Gavin didn’t “come here” at all and Matthew realized he wasn’t surprised. Watson, Gavin Strauss was not. And Gavin could lounge back on the mattress in the darkened bedroom, flipping the television through the stations that the satellite was broadcasting into their ‘home’ while explaining with patience that there was sunlight beyond that door and when was Matthew going to pick up on that, all that Gavin wanted to but Matthew wasn’t fooled in the least. There was a small smile on Gavin’s lips and that small smile said, I’m in command here, Doctor. Not you. And I don’t come when I’m called like a dog.
Still, Matthew had been busting with the need to pass on the information about the O’Connells’ house guest. Though his pride told him that he ought to be annoyed with Gavin’s lack of enthusias
