Chapter Four
Gabriel
Okay, so this wasn’t going well. Nora was really upset.
I forged ahead anyway. “I’m not f*****g with you or your emotions. I’m trying to be honest.”
She snatched up her bowl of macaroni and cheese and stuffed a bite in her mouth, chewing fiercely. After she swallowed, she said, “I can’t have this conversation. Not now.”
“Can you listen?”
She stuffed another bite of macaroni into her mouth, chewing as if her life depended on it. After a moment, she nodded jerkily.
Because the rapid pace of my heartbeat was wearing me out, I thought maybe she had the right idea. I took a few bites of my own food to try to calm down. The wind blew wild, and a sense of relief settled over me. Maybe I had totally screwed this up, like epically, but I could get us through to the other
