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didn’t
want her to go to Chicago with Lalita and I. She was pretty upset
about it.”
    “Here you go,” Colin said,
tossing a towel to Tyson so he could wipe his face.
    “Thanks,” Tyson told him.
“I’m going to head back home to see if she’s there.”
    “Have you tried calling?”
Colin inquired.
    “Yes. She’s not
answering...probably still angry with me.”
    “Let me give it a shot,”
Padma said. With her phone to her ear, she listened to the rings –
one after another. No answer. “Nothing...just getting voicemail,
but maybe her ringer’s off.”
    “Maybe,” Tyson said. “I’m
going to go.”
    “Tyson, wait...I need to
tell you something. Ah...Gabrielle told me some stuff that Dilvan
told her about you.”
    “You know I don’t care
what Dilvan has to say about me.”
    “Well, maybe you should
care this time.”
    “Why’s that?”
    “He told her you were a
sniper.”
Tyson blew a breath, sat
down and rubbed his eyes. The rain tap danced on the roof, created
a melody against the window pane while thunder continuously
crackled, rumbled and echoed angrily in the dark sky.
Tyson sighed and said, “I
didn’t want her to know that. Gosh, why can’t the past just be the
past?” he asked, exasperated.
    “That’s not all. She also
knows about Dennis and the rumors...”
    “Wow,” Tyson said. “I
can’t believe this.”
    “I’m sure if you sit down
and talk to her about it—”
    “No. I’m not bringing old
garbage into my marriage.”
    “But Tyson, it may be time
to address the rumors,” Padma said like she wanted answers
herself.
    “What rumors?”
    “About Dennis. People
think you had something to do with it.”
    “I’m glad I’ve never been
a person to care what people think.”
    “What about your wife? You
care what she thinks?” Colin asked.
    “Of course I do. I gotta
go. I’ll see you guys later.”
Heading for the door,
Tyson opened it, inviting the hissing noise and rusty smell of the
rain inside. The downpour had only gotten worse with heavier and
thicker raindrops. Still, he didn’t hesitate to run out into the
elements, jump in his jeep and go back home, all the while hoping
Gabrielle was there and was safe and sound.
     

Chapter 7
     
~ * ~
     
     
    Gabrielle stood in the shower, just standing under the
lukewarm water. It had been a long day, a day that started at 4:00
a.m. with running on the beach with Tyson, making passionate love
afterwards. After breakfast, he’d been adamant about not wanting
her to work. His ideology had upset her. What man didn’t want a
woman who wanted to better herself? That’s all she wanted. She
wasn’t asking for much.
She closed her eyes while
the water ran down her face. She was new to this marriage thing,
but was Tyson right? Should she be content just being his wife?
That wasn’t a bad position to have, especially from a successful,
attractive man who could hand pick any woman he wanted. And he
wanted her.
She opened her eyes and
the moment she did, she saw him standing there, behind the fogged
glass, nearly scared the breath out of her petite body. His clothes
were wet and so was his face.
Her heart thudding, she
said, “Tyson, jeez, you scared me.”
Tyson hadn’t responded.
Instead, he stepped in the shower with her and asked, “Why have you
been avoiding me?” His first thought was that she was avoiding him
because she was upset, but after talking to Padma, he surmised that
she’d been ignoring him because of the things she’d learned about
him. The things she’d found out from Dilvan.
    “Tyson, why are you in the
shower with you clothes on?”
    “My clothes were already
wet with me running around in the rain, trying to find you, so what
does it matter, Gabrielle?”
    Guess it doesn’t
matter. She looked at him, giving his face
a thorough once over. The dominant frowns in his forehead made her
shiver.
    “Why have you been
avoiding me?” he asked again, in an eerie, monotone.
    “I haven’t.”
    “You