"Yeah, but it's okay. I like it," Gabe said, as though his opinion on the family size was the only one that mattered. He didn't mean it like that, of course. "We live in a big house in the woods, so there's lots of room."

"Isaac," he answered about Derek's daughter. "He wants more though." He shook his head about the pets. "No, Laura just got a puppy it's got black and brown. Junior has a turtle but you're not supposed to know that." Then he frowns, realizing he just tattled. "Don't tell him I told you, okay?"