mrsmajessick

Thanks for the timeline, LN Cronan, that really helps keep things in perspective. So looking at the timeline brought a question to my mind.

 

Since it appears Gideon was trying to give the appearance of being broken-up with Eva, why did he go to dinner at her house on that Friday? I know he wanted to meet her dad but surely he knew Nathan's body would be found and with all the pictures of Eva laying around the cops would seek her out first. Wasn't he worried about the cops finding him at Eva's in the mist of a family dinner?

 

Then Eva breaking up with Gideon after the fact makes his running around with Corinne pointless. Especially when he had such a noticable reaction at the police station. I would think the cops would see his heartbreak and then guess his motive was for the woman he loves and be able to put it together that Gideon was just trying to make them think he was involved with Corinne which should have raised and waved a red flag over his head "big time!"???

 

Then after that he went back to worrying about being seen with Eva - doesn't make sense - and, add to that he still had his driver trying to give her rides only reinforces that the ties between them weren't fully cut.

I'm like you, GiGi, I can't wait until June just to laugh at how off or spot on some of our theories are. It's all just a bit of fun to pass the time and I hope others are having just as much fun as I am.

 

I think Nathan was desperate for the money. On the flip side of everything you could say why would he even approach Gideon at the office with all the security around? Why would he be so bold as to return a second time after being beat/hit by Gideon? Why all the running around? Why not just approach Eva directly and let everyone know he could get to her.

 

Remember Nathan is crazy and more than likely would not react in a normal way to danger - sociopaths have a decrease fear of danger - it's part of how they are able to do what they do.

 

If his intent was to scare Gideon or Stanton or both into giving him the money by attacking Cary he would have expected one of them to show up and deliver. So, being an arrogant SOB he would have opened the door to either Stanton or Gideon feeling like he had the upper hand.

 

And, I think the constant phone calls stopped after the murder because Monica felt the danger was gone. Although I need to go back and re-read to make sure. I believe Monica was calling up until the police notified them about the murder - if she stopped prior to that, then that is most curious.

 

What you guys were saying about Vidal Sr. I agree. I think he does whatever Elizabeth tells him to do. From the description of him in the book, it appears he's one of those men so happy to have a trophy wife he does whatever she tells him to do - no questions asked. LOL.

I agree with you LN Cronan. I also think Gideon killed Nathan and I think he was controlled and percise with a single stab wound to the heart. Had Nathan been stabbed repeatedly then I would cast a side eye at Gideon because that wouldn't fit in with his controlled demeanor. I'd read a book a few years back in college entitled "When Women Kill" and it talked about how women were more passionate about killing someone who hurt them; that is to say they are more likely to stab their attacker multiply times or empty the clip if they shoot them. All the foreshawdowing that takes place prior to Nathan's death leads us to Gideon.

 

And, while it is not really clear, I was the one who suggested that perhaps Gideon also killed his abuser. If not killed him then his dreams make it sound like he retaliated in a violent manner. Even Gideon is afraid Eva will run away if she knew his dark side. And, I think his dark side is really dark. If he killed his abuser and Nathan then in fact that would made him a serial killer, but this is a romance novel and through suspension of disbelief we (the readers) are suppose to look at this as an Alpha man doing what an Alpha man does - takes care of his woman and all those who would go up against him.

 

Now in real life if he was our boyfriend and we found out he killed two men - well I would find the nearest police station and live there until he was behind bars. But, this is great fiction so I think we may have to over-look the part of him being a possible psychopath and see it has a form of justice. I know, doesn't sound right to me either, so I guess we'll have to wait until EWY comes out.

 

I'm hoping in EWY that we see that to some degree Gideon, Stanton & Monica were in communication with one another. I think Gideon probably was the one who convinced them to go ahead and pay Nathan off knowing that was never going to happen because Gideon already had designs to get rid of Nathan permanently. I think this was just another ruse for the police to follow that leads nowhere.

 

I would be surprised as all get out to find out Monica did it. She just strikes me as the nervous kind and I would imagine it takes a lot of force to stab someone in the chest deep enough to kill them with one blow. Woud Monica be able to excert that kind of strength?

Good points well made as always, GiGi.

 

I think Nathan may fit more in the Sociopath box only because it takes into consideration environment and I'm starting to think Nathan developed a hatred for women after being abandoned by his mother. He takes "mommy issues" to the 10th degree. And, he's also a reactor - Eva was about to tell her mother so he reacts by killing her cat to scare her. So, this leads me to believe that if he got sloppy, making a second visit to the Crossfire may have been a reaction to another event. What I mean is Nathan appeared desperate to leave the country - could he have been on the run from hurting women and was about to get caught someplace else?

