As soon as Merlin was dropping this particular bombshell, it was obvious why he was so stressed and anxious, when he was supposed to be resting and trying to reduce his stress to aid his recovery. Jesse looked at the business card, taking in every detail on it. You couldn't really argue with DNA, and AncestryDNA was as accurate as it could be for the job it did. The guy was definitely Irish and had a medical practice in Ireland, not to mention extensive medical qualifications, if the post nominals were anything to go by. He was trying to figure out when the hell his mother - who gave birth to Merlin while she was 'overseas' as a missionary (he still didn't know if that was the complete truth as his mother had been revealed as a compulsive liar and serial adulterer) - was supposed to have been in Ireland when Merlin was conceived. He had already tried to closely analyse and assess the timeline when it came to light Merlin was his biological brother but at the time, when Jesse was around 6 years old, his mother travelled a lot for work and Jesse was left with his father and grandparents to care for him. She had been cheating on his father since at least Jesse himself was conceived because he had found out himself he wasn't his father's biological son. In fact, he was the son of a Massachusetts man, which turned out to be Autumn's father right before he had met her mother. All in all, his mother had caused a lot of destruction and mess in other people's lives with her cheating and sleeping around. Jesse no longer had anything to do with her or the man he believed his whole life to be his father because they were bible-bashing homophobes and he had disowned them when he got engaged to Jace and their response was to blame him for failing the horrific conversion therapy they put him through. Even if this was Merlin's life, it had a knock-on effect to Jesse and always would. It was inevitably stirring up a lot of his own emotions but he wouldn't burden Merlin with those while he was so upset and struggling. Once he found out Merlin was his biological brother and he was now co-big brother with Damien, he had vowed to do anything to take care of and protect Merlin. He and Damien made that promise to each other too. They grew up as best friends but they now considered each other brothers in every way but blood.

"Do you want Clint to investigate him or do you want me to reach out to him and have an open and honest conversation with him? I can do that for you if you need me to, buddy. I've been in your shoes with this stuff, remember? When I found out my real father was an unknown man I'd never met and had died before I had the chance to know him. There's nothing easy about this. I can't know exactly what you're feeling or thinking but you're mentally overloaded at the moment and you're unwell. You've had significant surgery and will need time to recuperate. You've had an awful shock with Brandon's relapse. Now might not be the best time to pursue this. But I know you and I know if it's something deep down in your heart you want, none of this other stuff will matter. You have to do what you feel you need to. I'm sure Clint could dig up the guy's entire life story and everything in between but is that really the best way to go? If you ultimately want a relationship with him, perhaps it's best to consider giving him the chance to tell you his story himself," he suggested and gave Damien the business card to see. "That's something I'll never not regret having with my biological dad."