Chapter 122 Gnawing Realizations.
The first thing Gabriel noticed as the door came open was Leonica’s brightly flushed cheeks, followed by her causal top that had one edge hanging off the side of her shoulder, exposing more skin that he was used to and finally.
But as tempting it was to stare without much words, or any words at all, Gabriel reminded himself why he had driven for half an hour and stormed his way up her porch, permanently fixing his eyes on her face.
"What are you doing here?" She sharply questioned, clearly still bitter about their encounter earlier. "Ah," She held up her finger, stopping him just as his lips parted. "And if you’re here to say ’we need to talk’ then unfortunately for you, you’ve not only wasted your time and effort, but also your petrol, because I am not in the mood to talk to you."
"If you weren’t in the mood to talk to me, then why didn’t you tell me about the aftermath of Ashley’s accident? IVF? Bone Marrow transplant? Nothing." He listed, drilling his gaze into hers when she clammed her eyes shut, for a moment, forgetting that she had not informed him of all that.
"I forgot." Her answer came so plain and simple that it seemed like she wasn’t going to tell him in the first place.
"You forgot?" Gabriel parroted. "To inform me, his father, about my son’s well-being? How?"
"Because it was clear to me that you wouldn’t care-"
“No, you don’t get to decide that for me.” Gabriel seethed, taking a step forward. “Don’t I have the right to know? I’m his father, and yet, I had to learn all that from a Doctor.”
Doctor Bailey, you snitch, Leonica thought.
“Alright, well now you know. Hope doctor Bailey filled you in on everything.” She said and grabbed the handle, intending to close the door.
Gabriel inserted his foot in the way before she could do so.