"The Cove just makes up whatever it wants about me," Gabe says, sounding exhausted. The rumors about him are dizzying, none of them true. Caleb finding an old issue is exactly the kind of thing he's come to fear.

Then, because he realizes he hasn't even said it, Gabe forces himself to look Caleb in the eye. "I'm sorry that all of that happened to you. You should have never gotten hurt because of what I did."