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Gabrielle had wondered about the nice, obviously costly but quite se that Walter had called home when he’d visited Florida She’d assu, that he’d stayed in the hotel suite he’d rented every time he came to Florida She’d seen the bills

“Yet he wouldn’t let me have a normal life,” Liam said “He took away my car for a year because I wanted to live in a dorm”

“You were his golden boy, Lia he was not You’d been born to ood life”

He looked at Gabrielle She’d never needed so badly to wrap her arms around him And pushed the sensation away Far away “It s behind when he had you”

“Except for Buckus,” Liam said

Gabrielle picked up the Florida file she’d found on the et a look inside Based on what she’d seen in the Colorado file the night before

“I think they were closer than you realized,” she said, getting ready to tell him more when Missy interrupted

“Ray Buckus?”

“You know hilanced at the other woman

“Who’s that?” Tamara looked between her mother and newfound brother At just five feet and in skinny jeans and a T-shirt, the blonde looked vulnerable enough to be blown over in a big storm

“He works for your father,” Missy said

“He greith him” That was from Liam

Missy’s hands were tre “I didn’t know that”

“So who is this Buckus guy?” Ta no indication of the obvious nervousness in her gaze as she looked at her mother

“Have you ever met him?” Gabrielle asked Missy