Gabriel sensed something was off. A sudden realization dawned on him, and he exclaimed, "Wait, this wouldn't happen to be Yvonne's doing, would it? I just remembered—yesterday, Lila dragged Yvonne to the mall to buy cigars for my dad. Those aloeswood incense sticks must’ve been Yvonne’s impulse buy, right?"

Samuel’s face stiffened as he denied it outright. "No."

"All right, all right," Gabriel teased, "if you say it’s not, then it’s not. But why so ...