CHAPTER 337 ACTIONS AND REACTIONS

"…and so there I was, staring down at this huge mountain goat in the middle of the Alps. Must've weighed at least two hundred pounds," Gabriel Garcia recounted proudly. He smiled wistfully, his eyes misting with fond memories. "But I was a lot younger then, and I wasn't about to let a little thing like a mountain goat scare me off." "Sounds like you were very adventurous as a young man," Ryan replied, giving a hearty laugh. "I was," Gabriel nodded, "It was the main reason their mother fell in love with me." A soft look crept into his eyes immediately, and he smiled fondly at the mention of his wife. "Well… I do believe I am still adventurous. I need to make more time for it now." He continued with a fond smile still on his lips. "Anyways, long story short, I managed to get past the bruiser without any incident, but I'll tell you what, it was a very close call." Ryan smiled at the older man and placed a hand on Lauretta's. "I forgot to tell you, Dad always finds a way to talk about