LN Cronan

Brand new snippet (#7) hot off the press today -- and seriously hot (fanning myself)

 

Here's the link: http://www.sylviaday.com/2013/02/07/entwined-snippet-7/#.URPp-6mhp18.twitter

On the Thursday night of the murder, Angus drove Eva from work to Dr. Petersen's office then from Dr. Petersen's office straight home. So she had an unbroken alibi - coworkers, driver, therapist, driver again and finally roommate (by then, Cary was home from the hospital). She had every single minute Thursday night into Friday morning covered, not being alone for an instant.

 

However, at quarter to five Friday morning, when Eva left home to go pick her Dad up from his red-eye flight to the airport, Angus was not who was waiting to drive her to the airport. It was Gideon's other driver, Raul. So where was Angus? With Gideon, I'll bet, as part of Gideon's alibi. My guess is right after he dropped Eva off at her apartment, he met Gideon somewhere near Nathan's hotel.

 

What I want to know is how long Gideon was with Corrine that night. Certainly during the party, but did they go somewhere else afterward? 

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!

 

Relected in You ends with Gideon and Eva embracing outside his apartment. I think you're right he likely sent her away immediately rather than let her in. 

 

But I wonder whether the reason why he sent her away almost instantly was because she'd been followed -- followed by the police as well as followed by Gideon's own security continuing to watch over her. That Gideon's security immediately warned him the cops were now tailing Eva. This would make sense if my theory is right: the cops are laying a confession trap for Gideon using Eva as the bait.

 

In the excerpt, the scene is one hour later at her apartment. He's shown up disguised: wearing sweatpants and an old, worn college sweatshirt, a baseball cap shielding much of his face. She suspects he managed to sneak into her apartment building (he does own the place.) Maybe he knows the police have her place under surveillance, but he needs to talk with her so much he risks going there anyway. The "dangerous to be here" could mean danger of being spotted.

Twitter is where Sylvia interacts with fans most frequently. And speaking off, last night on Twitter, she hinted that the Crossfire series might go beyond three books. A fan asked her whether Entwined In You would be the final book. Sylvia's exact words in response were "There's still room for Eva and Gideon to grow" 

 

SQUEEEEEEE!!!!!

June 4 is (hopefully) finally the firm date for Entwine's release in the U.S. On Feb. 3, Sylvia tweeted "I've been assured June 4 is set in stone." I take it the assurance came from her book publisher. It's a book publishing company, not an author, who has the last word on when a book come out.

 

These release date shifts have been driving me nuts too. I'd like the book in my hands right now. But it'll be worth the wait to make sure the release is handled the right way - the way a book ought to when it's certainly going to quickly land on the best-seller lists.

 

The Crossfire series has become an international sensation. It takes a lot of work to do the actual physical printing of a book when the number of copies is in the hundred of thousands. Plus, publishers now have to co-ordinate digital releases, a crucial task that didn't even exist a few years ago. And always there is the publicity planning surrounding the release. Negotiating with the book store chains, the digital companies, securing international rights, yadda, yadda, yadda.

 

Alas, we're victims of the outrageous success. 

Detective Graves took a calculated risk approaching Eva at all, knowing Eva was lawyered up. Technically, Graves could approach Eva at any time. But she couldn't start questioning her. But Graves wasn't there to try to demand answers from Eva, something that would have violated the constitution rights of the lawyered-up Eva. Graves was there to tell Eva shocking things. This early part of the conversation is key:

 

(Eva says) "I can't speak to you without my attorney present."

(Graves responds) "I'm off-duty. But anyway, you don't have to say anything. I'll do all the talking."

 

And Eva never told the detective anything incriminating, other than the tear-filled "Thank you" when Graves was done explaining how the police think Gideon killed Nathan to save Eva's life. And that "thank you" absolutely is inadmissible.

Gideon definitely killed Nathan, with his own hands, of that I'm convinced. But his motive wasn't revenge for Nathan raping Eva as a girl. His motive was Eva's life was in danger. It was methodically planned out, and you could make a case for it being justifiable homicide. (Well, maybe. He did take the law into his own hands, but the motive was to save an innocent life.)

