Gabriel's POV
If life had been different, if I were the happy husband with a happy wife, I would be home right now, sleeping soundly in our bed. But life wasn’t different, and here I was.
As confusion swirled in my head, I answered Lawyer David’s suggestion with urgency.
“Can we meet now?” I asked, not minding what it was by the time.
David hesitated. “Uh… now? Well, okay… ”
In the background, I heard a woman’s voice, Lola, David’s wife. “You’re not going anywhere, David. It’s midnight!”
Of course. Which happy wife would let her husband leave their bed for someone else at this hour? Her resistance was understandable, but I couldn’t wait.
“I have to go, love. I’ll be back soon,” David reassured her before returning to me. “St. Louis Café. Now.”
The call ended, and I didn’t w
