Husband With Benefits-Chapter 579: Lean On Me

"What did he say to Mrs Jenkins?" Autumn asked aloud as she watched the doctor glance angrily at Savoy and ask him to leave.

Even as she wondered this, she heard Gabe say," Autumn, you need to let go."

She frowned," Let go? How can I let this go? What are you talking about..."

She heard him grimace even as her eyes remained glued to the screen," Autumn you need to let my hand go... unless you want me to bleed?"

Autumn frowned at that.. Let his hand go? Bleed? It took her a moment to realize but then she looked down and her eyes widened... She’d been clutching his hand and wrist with both her hands in a vice like grip...

Autumn looked down at his hand and gulped. There were crescent moon like marks on his hand.. All ten of them.. And some were even bleeding...

"Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry.I’ll get some ointment right away!"

She jumped up and rushed to the bathroom, her heart pounding with anxiety. How did she not realize she was holding onto him? Gabe watched her go, a small, amused smile playing on his lips despite the discomfort. She looked so horrified as if she’d stabbed him...When she returned, she had a tube of antiseptic ointment and a few bandages in hand.

"Antiseptic is fine, Autumn. I don’t need bandages." He tried to speak up but she gave him a look and quickly grabbed his hand." Just let me take care of that," she said sitting close to him on the couch. He smiled as he looked at her down turned face. She seemed to be applying that with the focus of a surgeon.. Her eyes narrowed and nose all scrunched up.

"The tables have turned finally... Instead of me applying the medicine... its the other way..."

Autumn grimaced at that and pointed out," Well, but you were applying medicine on wounds given by others.. while I gave you this..."

As she said this, she quietened down. She’d actually done that... She’d hurt him unintenionally... Hadn’t Nora warned her about something like this.. That she might hurt him easily.

Gabe looked at the sudden pensive frown on her face and frowned. The girl kept getting lost in her own thoughts. Even now she was applying medicine around the wound...

Clicking his fingers in front of her, he raised an eyebrow," So? Autumn, these are nothing... just battle scars..."

She smiled and looked away, feeling emotional.. She didn’t know why but suddenly she felt like crying. Just a few minutes ago, she’d watched Mrs Jenking being threatened and even as old and as sick she was, she’d had the strength to tell that man to get away.. while she lacked even that... She’d had to rely on...

Gabe seemed to have sensed her mood as he made her look up,"Autumn, sometimes its okay, to lean on others. Stop overthinking. You"

"Will you lean on me? If you ever need it?" Autumn asked him and watched as he went quiet... and turned back to the video where Mrs Jenkins was now being helped into the bed...

"I’ll see if they can cut out the noise factor to see what Savoy told Mrs Jenkins. But here is something interesting..."

Autumn stared at him, realizing that he had not answered her and moved her gaze away. It had been a stu*id question as it is. What had she done for him to rely on her... So, pushing away her feelings, she decided to concentrate on the matter at hand.

"What is interesting?"

"He didn’t question her about the whereabouts of the figurine. No, he wanted to know if she would have a reaction over your name or whatever it was that he told her. Why? Why go all the way there only to look for a reaction. He is trying to get some information from her..."

"He went there to agitate her? Because... he doesn’t know what he is looking for?" Autumn answered the unasked question.

"Yep... which is good. But also explains the burglary attempt, you feeling someone following you and that car trailing us. He knows something is up, but he doesn’t know where that thing is. And since he’s known longer about this than you... it means he’s already negated other options... so he hopes to use you... Autumn, do you remember anything that might have been discussed only between you and your mother?"

Autumn shook her head," There’ve been many things, but nothing stands out..."

"Autumn, I need you to really think about it. Think about any conversations you had with your mom, anything that might have seemed out of place or unusual. Even the smallest detail could be important."

"I’m trying to think but I cannot get it..."

"Its okay... Just take your time. And I’ll start looking at things from another perspective..."

"Another perspective?"

Gabe nodded, a far-away look on his face," Yes. Just go and rest for now... We can do this later." He watched Autumn leave with a confused look on her face and sighed."

"I need you to look into something. Katherine Savoy’s death. I want every detail, no matter how small. This might not be an accident at all.. It could be a murder.. also find out where Mrs Savoy was coming from..."

As he ordered the other person, he clenched his jaw, if what Gregory Savoy had told Mrs Jenkins was true... then that man had just gotten more dangerous... and keeping Arabelle and Autumn out of his clutches, even more dangerous.

"I got rid of Katherine and the proof she had against me. And soon, I will have Autumn. Tell her that when she comes looking for you... Tell her that she was supposed to be with me, always.. you’ll do that for me, won’t you? Play the person in the middle the way you did for Kathering and me? Do it okay... be a good friend...if you remember it of course..."