Catherine's POV
My heart hammered against my ribs as Gabriel's eyes remained on mine. He was waiting for an answer. I had walked into the room ready to explode on Julian, ready to demand that something be done about the viper living under our roof, I had no idea Gabriel would be in here.
"She's insulting my mother again, Gabriel," I fixed my hanging words immediately, my voice trembling with the very real fury I had felt just minutes ago. I let my shoulders slump, playing the part of the exhausted, emotionally battered daughter. "I was out there trying to talk to Ethan, trying to figure out how to help him deal with his loss and she still found a problem with it. She started in on how 'people like us' handle grief. She called my mother a temporary infestation in this house. She told me we wouldn't be here much longer."
I looked at Gabriel, making sure my eyes were filled with the threat of tears.
