Chapter 39

Things became awkward. Lori didn’t know why or how it became awkward, but it had been three days and Gabriel spent all of his time at the office. She wondered if it had anything to do with her.

She was feeling much more better. Her bruises had healed and she was no longer sore but her period came barging in like an unwanted visitor three days ago and she got very moody too. Very moody.

Gabriel had also been arriving home so late that she was already asleep when he got into bed. She tried the first night to wait up for him but she had slept off. The next morning, he had left shortly after she woke up, offering her only a brief good morning. Lori couldn’t tell where it all went wrong.

She had asked Grace. Wondering if he had confided in the woman about something and Grace had chalked it all up to work.

“Gabriel is a very busy man. He’s just busy at work. Don’t worry yourself.”

She patted Lori’s shoulder and reassured her.

Oh well, that made her relieved, at least for a little bit. If