 

I think his second visit to the Crossfire may have been to leave one or more of those pictures of Eva for Gideon so he could look at it and dwell on it. Thus making him want to get rid of Nathan - in Nathan's mind by giving him the money he requested - boy was he wrong. Nathan didn't count on a part of Gideon being an even better psychopath over protective of Eva and highly motivated by revenge (remember Gideon's dreams seem to suggest he retaliated against his abuser).

 

Your #6 up there is curious. I almost think Gideon didn't plan to kill Nathan until after he attacked Cary - also a reaction by Nathan since he hasn't gotten his way with either Gideon or Stanton. But, I can't forget that Nathan was once a rich kid so he knows how these people work and that no one wants this to become public. He's desperate and this causes him to make mistakes and become careless.  Much like Ted Bundy, over confidence is usually these sickos down fall. I bet Nathan was arrogantly raping other women someplace else, maybe even killed one or more and was on the verge of getting caught. Maybe the police will reveal that (if it's true) in EWY? And, that would open the pool of suspects. Maybe one of his other victims' family member found out it was him and followed him to NY or a surviving victim herself. I'm not saying that Gideon didn't do it, because I think he did, but the police would have to consider more than just him.

 

It's not been reveal where Nathan came from prior to being in NY? Is he really on the run?

 

What I also wonder about is if neither Stanton nor Gideon planned to give Nathan the money did they think that he would just leave? Did Gideon think smacking him around in his office would be enough to get rid of him? And did he and Stanton plan together to not give in to his demands? Maybe Gideon was waiting for information from an investigation to come back from where Nathan had been previously been staying? The more questions I have the more that come up.

 

I love reading everyone's response. It's kind of making June 4th not seems so far off. Oh, and please forget me for my horrible grammar and run on sentences - English is my fourth language and I'm still learning the written form.

mrsm-now that I'm thinking about this, I don't think the second time Nathan was there it was to see Gideon. I'm going with Eva. Everyone seems to go to

lunch at the ad agency at 12:00. He probably couldn't get in and she wasn't there, plus she was with Megumi-the receptionist. Later that night she asks Gideon to review the tapes from outside the building because something frightened her mom. I think when Gideon does he sees it was Nathan and the wheels start turning-maybe he starts to formulate a plan. I don't know-so much surmising-so little time-wait-we've got a lot of time! Until June 4th!!!!!

 

That's what I thought at first, but Gideon would have security all over that place to be on the look out for Nathan after that first visit. I'm pretty sure Gideon probably had security show him out to make sure he didn't make any stops to try and see Eva after that first visit too. That's why it interest me why he would return a second time, knowing that there's no way Gideon or his security wouldn't be watching like a hawk. Even Eva says there's no way Nathan would come to see her at her job with all the people and security around. That guy wouldn't want to get caught or face Gideon again - he preys on the weak (child Eva) and unsuspecting (hitting Cary from behind). But, maybe he's dumb enough to think he could sneak pass security. 

 

No doubt when Gideon was meeting with his personal security after Cary's attack he was putting them on alert to watch out for Nathan for Eva's protection. I believe more than just Angus in the car was following her around. There were probably security guys also camped outside her building every night too. And there were probably men following Nathan as well to see where he was going and who he was contacting.

I doubt Gideon said anymore than he was just having dinner with Corinne to Arnoldo and letting him make of that whatever he wanted to in light of what he witnessed between Gideon & Eva after the concert. Gideon doesn't strike me as someone who lies to his friends other than maybe withholding which could be a form of lying by omission I suppose.

GiGi wrote ----"Sylvia let us know that there is a lot of hatred between Gideon and Dr. Luca, but one has to wonder why? Why pick Dr. Lucas's wife to have an affair with? What Gideon did was very deliberate and I don't think that he would some random person to have a personal grudge with. Something else, more intense is going on."

 

 

In RIY, Gideon tells Eva when they were at the beach house in South Carolina he did it because Dr. Lucas alienated him from his family. He didn't elaborate any further than that. But, when Eva confronted Dr. Lucas she's under the impression that Dr. Lucas lied about the abuse. But, Dr. Lucas says that Gideon was never a patient of his??? If he wasn't one of the two doctors to examine Gideon then how did he alienate him from his family? I think Dr. Lucas is lying because he then goes on to tell Eva that due to patient confidentiality he can't discuss it. So was Gideon a patient or not??

