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reason I was here.
    Digging in into the delicious plate of eggs,
bacon and toast with fresh fruit on the side I finally asked
her,
    “Where’s Gabriel this morning?”
     
    “He’s in the study. The fire inspector
personally came by early this morning and he’s been holed up there
ever since he left.”
     
    Eager to find out what news he got I quickly
devoured my breakfast and with a heartfelt thanks and a peck on her
cheek I left Marianna, and once again went in search of
Gabriel.
     
    Gabriel opened the door just as I was about
to knock.
    “Hey, I was on my way to find you. Did you
sleep well?”
     
    Was he nervous? He sounded nervous. Or was it
just me.
     
    “Best sleep I’ve had in years and a great
breakfast too,” I replied with a smile, hoping to put him at
ease.
     
    “Good, good.”
     
    He stepped aside for me to enter the
study.
    It was a huge, very masculine room, furnished
with dark stained oak furniture. The bookcases were filled with
hundreds of books, all in mint condition and the showcases
contained all the statues he received as validation for his
talent.
    I turned and faced him.
     
    “Ally…”
     
    “Gabriel…”
     
    “You go first,” he conceded.
     
    “Thanks,” I replied, taking a deep breath
before launching into the little speech I rehearsed in the
shower.
     
    “Gabe, I had my doubts about coming here but
you needed my help and I am here for that. There is no denying that
there’s something more between us, there always was and I
appreciate you giving me time to come to terms with that. I can’t
predict the future so I can’t say if something is going to happen
or not. If it does we deal with it but no matter what I am here to
help you as best as I could.”
     
    “It’s going to happen Ally, it’s just a
matter of time and I appreciate you being here and your help. There
isn’t anyone else I trust to deal with this shit that’s landed at
my feet.”
     
    “Okay, now that that’s out of the way why
don’t you show me everything you got from your little friend.”
     
    I turned to walk away from him but he grabbed
my hand and turned me back to him.
     
    “One condition, kiss me before we start.”
     
    “Gabriel…”
     
    “One kiss Ally.”
     
    His lips on mine were magic. He tasted like a
little piece of heaven and I leaned into him for a little bit more.
Intense and erotic were the only words I could use to describe
it.
     
    “I want you so much,” he whispered after we
pull our lips apart.
     
    “I know,’ I whispered back, knowing if I
admitted my want as he did we’d be naked in seconds.
     
    “Good, want to get started now?”
     
    I nodded, thankful that common sense
prevailed.
     
    He laid out a number of books on his desk
before dragging a chair next to the one that was already at the
desk. I counted five books, each one meticulously bounded with a
bold, neat, handwritten title, “The Real Gabriel Steele” on the
cover.
    We both sat and he reorganized them in front
of me, placing the first one he got at the top. I slowly opened it.
Each page contained a page-sized photo of Gabriel with a caption at
the bottom, detailing the date, time and place the photo was taken.
All five books were the same. Whoever did this put in a lot of time
and thought into this project. The note written in the inner cover
of the last book was written in the same handwriting as the books’
titles.
     
    “When and how did you receive these books?” I
asked him.
     
    “They were all mailed to the house except the
last one. I don’t allow my work staff to come here so all my mail
to the house is opened either by Marianna or Jonah. They were the
ones who found the first one about eight months ago and brought it
to my attention. The last one came on Monday, in the same package
as the others but instead of being mailed it was placed in my truck
sometime during the night. I found it the next morning.”
     
    “Do you have the packages they came