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Julia seeht he’d keep her on the side, but perhaps his father told him to cut her loose”

“That wouldn’t surprise ” Julia shook her head “Nothing like a little n appear more family friendly I just wish Natalie would leave me out of it”

“You’re in it At least for now” Gabriel’s ri Natalie and her apartment another visit What do you want me to tell hi”

Gabriel huffed in frustration, running his fingers through his hair

“They don’t deserve your mercy”

“His fiancée does, whoever she is She’ll be huirl if she’s involved with him”

Julia winced

“I was a stupid girl once” Her voice was so soft, Gabriel had to strain to hear her

“You weren’t stupid; you were manipulated Come on, don’t you want the his hands on his hips

“I do! Think about what he did to you Think about what she did They made you suffer for years They nearly destroyed you!”

“But they didn’t,” she said quietly, to his retreating back

He walked toward theandout over Central Park

“I broke his jaw, and it still didn’t give me satisfaction” Gabriel examined the bare, snow-covered branches of the trees “I wanted to kill him”

“You acted in self-defense If you hadn’t come to my rescue” She shuddered in remembrance of the day she was al lanced at her over his shoulder “No It’s justice”

“We spoke once, about iveness”

“This is different”

“That’s right Because even though I could demand justice, in this case, I decline To quote one of our favorite novels, to God I respectfully return the ticket”

Gabriel snorted “You’reDostoyevsky for your own Franciscan purposes”

Julia sry with , think of his mother She was kind to me This will kill her”

Gabriel didn’t take his eyes froo to the press yourself”

“To tell theave ht hand forainst the , resisting the urge to punch through the glass

It wasn’t fair

It wasn’t fair that solected by her mother and father and left to a cruel and manipulative boyfriend

It wasn’t fair that Suzanne E to the scraps her lover fed her, while he lavished love on his family

It wasn’t fair that Grace and Maia died while others lived

It wasn’t fair that Toed heart