 

From something Sylvia posted somewhere recently (I gotta start writing down a list of where she posts key insights) Sylvia made clear that Cary being beaten half to death made the danger level too high for Gideon's comfort. Even the cops later conceded Nathan likely was going to kill Eva sooner or later.

 

A single stab wound to the chest leaves little physical evidence. Repeatedly slashing someone gets blood on the perpetrator and can leave an evidence trail. So does physically struggling with a victim, which leaves scratches on the perpetrator and traces of his skin (and thus DNA) under the fingernails of the deceased. A gun leaves ballistic evidence, including gunshot residue on the shooter's hand.

 

I think it went down like this: Nathan let Gideon into the hotel room, Gideon stabbed him once and then stood back to watch Nathan bleed out, making sure he was dead. Then Gideon hustled right back to the party. No physical evidence on him in terms of blood. (Hmmm, though I suppose he had a lot of explaining to do about all the bruises on him from that fistfight with Eva's ex, Brett, one week earlier.)

 

I think Angus knew about Nathan all along and helped Gideon pull off the killing, maybe by driving him to and from the scene and helping him sneak in and out of both Nathan's hotel and the hotel where the party was. Certainly, he helped protect Eva before and continued to watch over her after, even after she left Gideon.

 

I think Angus even knows about Gideon having been sexually abused as a child. He worked for the Vidals back then, including driving Gideon to school. Maybe even then he was trying to protect Gideon as best he could while Gideon's mother tried to suppress the fact abuse ever happened. Once Gideon was old enough and financially secure enough to do so, he hired Angus because Angus was one of the few adults he trusted, and so trusted Angus to help protect Eva.

 

Entwined is supposed to be very much Gideon's story, and I'm really hoping the story fills in many blanks -- one of which is how Gideon took revenge upon the person who abused him.

I'm sure that after the detectives left Victor would have wanted / demanded answers from Cary about Eva's reaction to Nathan's name being mentioned. I think Cary would have kept her secret .

The Saturday morning run I think he went to Gideon's apartment wanting answers from him.

I dont think Gideon would have told him Eva's secret in graphic details , just that Nathan had to go. i then think Victor would have told Gideon to go to the police and told him if Eva phoned to answer the call. Adding weight to the breakup.

I am hoping that in EWY we will see how Victor will help Gideon and Eva be together . And build on their relationships .

Wow - it hadn't even occurred to me, until you pointed it out, that Eva's dad, Victor, would have tried grilling Cary that Friday night about why the heck Eva practically fainted when a couple of homicide detectives mentioned Nathan's name. No way did Victor buy the "just a bully" explanation. Almost immediately after the detectives left, Eva shut herself in her room, leaving Victor only two people to question: Cary or Gideon.

 

My guess is Victor tried grilling Cary, because Victor knew him pretty well, him being Eva's best friend and from California too. Victor may have tried cornering Gideon that night too, because obviously Gideon knew something. But my bet is that Gideon left right away to take his sister Ireland home, now that dinner was over and Eva had gone to bed sick.

 

So did Cary confide the real story to Victor? On one hand, he might have kept his mouth shut out of loyalty to Eva, knowing Eva never wanted her Dad learning she'd been raped repeatedly. But on the other hand, maybe out of protectiveness for Eva, given how the Nathan mess had all blown up, Cary maybe started working with Victor behind Eva's back to keep an eye on her for her Dad. At the very least, Victor may have asked Cary to call him immediately if the cops showed up on Eva's doorstep again. Even though she would have a lawyer, Victor would want to know if homicide detectives were looking to question his daughter further, especially unannounced.

 

As for Saturday, Gideon wouldn't have been home if Victor went looking for him there under the guise of having gone out on a morning run. Gideon got called in to the police station for questioning that morning, and he would have met with his lawyer beforehand. Remember, within minutes of Victor getting back from the run, Eva saw the party photo of Gideon and Corrine, and she immediately phoned Gideon to break up with him. We know, from later in the story, Gideon was sitting in the police station when he got that call.

