Chapter 4A car stopped two feet in front of me with a squeal of brakes. I panicked. The driver and I made eye contact. Gabriel Avenatti, the very guy I didn’t want to see at the moment, had come at Mom’s call.
He blinked at me, his dark eyes wide and dilated from almost killing me with his car. I tried and failed to breathe. Wild fantasies popped into my head, of him leaping out of his car to tower over Mom and intimidate her into submission with his muscles.
Not that I thought he would do it.
Could I trust Gabe? I didn’t know. He’d come when Mom called, and I knew he wanted to date me. On the other hand, if Drew hadn’t waited for me across the street, I didn’t have a serious escape plan.
“Sophie!” Mom’s voice carried a dark, deep echo.
I felt her power surge over me. Thick arms of ma
