Gabriel's POV"What are you doing here?" The words came out flat, more of an accusation than a question. I looked past Dad to Roland, waiting for an explanation, but Roland looked just as blindsided as I felt, his mouth opening and closing, but no sound coming out."Gabe, I didn't--" Roland started."Matthew called me," Dad said smoothly, cutting him off before he could finish. "Said he was coming to see Roland. Since both of you are friends, I figured I would come along and see you too.""You should have told me you were coming," I said as soon as he finished, not hiding my annoyance. Dad's mouth curved, but not quite a smile. "If I had, would you have let me?"I did not answer that. We both already knew the answer.I turned and walked toward the back of the house, needing distance more than I needed to stand there and keep looking at him.Roland caught up to me before I got to the hallway."Ryder," he said, which made no sense until I realized he had meant to say something else en
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