 

My guess - Victor being out on a run was a clever plot device on Sylvia's part to have the coast clear, by coincidence, when Eva's mother, Monica, arrived unannounced and upset about the police contacting her and Stanton. Monica would not have had such a frank talk with Eva if she wasn't alone with her, and most certainly wouldn't have had it with Victor there. It was a key plot twist that Eva find out Nathan had pictures and video of her. She immediately figured out (correctly) Gideon would have seen those too.

Welcome Fayeth! I'm new around here too, having started posting this week after getting hooked on the snippets Sylvia has posted. I'm enjoying getting my Crossfire fix while waiting for Entwined!

 

You raise a good point about maybe Corrine only wants what's best for Gideon. Even though she can't have him, she wants him to be happy. If this is true and if she truly still is the good person she'd been in Bared to You, then maybe the whole reason she's been trying to drive Eva away from Gideon in Reflected is because she (Corrine) thinks Eva is bad for him.

 

(Note: personally, I think Corrine turned catty in Reflected, but I'll play devil's advocate here.) First time Corrine meets Eva, at the dinner at the Waldorf, she witnesses Gideon get into a three-way argument with Eva and Dr. Lucas, an argument that ends with Eva walking out on Gideon and him so upset he goes running after her. That would have bothered Corrine, seeing Eva hurt him (which Eva did yet again reacting to something by running away from him.)

 

Fast forward to That Week, starting with the Tuesday night Gideon takes Corrine out to dinner. She'd pick up on the fact something was really bothering him, no matter how hard he tried to hide it. She'd known him for years. Even Eva, who's known him only a short time, knew something was eating at him, though Gideon refused to confide in Eva. Maybe Corrine thought Eva had hurt him again. (We all know now, though, what was wrong was he knew Eva's life was in danger.)

 

No way would he have confided the real truth in Corrine either, I believe. Angus, maybe, to help protect Eva, but not Corrine with his worst secret ever - a planned murder. Gideon never even trusted Corrine with the secret he had been sexually abused. Then there's the Thursday night of the party, and something would have seemed really off with him in Corrine's eyes. (Of course there was - he killed Nathan). But Corrine probably thought Eva was what was wrong and came to the conclusion Eva was tearing him apart.

 

Then Eva broke up with him on Saturday, and I'm pretty sure without telling Corrine why, he would have at least told her Eva had dumped him. In the long days that followed, he spent what free time he had with Corrine, and she would have seen he was heartbroken. I'll bet she really hated Eva because of this, thinking it was all Eva's fault he was in such pain. This works as a motive for Corrine pulling the I-just-had-morning-sex-with-Gideon fake act when Eva showed up unannounced, a stunt to both hurt Eva and to ensure Eva doesn't go back to Gideon.

 

It obviously infuriated Corrine that Eva saw right through her stunt and called her on it. Sweet Corrine who supposedly never has an unkind word for anyone, turned nasty (even used an f-bomb!) and slammed her door. I really love that scene. I'm hoping Eva wins another showdown with Corrine in Entwined.

 

Agh, will June never get here! Have pity on us here, Sylvia, and tell us who the Real Corrine is in Reflected - kind or catty?

Regarding Eva's Dad, Victor, in Reflected on the night of the dinner at Eva's, my guess is that soon as Eva shut herself in her bedroom, he cornered Gideon, demanding Gideon tell him what was the deal about Nathan. Gideon obviously kept his mouth shut. And remember, Gideon's sister Ireland was there. The polite thing to do would have been to leave immediately to take Ireland home, now that the dinner was over and the hostess had suddenly gone to bed because she was feeling sick. I'm sure Ireland was Gideon's out to leave right away rather than face Victor badgering him for some sort of answers.

 

In Reflected, Victor then did some online digging on Gideon later that night or early the next morning. Victor was the one who first spotted the online newspaper picture of Gideon partying with Corrine on Thursday night. Victor then showed that picture to Eva on Saturday morning (i.e. the morning after dinner that ended with the detectives showing at Eva's.) We know what happened next -- it was the last straw for Eva. She immediately called up Gideon and dumped him over Corrine.

