As she headed for the exit, the soft, low strains of music began to play,ing from the utility closet. She paused, realizing that
Gabriel must have been in there the whole time. She started walking again, but an idle glance out the window made her stop once
more.
Jonas and Jenny hadn't left. They were standing downstairs, leaning against the railing, lost in a passionate kiss,pletely
absorbed in their newly declared love.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSylvia let out a quiet sigh. She couldn't bring herself to go down and interrupt them.
She turned and went back to the utility closet.
Gabriel was sitting on the floor again, this trepairing an old pocket watch. It looked like an antique, but its solid gold case still
gleamed like new. Beside him, a record spun on a phonograph, filling the room with the elegant strains of a classical violin piece.
He had the watch disassembled and waspletely focused on his work, seemingly unaware that Sylvia had been standing behind
him for stime.
She walked in and crouched down to look at the tiny, intricate parts. "You really can fix anything, can't you?" she asked, genuinely
curious.
Gabriel's lips were a thin line. "My father taughtwhen | was a boy. He was a very skilled man."
"You inherited all of his best qualities," Sylvia praised.
He glanced up at her. "Weren't you leaving?"
Sylvia shrugged. "Jonas and Jenny are still downstairs."
A hint of a smirk touched his lips. "Then you should go down right now and let them thank you properly for playing matchmaker."
She ignored his teasing. walked over to a bookshelf. and found the book she had been reading earlier. lust like before. she settled
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