A New Friend

"He is not gay."

The words resonated in her head as Autumn continued to do the design for the proposal in her office.. She shook her head and tried to focus on the task at hand. It was quiet tonight but that did not help her. She didn't know why the fates were intent on taking her on an emotional roller coaster ride, giving her hope one minute and killing it on the other. 

First, they'd been looking for the figurine, then the key and now that they'd finally found the key and the USB drive hidden inside, it was still disappointing. There was an error on the drive and Gabe had sent it to his brother to help retrieve anything on it. And instead of worrying about what might be found on it, since her mother had gone to such lengths to hide it from that man, she was worried about Gabe not being gay.