 

My guess is we'll see more of Victor in Entwined, that he's going to find out Nathan wasn't simply some bully (the lie Eva told Victor) and that Nathan tried blackmailing Stanton and probably tried to blackmail Gideon too. And find out that all those years ago, Eva's mom, Monica, quietly settled the rape case in civil court for millions of dollars rather than making sure Nathan went to prison. I can see Victor flying out to New York and angrily confronting Monica at the very least. Not stopping there, Victor could then turn his anger on Stanton for his (Stanton) having helped to continue to hush up the whole Nathan nightmare, both in the past (shelling out money to further tighten the secrecy seals on the old case against Nathan) as well as Stanton opting against going to the police immediately after Nathan showed up to blackmail him. And maybe next on Victor's list would be to confront Gideon to demand answers out of him too.

 

Victor loves his daughter with all his heart. And Victor is a cop. He would have wanted to see Nathan in prison for what Nathan did. Instead, rich people surrounding Eva tried resorting to using their wealth to keep the Nathan situation secret.

LN Cronan:

It was only when BTY was first released and I told Sylvia I wanted Corinne to disappear, feeling Eva's jealousy. LoL.

Corinne and Magdalena are just enjoying being near Mr. Untouchable and are agitating Eva because Gideon hasn't cut them off. I have a cute husband that women flirt with and he's usually oblivious ... or knows better to not to act on it... and visa versa. It's a respect thing, and Eva feels her place isnt being acknowledged. I feel for Eva. . These women are driving we readers CRAZY! Lol

Sylvia must laugh at our theories! We'll know how it unfolds in time. Whatever happens will be awesome because Sylvia is.

Thanks Michele! This leads to a spoiler question I have for Sylvia about Reflected, well a two-part question concerning the two Other Women:

 

1. Is Corrine still a nice, kind person who is pulling these stunts because she's feeling desperate? Or has she finally snapped and turned angry/bitter and so turned conniving in Reflected?

 

2. Magdalena: has she turned from conniving to genuinely remorseful? Or is she still as ruthless as ever, and the only reason she's allied herself with Eva is the cliché "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Meaning that Magdalena still thinks Corrine is the ultimate threat, and because Eva is a threat to Corrine, Magdalena is temporarily allying herself with Eva?

Spousal privilege only applies to events and communications during a marriage...at least in the USA. Even if the two people later get married, anything before the marriage (or after a divorce) can be compelled in court. 

 

I do really, really, really hope they get married though!

 

You're right about spousal privilege applying only to events and communications during a marriage, not before. They couldn't make Eva testify that Gideon confessed something to her after they got married. So she'd have to stick to a lie that she knew nothing before then, not when she was his girlfriend or his ex-girlfriend either -- that he kept her in the dark all the time, right on up to the marriage.

 

(Remember, it's pretty clear that even though Eva and Gideon get back together at the end of Reflected, at least in the early part of Entwined, they're hiding the fact they are. And from something Sylvia tweeted to me, Gideon is having to learn to trust Eva more while she continues to keep up a public act that she's done with him.

Sylvia told me in a tweet during Bared To You that Corrine is a good person. I didn't like her then and I still don't. I want Corrine gone just like Eva does! LoL! Guess I'm the jealous type.

 

Hi Michele! Was Sylvia's tweet strictly in a Bared to You discussion -- i.e. before Reflected In You came out -- or -- in a discussion thread that totally avoided any Reflected spoilers? Because in Bared, Corrine is described as a good person, and even though I think she messes with Eva's mind a bit at the Waldorf dinner, she's not catty. (Certainly not catty like Magdalena had been first time she crossed paths with Eva)

 

But the Corrine we see in Reflected is fighting dirty, trying not once but twice to trick Eva into thinking she (Corrine) is sleeping with Gideon, knowing Eva's jealousy would destroy the relationship.

 

Speaking of catty women - throwing out for discussion people's thoughts on Magdalena taking Eva's side once Corrine shows up. Genuine remorse for how she treated Eva? Or one of those "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" situations where Magdalena does not want Corrine to win Gideon back. If Magdalena can't have Gideon (her hopes are gone because of that video of her having sex with Christopher) then Magdalena would rather see him with anyone else, even Eva, than with Corrine.

 

My theory - it's the latter. Magdalena is still a catty little witch who's simply turned her claws onto another target.

