Gabe met Lorna in 1995 when she stormed into the police
station to report that her purse had been stolen. Gabe batted his
eyes at her and Lorna fell for him like a ton of bricks. They
began going on romantic dates which consisted mostly of them
gazing into each other's eyes.
Lorna had a string of failed
relationships behind her, and she
had a hard time believing that
such a man as Gabe could truly love her. She was also disturbed that
Gabe was keeping things from her. When she threatened to break it
off, he finally revealed that his first wife and young son had been
killed in a fire the year before.
When he explained that she was the first woman that he had been
close to since the tragedy, Lorna supported him and did what she
could to honor the memory of those he had lost.
Gabe and Lorna enjoyed most of 1996
meddle-free until Cindy Brooke, Gabe's ex-sister-in-law, came to Bay City. She
used Gabe's friendship as an excuse to involve herself in his life as much as possible. Lorna's suspicions
were roused at continually seeing Cindy drape herself over Gabe and
lavish kisses on him. She finally lashed out at Gabe for being blind to
Cindy's ploy to come between them. Gabe defended Cindy and
refused to bend to what he perceived as Lorna's jealousy.
Lorna encountered a mentally unglued Cindy in the ladies room of the Harbor Club one night and in an ensuing struggle was knocked unconscious. Gabe rescued her from a fire that had then broken out. He was shocked to discover that Cindy was responsible. He hastily arranged for Lorna to go into hiding for her protection. They said a tender goodbye before she left town. Before he could leave to join her, he was shot and killed in Center Street. Felicia broke the news to Lorna over the phone. Lorna faced it bravely, determined to go on with her life as Gabe would have wished her to.