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“Humor me,” he pleaded “I know you and you’ve probably not eaten a thing all day”

I realized that he was right I had been so stressed that the thought of eating had never crossed my mind “Fine,” I took a bite of the pasta on the plate I chewed and sed “This is actually pretty good”

He chuckled “I knew you were hungry”

I stuck ue out at him and took another bite

“I’ll get you a drink,” he disappeared He hadn’t been gone more than a second before Gabriel slid into his seat

“Hey,” I gasped “I didn’t know you were here” I leaned across the table and gave hi

He s”

“A, Gabriel you’re such a softy”

“What can I say? You melted my stone cold heart”

“You were never stone cold, you were just sad There’s a difference”

“Sure there is,” he ood thing my brothers did know about va about all these silver-eyed pale people

It still amazed me how Gabriel and I had become friends I worried about him and despite what he claimed, I kneorried about me too Underneath his shirt I could see his necklace that held his wedding band and his dead wife Leah’s His story still broke my heart but I was convinced that Gabriel could have a happy ending He deserved one

I took another bite of pasta as he stuck his hand into his tux pocket “I got you guys so es were yellowed It sed to read the only three lines on the page before Gabriel slammed it shut “It’s actually just for Jonathon,” he said

“Oh,” I replied confused

The lines I had been able to read had read;