do you understand?" Sue choked out holding him. He squeezed her tighter knowing he was no longer without a home.
***Present day
"Whoa who is Sue yelling at?" Milo asked shocked to hear Sue in the other room aggressively talking to someone. Embry let out a sigh knowingly and Harry frowned.
"I thought she blocked the number?" Embry muttered to Harry. Harry patted him on the back to comfort him.
"Must have called us on another line?" Harry growled. Leah, Seth and Milo just looked confused.
"Female voice?" Seth asked Leah turning his head their mom's direction. Leah nodded trying to hear with her wolf hearing.
"My lovely mother." Embry sighed shifting his body to lay his head against Leah's stomach. He just wanted to feel the baby move now that she was five months. Leah played with his hair but remained nosey and wanted to know what was going on.
"She used to call here when I first moved out and then tried calling the cops saying I ran away." Embry answered Leah's thoughts.
"Embry got emancipated at sixteen and forks police can only do so much since we are on reservation. Plus Charlie fought to make sure she didn't have custody with all the evidence we showed him back in the day of abuse. Not to mention my mom has a record herself… but she still tries to be my mom." Embry continued shrugging.
"Not for the correct fucking reasons." Sue snapped walking in with the phone in her hand. Embry held out his hand for her to give him the phone.
"Embry, you don't have to talk to her." Harry reminded. Embry nodded but kept his hand out. Sue hesitated but handed him the phone.
"Hello Kate." He said calling his mother by her first name. Leah could hear her nasty response to that one making Embry wink at her.
"Well considering what you put me through I will call you what I damn please. Now get to the point so you can stop harassing Sue and Harry." Embry growled out back. Leah was shocked to see any aggression from him. Embry squeezed her hand calmly reminding her that he was okay.
"Yes. No and no." Embry replied cold hearing his mothers questions.
"Great good bye and stay away from me and my family." Embry snapped hanging up on her.
"She asked if I got you pregnant and then asked if I was going to tell her then asked if I was going to be around with the baby. I said yes to the first and definitely not to the last two." Embry answered everyone's thoughts. Leah and Seth could hear it plain as day. Embry roughly sat up and stood up.
"Fucking drug addict. I could legit hear how high she was in that call. That was a fucking meth call." Embry growled pacing for a second.
"I am sorry son." Harry sighed shaking his head.
"I shouldn't have taken the call." Sue apologized. Embry held his hand out in Sue's direction.
"Not you fault my mom chose drugs and men instead of her son. She was the one who called high. You did nothing wrong." Embry said hugging her into her. Sue let out a shaky breathe and squeezed him tighter. Embry sensed the conversation had upset Sue.
"Hey Sue… I know who my mom is." He smiled at her before hugging her again.
"I am hugging my mom right now. That person who called lost their chance years ago. Fuck that bitch." He laughed making her laugh and relax.
