"It's always a possibility," Gabriel said, a very soft and slightly sad smile on his face. There wasn't much possibility of it that Gabriel could see. He'd hurt them all too much. It was a shame, really. Sandra had seemed like a very nice woman the brief time that they had actually talked to each other...before he'd hurt her.
"We'll see," Gabriel said, ruffling Noah's hair. "Whatever happens, we'll make it through." Because there was nothing that Gabriel could think of that could possibly make him be willing to let anyone do anything that would end in them taking Noah from him.