Now Gabriel smiled and settled back slightly in his chair. “Well, I learned a long time ago that there is very little fairness to this world…or rather, we have to make such fairness for ourselves, since the universe does not seem inclined to provide it. I’ll find a path through this, one way or another.”
What, really, could she say to that? Except…. “I hope so. And I hope I can help.”
The warmth in his eyes as he gazed at her from across the table was unmistakable. “You already have.”
They had to stop there, because the hostess seated another couple at the table next to theirs, and so it would be pretty much impossible to continue a conversation that touched on so many sensitive subjects. Instead, Ava talked about Santa Fe, about some of the places Gabriel might want to see while he was
