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“You’re drinking,” Gideon said

He turned toward the hed “Why are you in my home?”

“I have a thing about turning up to places uninvited It’s ift”

“You’re neither invited or wanted You’ve not long gotten out of jail Shouldn’t you be between a wo?”

Gideon straightened the cuffs of his shirt, and stepped toward hi beside Gabriel “Woh I’m not balls deep inside one, I’m not a little boy I can control myself” He held out the bottle “Another”

“It’sme for permission”

“I get the sense that you are pissed at me, and I can’t help but wonder why”

Gabriel stole his bottle of scotch, and glared at him “Why?”

“Why what?”

“Why did you release that kind of truth?” Gabriel asked “No one needed to know”

“About you being a Denton at your core?” Gideon held his glass up

“All it has done is cause nothing but trouble”

“Just so you’re aware The Colton and Denton fa You were under a false need for revenge, andpissed Not to mention all of my brothers as well We’re not a very patient family You’re our brother, and I did think it was funny to see the fallout from that Quite comedic”

“I don’t get it Unless you want to see your family fall”

“Far from it I have this deep, drilled into me sense of loyalty, Gabriel I can’t just … let my family fall, but I alasn’t about to let my brother die, nor my future brothers-in-law” Gideon smiled at him