Rowan
I fell back onto the sofa, my head spinning. When Gabe called and asked me to meet with him, I never thought that he would blow my mind.
I honestly thought he wanted to bitch about the decision by the board members. He completely floored me when he revealed that he had a kid. A daughter no one knew about. Sighing, I turned to him and just stared. What was I supposed to tell him? What could I tell him? It's not every day that you find out that you have a child that no one knows about. "So, was this Harper a one-nightstand gone wrong or?" I asked, trying to piece the pieces together.
I know my brother. He was a womanizer, so I wouldn't be surprised. Actually, what I'm surprised by is that he doesn't have more baby mamas.
"No, she's not a one-night stand," he replied. "You know her, actually. She's a Beckett."
At first, the name doesn't ring a fucking bell, but then it registers.
"You've got to be kidding me, Gabe," I stared at him in shock. "As in Harper Beckett? Andrew's little sister?"
He doesn't say anything. He simply nods his head.
with very few friends and was socially awkward. In a way, she
those thoughts
all," he
"Seriously?"
words. He then runs his hands down his face before speaking. "She's
"Come again"
no fucking way I heard
he repeated, this
must have hit my head somewhere, because there is no fucking way Gabriel had once been
shouted, not even sure how I felt. "How the fuck is she your ex-wife? When did you even get
was booming downstairs, and there was chattering all around, but that didn't seem to faze him. It seemed
to calm him down.
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