I have a question. Nathan visited Gideon twice - the first time was when Eva saw Corrine outside of the Crossfire and went to Gideon's office and found the shirt she thought had lipstick on the cuff, but Sylvia's confirmed that it was blood from Gideon's confrontation with Nathan. The second time Nathan went to see Gideon was when Monica saw him coming out of the Crossfire. My question is this, if Gideon already rough him up and told him to get lost why did he go back a second time? I would think he would have been to scared to face Gideon again.

 

You bring up an interest point, GiGi, everyone treated Eva like a child and kept Nathan's appearance a secret. I think they all thought they were protecting her. It wouldn't surprise me to find out they were all plotting to kill Nathan, but Gideon beat them to the punch or should I say stab.

 

The more I think about it the more I've come to the conclusion the detective was trying to set Eva & Gideon up because they were still investigating Stanton after the detective "says" she closed the case already knowing Gideon killed Nathan, but unable to prove it.

 

There has to be a fourth book unless EWY is a 1000 pages long there's no way to tie up all the loose ends. That would be okay with me!

Wow LN Cronan & GiGi you ladies bring up some really interesting points I hadn't even begun to think about. First, I want to say as the daughter of doctor parents I have heard them say numerous times that the number one rule of practice is "Above all else do no harm." But, like you have both stated we are dealing with the very rich here and unfortunately the world operates on a different level for them. Having said that, is it possible Elizabeth knew both of the (and I use the term loosely) "doctors" within her social circle and asked them to discreetly examine her son? And, if so, did these "doctors" have a score to settle with Gideon's father but since he wasn't around took it out on his son? I know that's reaching way out there but Dr. Lucas was at the charity dinner so it appears he more than likely socialized in the same circles as the Cross's - just a guess?  

 

What doesn't make sense to me is the ages. I can't remember the age frame Gideon places himself at when this started but I want to say if Elizabeth was pregnant with Ireland and we know that she's 17 & Gideon's 28 then the abuse would have started when he was about 10 or 11. Which would have made Christopher around 5 or 6 if Elizabeth got pregnant with him right after marriage - somewhere I believe Gideon says he was 5 yrs old when Elizabeth married or maybe when his dad died and if that's the case then Sylvia's math is worst than mine - and that's hard to believe. LOL. I only bring up the ages to point my finger back at Elizabeth (can you tell I can't stand her) for relying on a 5 yrs. old Christopher to set the record straight. I kinda lead myself to believe Elizabeth is half truthing Eva and covering something up. Does Gideon remember seeing two different doctors or just Dr. Lucas?

 

What's curious is what did the therapist who brought the grad student to work with Gideon have to say about all this and what did she do with this information? Apperently nothing. She should have removed the grad student just on the accusation alone b/c even if Gideon made the whole thing up, it's still a symptom of a deep issue which makes the grad student inapproapriate on both level of knowledge/experience and the child's obvious mistrust in the student.

 

I just had to pick myself up off the floor from laughing as I'm explaining to my husband all these theories (he's never read the books, but tolerates me) and how I never thought about this or that and he just deadpanned me and said, "I bet the author's never thought about all that either." LOL, and on that note I'll stop here.

Hi GiGi, It is very possible that Christopher was also abused. He was so young at the time I just keep wondering how much he would have even understood if it was only Gideon? If he was also being abused it would explain why he lied to Elizabeth, a young child was probably scared to death to say anything much like Eva. But, there's always one of those with this cast, wouldn't he be more apt to stand with his brother in telling the truth - especially given his age?

 

I keep going back to thinking that Elizabeth is just flat out lying to Eva and that she never asked Christopher. I think for some unknown reason Elizabeth is the "how" Gideon was able to gain controlling interest of Vidal Sr. company. Now here's some real delirium - lol - Maybe Elizabeth was having an affair with the mysterious pervert grad student and didn't want it to come out or the grad student had something he was holding over Elizabeth - like maybe she knew Gideon's father was stealing money. She may have even sacrificed Gideon to keep from compromising herself in his father's mess. Who knows except for Sylvia - and she ain't telling, at least not yet!

 

But I do think it was pretty clever of Sylvia to keep Eva from confronting Christopher outright; keeps the mystery going that way.

 

So, I have a question for anyone who cares to speculate. Who messed Nathan up? Was Monica highly sexualized (is that a word) around the boy and realized it only after the fact? And, that's why she's so overkill protective now? I can just picture Monica running around the house in tight dresses acting all Marilyn Monroe-ish. Which just made me think that's interesting about Monica that she seems to only know how to appeal to men in a sexualized way. Okay that was three questions I'm gonna shut up now.

