Chapter 17
Gabe had stayed out at her cabin for several nights after their run-in with Tom as a precaution, but when it became clear Tom wasn’t going to try anything sinister, his staying with Annemarie and Cody had become a habit, and she wasn’t in any hurry to have him go home and leave her alone. For two weeks now, she’d been waking up beside him, getting ready for work and school together in the mornings, eating breakfast like a family, and coming home together in the evenings to talk about their day, and she loved it. She even enjoyed planning meals for three people instead of two, though that had taken some getting used to, particularly in adjusting her recipes and shopping lists.
More than once, she’d caught herself thinking of Gabe’s comments about trying the idea of marriage on