Hi LN,

There is one thing I think everyone forgets about these cases. The detectives notes are not sealed and all a person would need to do is look to see who the detective was on that case. A detective always gets to keep his/her notes. Even after a law enforcement officer retires, they keep their notes. A police officer/detective, lawyer, etc. could simply ask the detective who investigated the initial complaint who the victim was in that case and could get around the "rape shield law", which quite frankly isn't worth the paper it has been written on (meaning that there have been so many challenges made to that law that is has more holes in it than swiss cheese).

I also just thought of something else. If Gideon and Eva get married, can a spouse be forced to testify against his/her partner? My thought is no. Does spousal priviledge not apply? Those are just my thoughts. I look forward to the discussion. Thanks.

GiGi

 

 

GiGi you're absolutely right about "spousal privilege" making it almost impossible for prosecutors to force a person to testify against his/her husband or wife. In fact one of my Entwined theories is that Gideon and Eva are going to elope for that very reason as the cops try to close in. Thus the luggage tag. I can't wait until June to see if I'm right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Detective notes are not public documents; indeed, they're closely guarded secrets. Ask any journalist who covers the crime beat (I used to be one) who tries to get detailed information about a case, especially a murder, in its early stages. There is something known as a affidavit, which often become public once a suspect is arrested and then arraigned in court . Those aren't the same thing as detective notes. An affidavit is a basic summary about why the prosecution believes it has enough evidence to charge the accused and bring him/her to trial.

Detectives never destroy their notes, especially homicide detectives and most especially in "open" cases  (that is, a case in which no arrest has been made.) When Detective Graves said to Eva "I burned my notes" it confirmed my suspicion Graves was lying through her teeth. Cops can and do lie to trick suspects and sometimes witnesses. Fair? No. But they'll do what it takes, short of committing crimes themselves (entrapment), to try to bring someone to justice.

As for all the old sealed court records in the seven-million dollar civil lawsuit Nathan's father settled with Monica because his son raped her daughter, the police would have subpoenaed them and gotten copies quite easily, copies they've got tucked away with the rest of the stuff in their investigation files. That does not mean the court records are now unsealed and anyone can go to the courthouse to view them as public records. Someone (usually a news organization) would have to fight to convince a judge to unseal.

If -- IF -- Gideon were charged with murder, his defense team gets copies of everything in the detectives'/prosecution's files, per his constitutional rights (Sixth Amendment) to face his accusers. Facing an accuser means getting to see every piece of evidence the prosecution has against a defendant. But that doesn't automatically those files public either. In fact, the last thing the defense wants is copies of every last incriminating thing being thrown at their client being public (and thus all over the news.) Only if there is a trial and something in the files gets introduced into evidence does that thing become public.

 

One last thing - even if the detectives might feel that maybe what Gideon did was justifiable homicide, they don't get to drop the case. It's up to the prosecution (district attorney's office) whether or not to drop it. And a case like this would be irresistible to an ambitious prosecutor wanting the limelight. A famous billionaire whose father escaped justice for a Ponzi scheme by killing himself? The billionaire son now accused of an even worse crime, first degree murder? And the motive for the murder being because the victim was a rapist terrorizing the woman the defendant loves? Good lord, outside the courthouse would look like NASA, there would be so many satellite trucks lined up from networks covering the case.

The key fob with his initials, shown on the cover of Reflected in You, is important. Read the first paragraph of the New Year's teaser, http://www.sylviaday.com/2012/12/31/special-teaser-years/  For those of you who have not read this yet, it is the exact same scene as the excerpt we got yesterday - but the New Year's one has the scene from Gideon's point of view, telling us what's going on in his head.

 

Because Sylvia said it's OK to post the New Year's page link but "Permission is NOT granted to re-post this content anywhere, so please don’t do it"  I won't post the text of first paragraph verbatim. But it boils down to that key fob, a gift to him from Eva, is very important to him.

 

So a luggage tag, the cover picture for Entwined With You, would indicate that travel is going to be part of the plot. Happily ever after off into the sunset? Or running away together? We will get some sort of happy ending, of that I'm sure. Go back and read the final chapters of Bared to You and Reflected in You. In both, the books end with Eva and Gideon overcoming some obstacle that threatened to keep them apart forever.