I really think Gideon gained controlling interest in Vidal Records to stick it to his family for not being supportive when he was being abused. They now have to bare the uncomfortable feeling of insecurity - not knowing when/if Gideon may sale his share of the company off to a complete stranger or dismantle it and shut it down. Now "how" he was able to "get" that controlling interest is something I wonder about??  

 

I also speculate that Christopher's grudge towards Gideon is just pure jealousy. He knows he's always gonna be just a little less than Gideon. Even when Vidal Sr. & the Mrs. kick the bucket, he will at the most, only get less than half the company. He's never gonna be a boss and it's killing him. Which is why I think he was hooking up with Magdalene - to feel like he could get someone close to Gideon. I suspect he really doesn't like Magdalene because she wants Gideon and not him.

 

If Elizabeth really did ask Christopher about Gideon being abused and he lied about it - then he's been a sick little puppy for a very long time. Which would be a thread throughout this book of children being harmed by the betrayal of other children such as Nathan, who was just a 12 year old child when he started raping Eva who was only 10 years old.

That's a good point LN Cronan. I started throwing a side eye at Cary when he didn't tell Eva about Brett's band being the show that night. He knows Gideon is jealous and how much Eva loves him why not give your friend the heads up? It sounds like Cary still needs more therapy - lots of it. He's still self harming and it's falling over into Eva's world - the orgy at the end of BTY - what was that all about? And there was no mention of how it was resolved in RIY outside they went to Vegas to talk about it, but the reader isn't privy to that conversation??? I'd like a happy ending for Cary too but he sounds like he may need his own book.

Well, I sometime think the whole "crime" isn't as deep as we're reading into it because this is a romance story and not a crime story. And, I myself have to think of it that way because to not is to have it become a comedy in my head - kinda like it's the keystone cops on the job. I mean really, Eva's dancing at one of Gideon's club and no one knows it's him...this man had the paps on him all through BTY & RIY not to mention his own team of security which I suppose he could dismiss, but I'm sure the paps would still be on him and they're harder to shake off than the cops. I think the whole crime of passion is just to show Gideon would do anything for Eva and to up the drama. I hope it will get a backstory explaination and we'll be able to move on to more Eva & Gideon being together and working his past out.

Eva may have believed the detective because she was so relieved that Gideon and her could finally be back together again. But, I bet Gideon was not as easily convinced and wants to wait to see if the detective is telling the truth or playing cop games since they don't have any real evidence. I'm not sure to what end the whole police investigation will play out to but I hope it's not beyond midbook and then Eva & Gideon just decide to run away and hide out somewhere - the end. That would not be good for my heart. If Gideon's abuser is still around I hope he finds a way to pin it on him and kill to birds with one stone so to speak and Gideon and Eva fly off into their honeymoon free to do as they please!!

The fact that Cary lives off of Eve has never set well with me. It seems more than just a cover me until my career kicks in because he also freely takes from Monica & Stanton too. He appears to have no hesitation accepting expensive gifts and trips. I don't know, it sometimes makes the friendship between Cary and Eva appear a little gold-digger. Most people waiting for their big break in modeling, TV, flims or whatever at least wait tables to make ends meet. Cary just seems to sit around all day having it off with models and Trey if he will allow him. I'm not sure Cary brings as much to the table as Eva seems to think. And, I wonder why she and her family feel like it's a good thing to keep him around? Perhaps there's a lot more to Cary then what we've been told.

I agree with Monica being upset over the possible "damage goods" thoughts. But, I'm starting to have a little bit of a problem with Miss Monica. When I re-read BTY the other day, I was a little put off that Monica bought such a sexy dress for Eva to wear to the charity dinner. I mean yes, I get that Monica wants Eva to look good and catch a good husband, but the description of that dress sounds downright almost naked. Why make your daughter who's a sex abuse survivor look like a sexual toy for rich men? Then in RIY Monica had the gall to call Cary a tramp regarding that same night. As Eva said something like  "gotta remember to thank my mother for the easy access dress. I don't think Monica has any room to talk when she's pimping her daughter. Okay pimping is harsh, I'll say pushing her daughter towards rich men. Just my opinion. Anyone else?

