#Chapter172
She snorts, /"Yeah. Life is a bitch. After all those things I did, I found out she isn’t my real mother. No wonder she did what she did to me. My dad is an idiot too. He was afraid that I would hate him if I found out my mom was a drug addict,/" She explains with all the pain in her voice.
/"I’m so sorry, Gabrielle,/" that’s all I can say because I am still too shocked at what I learned about her life.
Phoenix begins placing the pot with half full of water on the stove. He suggested cooking us a cheese Manicotti with fresh tomato sauce. I start chopping the red tomatoes into small pieces when I feel his gaze on me.
I stop and look at him. /"What? Don’t you have other things to do?/"
/"Just sit, princess. I don’t wanna see you cutting your finger off because that’s not how to chop./"