A Telling Picture

Seth received an image from his mother's phone. The text with it said, "MJ home soon."
There was MaryJane, standing between his Mother and Alba. He stared at it long and hard.
Maybe he didn't know Alba that well, but he could see what was in the eyes of his mother and wife.
That was Mom's "I did my best look" and he could just see MaryJane's index finger pointing to her neck.
She was fairly well expressionless - for MaryJane.

He could only guess that Alba was still being reticent about forming any attachment with Djinn.
Ah well, there were plenty of others around, but most of them were one or the other of Djinn's two halves.
Besides, Djinn took off for somewhere this afternoon. Said he was going to to see an old friend.
He didn't say who his old friend was, but that another old friend had told him to go see this one.
Whatever that meant! All Seth knew was that he missed MaryJane.
How soon was soon? How soon is now?