I'm with you GiGi in guessing that Victor served the purpose of "hot bad boy" in Monica's more than likely drab world. Then she was over it and returned to her rich world only to be thrown out because she was pregnant.  But, I do give her props for keeping Eva even though her family threw her out. Not that this ties into the story at all, but for what it's worth - I remember reading a bio a few years ago about a famous French dancer who's name escapes me at the moment - anywhoo, when asked why she kept the baby, which hurt her career, she said something to the effect of "I knew I could never have the father, so I kept of him what I could."  Maybe that's how Monica feels in her personal truth.??

What I don't understand is where was Victor when Eva was being abused? Did he not see Eva until she was a teenager? He's not a very good dad if he allowed Monica to keep him away from his daughter her entire childhood.

 

We know that Victor knew about Eva because he named her after his mother, I think, and was upset that Monica didn't give her his last name also. If he did have contact with Eva as a child I would think as her dad he would have seen something was wrong especially also being a cop. And don't little girls think of their dad's as superheros who better to tell then her dad - THE COP who could have taken her to live with him and put Nathan away?

 

Then Monica seems to drop out of the picture during the years Eva lived with her father - she wasn't worried about stalking her then (when she probably needed to be stalked). Monica may have felt Eva was safe with her dad, but he didn't know so he wouldn't be on the lookout for someone trying to harm his daughter which is how Eva was able to indulge in her self-abusive ways until Victor finally put her into therapy. And, he never once called Monica to say what's wrong with our kid? No doubt I'm reading way too much into this, but like GiGi said, something doesn't add up.

Hi everyone, I was thinking about what everyone said and I did a little investigating of my own. I went back to Sylvia's book Reflected In You and I looked up the scene between Eva and Gideon's mom. On page 298-299... Elizabeth Vidal stated " I'm Christopher's mother too, and he was there. He swears nothing happened. Who was I supposed to believe when there was no proof? No one could find anything to support Gideon's claims." That quote in itself suggests that Elizabeth Vidal did indeed question Christopher about Gideon's sexual abuse, which is wrong on so many levels. It is clear that Elizabeth Vidal will never win mother of the year.

Yup, that 's what I thought. But, lately I've been asking myself do I trust Elizabeth Vidal and the answer comes up NO. She could easily be lying to Eva. I mean would she readily admit to Eva that she's a real witch who is the worst mother ever. I mean when you get down to the bottom line Elizabeth and Monica aren't that much different - Yes Monica got Eva out of there - but what choice did she really have with child protective services involved and Eva was pregnant - no getting around that. I have a hard time buying that she didn't notice that her little girl was being repeatedly raped for four years! I have two little girls and I can tell when there's something wrong even before they say it = Mother's intuition, something Monica & Elizabeth obviously don't have. And Monica was very upset that Eva told Gideon about the abuse just as Elizabeth was when Eva confronted her.  I just keep coming back to Gideon's comment about knowing Elizabeth would like Cary and his warning regarding that - makes me think something might have been going on between Elizabeth and Gideon's abuser. The whole thing is so ugly.

Good points being made here. Everything said brought up one question in my mind - why would Gideon bring Angus into his adult world and trust him to protect him when he left everything from his past within the Vidal home behind? I still don't think Angus helped with Nathan but I now think he did help with getting rid of Gideon's abuser. There would have to be a special relationship there for Gideon to trust him the way he does. I can't see Gideon "hiring him away when the time came" if Angus knew about the abuse and said or did nothing. And that comment he made about Gideon "he knows when to stop" gave some insight into Angus knowing how violent Gideon could be and when he stops - something he would just about have to witness to know. I think Angus was probably Gideon's only support when he was younger. Just how supportive he was remains to be seen. Is it June yet?

Good point about Angus taking Eva to the doctor's. I'd forgotten about that. Interesting!?

Hi GiGi & Crossfire,

 

Yes ladies it will certainly be interesting to come back here and compare our notes with EWY. I'd like to think that comment Gideon made at the party was some kind of foreshadowing for Gideon's past story, but who knows for sure besides Sylvia. Waiting until June is going to kill me.

I believe Gideon killed Nathan with one well aimed knife to the heart. I think because Gideon had time to plan out how he was going to do it, he was at his most controlled knowing it would have to be clean and quick. Nathan opens the door thinking Gideon came to pay him off and bam - knife through the heart - no screaming, no blood splatter on Gideon, no chance of possibly cuts on his hand from going crazy with the knife. He was in and out as planned. Plus he already had the chance to go crazy by hitting Nathan in his office until he bled - that wasn't Giddeon's blood on his shirt - I don't think?!

