Chapter 19

GABRIEL

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Thanks for apologizing to both Harry and me. I hope that this fresh start will be good for you. See you on Saturday.

I had not responded to Emily’s text, but I hadn't stopped thinking about it either. It filled me with a sense of guilt because it essentially meant she had believed me. So had Harry. He had texted me on the same day to tell me that our being friends wouldn’t be such a bad idea.

I had gotten what I wanted, but I didn't feel happy about it. I had achieved my goal, but I felt guilty instead of feeling great that my revenge was underway.

It was Saturday, the day Emily and her Mom were coming over for dinner. I had come home early in the day to help my Mom with the cooking and also to keep her company. I was away for most of the week and I feared that my Mom had been feeling lonely.

She was still getting used to the newness of the town and although she had reconnected with Terry, she couldn’t hang out with her every day so she was spending a lot of time on her