Gabriel’s POV
I knew this was not going to be easy.
I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair. A nervous habit I had picked up from Nick.
“Why did I think she was going to agree?” I muttered after I heard her slam her bedroom door.
“Yeah, why did you?” Annie said angrily and stood in front of us. “We don’t know you. Not to mention all the rumors I heard about you. How do we know we’ll be safe with you?”
“Look, I know about the rumors, okay,” I said annoyed. “Most of them are not true.”
“Oh, well, now that is a relief,” she said sarcastically. “I can now be sure that the one about you killing someone is not true.”
I gritted my teeth together. “I never killed anyone, Annie.”
Nick placed his hand on my shoulder, trying to calm me down.
“Look, Annie, I’ve known Gabriel my whole lif