 

I just don't see Gideon letting Angus do it because Gideon would want complete control over this with zero chance of a mistake happening. Best way to do that is to do it yourself. And the passage that can be read under the book's cover, Eva says he has" proverbial blood on his hands" and when Eva says "it's too much" Gideon responds "what I did." I think that right there says he did it.

 

I also think that scene is just pages into EWY because I bet Gideon didn't open up to Eva even after she explained what the detective said, because he wouldn't trust it and I don't blame him. He probably sent Eva away because I detect a little bit of sarcasm when she says "it's dangerous for you to be here." Kind of like she's throwing his words back at him. And all the talk about how long it's been since they've been "together" why wouldn't they had just gotten it on at Gideon's place if everything was cool? I know Eva says "it's only been an hour since she'd been with him..." But, I don't think she means in the romantic sense of the world. Especially because they about to go feral on each other. EWY is gonna be very interesting!

I agree with GiGi a child is always to be believed with or without proof by their parents. Because let's say for just the sake of discussion Gideon made the whole thing up... That's an unusal thing for a child to make-up without being coached in that direction - so then the question becomes what is happening in the mind of this child that they would make-up such a thing? Either way the child is presenting with a serious problem that needs compassion and immediate attention, which Elizabeth failed on both counts.

 

But, I think we're given a clue when Gideon says to Elizabeth at the Sunday records brunch in BTY when she protest him taking Cary away from the party Gideon says something to the like "I thought you would like him." and "Cary is Eva's friend which makes him a friend of mine." Odd thing to say to a mother unless she likes younger men and maybe was having an affair with the student counselor who was abusing Gideon and she helped to cover it up so her affair wouldn't come out and destroy her marriage. Or... Elizabeth is one of those evil beyond evil mother's who shut down as far as Gideon was concerned because he reminded her too much of his father who took the easy rode out and left her with all the shame and the blame. Maybe she didn't care what happened to him as long as she didn't have to deal with it and maybe it was Vidal Sr. who paid to cover it all up and make it go away. What little I've read about Elizabeth, she seems like she's a missed dose of thorazide away from crazy to me. Yes I know that Elizabeth was pregnant at the time, but hey, pregnate women cheat because she may have only married Vidal Sr. for the security of his money - she was left penniless it seems after Gideon's father died. I think that's why Gideon has controlling interest in their company - he needed them at one time and now they need him. I love it! 

 

And I don't think Elizabeth asked Christopher Jr. if Gideon was being abused. I think she might have asked him if he'd been touched just so she and Vidal Sr. would know how to contain the situation if only one of the boys were being molested and wouldn't you know it... it's the outside child so to speak. Just another problem (like his dad) to be dealt with. I can see Vidal Sr. & Jr. hating Gideon from the first - Sr. because he's the beautiful ex's kid that maybe Elizabeth was still having a hard time of letting go and Jr. because Elizabeth and Ireland look like Gideon, Chris Jr. does not. And black hair and blue eyes must be the highly wanted traits in that family especially because everyone was so shocked Eva was a blonde.

 

Last point, Gideon tells Eva in BTY that his mother is the only woman that's ever been to his apartment.... I wonder if that was by invitation or did she just pop over? However it happened he must of said something that made her never come back because we never see her there thus far???

 

I loved when Eva confronted Elizabeth in RIY and she tells her to go to and Eva says, "I'm already there and so is your son." Game Over. That was the slap heard around the kindle.

 

I'm getting way to into it here. Time to find something to do until June 4th. Oh yeah those little people running around - I'm suppose to raise them or something. Yeah, I'll go do that. LOL.

I got the feeling Gideon acquired controlling interest in Vidal Records as an act of revenge towards his mother not believing him about the abuse. And, I'm sure Vidal Sr. went right along with Elizabeth - no questions asked. Plus, we all know Gideon likes control. Having some control over his family through their bank accounts has got to be a plus in his book.

 

I think Christopher Jr. is capable of anything, I just don't think his little pea brain could put it together. Every time he showed up in the book all I could think was "oh, the slow, jealous one has something to say." I can't see him as a real threat. I think Eva could take him.

 

I do think Gideon killed Nathan. Judging from the snippets I'm pretty positive he did. It will be interesting to see how Gideon deals with what he's done. One thing to wish someone dead, but a whole other thing to do it. And how will Eva respond when her head clears and she realizes this is a secret they will have to keep for the rest of their lives together or apart? Secrets never stay in the dark forever. But, maybe in Sylvia's Eva & Gideon created world they do. Can't wait to find out!