"Gabriel! You bringer of bad luck! Look at the chaos you've thrown us into! You better give us an explanation right now!"
"I say we simply tie him up and hand him over to the Mitchell family. That's the only way to calm their fury!"
The crowd erupted into a storm of voices, each one more outraged than the last, ready to pounce and restrain him.
Evelyn furrowed her brow and snapped, "Gabriel! You're way out of control! Do you even realize who Ms. Mitchell is? Do you know the trouble you've caused?!"
Gabriel, his expression icy, shot back, "So you're saying I should just stand by and watch you get beaten and humiliated, doing nothing?"
It didn't matter if Melanie and the others were clueless, but Evelyn blaming him cut deep.
Evelyn's face drained of color as she weakly explained, "Stop
