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“I did,” I say.
“I need to understand what you heard that I didn’t. Who is KM, Gabe?”
KM.
Kendall Murphy.
The woman that might just make Abbie hate me and I’m not ready for her to hate me.
Chapter nineteen
Gabe
Who is KM?
That’s not a question I intend to answer now, or probably ever, and I don’t even allow it to hang in the air between me and Abbie. “Let’s go help your mother.”
“In other words, KM is not a conversation you’re willing to have with me, despite the fact that it was used as a weapon in a conversation about me.”
“It was used as a weapon to get me to back off. It didn’t work.”
“How bad is it for you, Gabe?”
“I’m not going anywhere, Abbie,” I say, tangling her fingers with mine, “except inside.” I soften my voice. “Leave it at that.”
“For now,” she concedes, her other hand pressing to my cheek, “but I am going to be naked in your bed again tonight. Expect me to ask again when you’re feeling a little more giving.”
“If you have this on your mind when you’re naked in my bed, I’m not doing a good enough job with my tongue.”
Her cheeks flush red and someone shouts out, “Abigail!”
“That would be my mother,” she explains, twisting around as I do the same only to find a pretty redhead that could be Abbie’ssister running toward us in faded jeans and a shirt with a Golden Retriever on the front.
“Abigail,” her mother says, stopping in front of us. “Thank God you’re here. We can’t find a place to move the animals. I don’t know what to do.” Her gaze catches on me. “Hi.”
“Mom, this is Gabe,” Abbie says. “Gabe, my mom, Shannon. Mom, Gabe is going to help us out.”
“Nice to meet you,” I say.
“Nice to meet you, too.” She looks at me. “He’s who?” She looks at me and presses her hand to her forehead, her gaze moving back to me. “Sorry. I’m rude.” Her hands go to her hips. “It’s been a rough day.”
“I’m dating your daughter,” I say, “and helping you both any way I can.”
“Oh,” she says, glancing at Abbie. “Well, this is new. He’s new, and your ex was just here.”
“I know,” Abbie says. “He and Gabe just went to war.”
“And who won?”
“I did,” I assure her, wrapping my arm around Abbie. “And I’ll continue to do so. Now. Tell me what you need.”
“A place that can house at least fifty dogs. I can’t lose them.I can’t.”
“And you won’t,” I promise.
“Gabe!”
I rotate to find my sister and her husband Reese headed this way, both in jeans, boots, and hoodies on as coats, and even with the hoodie, I can see my sister’s growing baby belly. The very idea of my baby sister being a mother does funny things to my chest. Babies are a tough topic that hits a little too close to the KM threat as it is, but right now, I’m focusing on Cat. We did so much to protect her that actually hurt her as a family, and now, there’s a baby to protect. We can’t fuck this one up, too. Iwon’tfuck this one up too.
