Healing Gabriel Read Online Free

after awhile she hadn’t really noticed
the scarring.  The dad was friendly and funny with a good sense of humour about
his scars.  Morgan had been a little envious of the obvious love between him
and his wife. 
    She wondered how far Gabe’s scarring went down.  She had
only met him twice but both times he had been wearing a long-sleeve shirt buttoned
to his neck.  She shook her head.  It didn’t matter.  Gabe was obviously a
borderline recluse with serious emotional issues.  It was best to leave him be.
    She glanced at her reflection in the bathroom mirror and
sighed.  Her face was streaked with dirt, she had dark circles under her eyes
and her hair was plastered to her skull with sweat.  Why the hell Gabe had even
gotten a stiffy after looking at her, she’d never know.  Maybe he was attracted
to the smell of sweat.
    She quickly stripped off her bra and panties and started the
shower.  Despite being tired and dirty and smacking her head a record three
times today, she was happy to be in such a perfect little house.
    * * *
     
    “So tell me Morgan, are you enjoying living in our small
town?  It must be a big difference from the city.”  Andy smiled at her.
    Morgan took a sip of beer.  “I love it actually.  Martinvale
is a great little town.  Have you lived here all your life?”
    “I have.”  Andy confirmed.  “I thought about moving away
when I was in my early twenties, but my girlfriend at the time convinced me not
to.”
    He took his own sip of beer.  “Ironically, two months after
we broke up she left Martinvale.”
    “I’m sorry.”
    He shrugged.  “It was a long time ago.  Speaking of
girlfriends - would you like to have dinner with me this week?”
    Morgan choked on her sip of beer.  “Oh, I um – “
    Andy grinned at her.  “Too forward?”
    She laughed.  “No.  I was just surprised.”
    “I like to keep people on their toes.  What do you say
Morgan?  I promise I’ll be charming and attentive and pay for dinner.”
    “Then I say yes.”  Morgan smiled.
    “Great.  Give me your cell phone number and I’ll text you on
Monday okay?”
    * * *
     
    “Did you have fun tonight Morgan?”  Lacey asked as she put
plastic wrap over the leftover potato salad.
    “I did.  Thank you for inviting me.”  Morgan began to load
the dishwasher.
    “I saw you talking with Andy.”  Lacey said casually.
    Morgan grinned.  “He asked me out on a date.”
    “He did?  That’s great!”  Lacey put the potato salad in the
fridge and leaned against the counter.  “Did you say yes?”
    “I did.”  Morgan added more glasses to the top rack.  “He
seems like a nice guy.”
    “I don’t know him well.  He’s a friend of one of Peter’s
co-workers, but he’s super cute.”
    “He is isn’t he?  I don’t normally go for blondes but he was
very charming.”
    “Good.  How did unpacking today go?”
    “Oh fine.  I broke the couch.”
    Lacey frowned.  “You broke the couch?”
    Morgan laughed.  “Yep.  Well, technically your brother and I
broke the couch but I started it.”
    “Okay, explain yourself girl.”
    “I was trying to move the couch and your brother’s super
smart dog broke into my house and brought his girlfriend with him.  Then your
brother stopped by and scared the crap out of me.  I tripped, he helped me up,
I tripped again and we both fell on the couch and basically crushed it.  I’m
trying not to take that as a sign that I need to lose some weight.”
    Lacey laughed.  “It was an old couch.”
    “That’s what Gabe said, but I think he was just trying to be
nice.”
    Lacey snorted.  “Trust me; my brother is never nice just for
the sake of being nice.”
    Morgan shrugged.  “He seems nice enough to me.  A bit rough
around the edges but I think that has more to do with him cutting himself off
from everyone.”
    “Yeah.”  Lacey sighed.  “Don’t be mad Morgan, but part of my
reason for offering the carriage house to you was so that