This is shaping up into a long and toxic day, Gabriel realizes. Jake Magno is pressing charges—the nerve of that asshole. Imagine that? He tries to rape Claire, yet he still has the liver to transvaluate everything, even accusing him of setting him up. Well, what can you expect from the biggest snake in town?
Jake's major accusation is that Gabriel beat the shit out of him right in his own home, all without plausible reason. He says he'd just brought home the woman, Bella, because she had passed out in the restaurant, with no intention of doing her any harm.
