Chapter 6
Gabe lounged in one corner of his parents’ giant U-shaped couch with his feet propped on the coffee table. Cody was curled against his right side and Annemarie sat on his left with her feet tucked under her and her knees pressed against his thigh. He was exhausted but more content than he’d been in a long time. Maybe ever.
Cody had been still for a while now, and glancing down at the young boy tucked against him, he was unsurprised to find the kid sound asleep. He shifted Cody’s head from his waist to his thigh—only a kid could doze off with his neck in that awkward position—and combed his fingers through Cody’s hair. He decided against alerting Annemarie just yet. She was too cute and too relaxed, and he was in no hurry to see the strain return to her eyes. Carefully, so he di