LN I agree with almost everything you have posted... thanks for confirming some of my thoughts. I think Eva and Gideon are still lawing low, although how the police intend to entrap them is beyond me. Gideon would have to confess to Eva that he killed Nathan and then she would have to be willing to testify. I don't see her being willing to do that. They could threaten her with an obstruction charge, but Richard (nevermind Gideon) is never letting that charge stick. They have money and power, and attorneys on speed dial, those charges would probably be dismissed quick.

 

I do think Corrine is going to continue to be a thorn in their side. I would like to believe that Eva is strong enough in her relationship with Gideon to realize that he still doesn't want Corrine, but who knows. My other concern is Brett. We know he's coming back, but for what? Okay I know for what, but how does that play out with Gideon and Eva.

 

As far as my comment about the records being unsealed now that Nathan is dead. Yes they are unsealed, but Eva's identity should remain confidential. Most victims of a crime like rape have their identity protected, but when you are a minor that is especially true. 

Prosecutors in some states (New York is one) and in some federal grand jury proceedings can compel a witness to testify by forcing a form of immunity on him/her. Normally, someone who knows something about a crime cannot be forced to testify, because to do so might incriminate the witness himself/herself. The Fifth Amendment "Right to Silence" means cops/prosecutors cannot force us to make statements that incriminate ourselves and then later use what we say against us in court.

 

However .... behind closed doors in some grand jury proceedings, a prosecutor can force an immunity condition on a witness that compels him/her to testify about what he/she knows about a crime someone else committed. Anything that witness says cannot be used against him/her (the witness) - this is the immunity part. But the testimony can be used against the suspect. That's the whole point of this form of immunity forcing a witness to testify against someone else in a way that gets around the witness' own ability to invoke the right to silence. If a witness is hauled before a grand jury in this manner and still refuses to testify anyway, even though he/she is compelled to do so, that witness can be held in contempt of court, or even charged with obstruction of justice - and be sent to jail.

 

Yes, if the prosecution pulled something like this on Eva, Stanton would bring in high power lawyers to fight it tooth and nail. But there's no guarantee Eva's lawyers would succeed. And if they didn't, she could go to jail herself if she still insisted on keeping her mouth shut. In a murder case, that would be pretty likely, jailing a witness for obstruction. Gideon would never let her end up behind bars, even if the only alternative would be for he himself to confess to the cops and ultimately plead guilty. 

 

Obviously, I'm just spinning theories here. But I'm convinced the cops have laid a trap for Gideon using Eva as the bait. They convinced her Gideon killed Nathan hoping she would run back to Gideon and he would confess to her it's true. But an alternative Gideon and Eva have is to continue to act like he had nothing to do with it and still wants nothing to do with her any longer. He simply dumped her to run back to his former fiance, there's no way he would kill for her if he never even loved her, and that it was pure coincidence Nathan ended up murdered, killed by someone else with reason for wanting him dead (like Stanton).

 

The reason I like my theory is the fact it's apparent in the glimpses we've seen of Entwined that Gideon and Eva are forced to see one another in secret - that publicly Gideon is continuing to keep up the act he's done with her, and now she is acting like she really is done with him too.

Just wanted to know if anyone read the expert for EWY of Sylvia Day webpage.  Check it out!!!!!!      

http://www.sylviaday.com/books/entwined-with-you/#excerpt

I salivated over it -- and this is the same scene Sylvia posted New Year's Day, only told this time from Eva's point of view.

 

Her telling Gideon "It's dangerous for you to be here" coupled with him disguised in sweats and a baseball cap -- and having probably snuck into her apartment building unseen (after all, he owns it) all point to one thing, I think - the cops have got her (maybe both of them) under surveillance. And both of them know it now.

 

I wonder whether the cops followed Eva to Gideon's when she went there in tears at the end of Reflected In You. Maybe the two of them had no time at all to speak outside his apartment because either the cops showed up on the doorstep or Gideon's security warned him there was a tail on Eva (maybe on him too) and she needed to flee.

 

It's clear that this excerpt takes place just an hour later after the end of Reflected in You -- that Gideon needed to talk to her so much he risked sneaking into her place. Sylvia posted something on Twitter earlier this week indicating Entwined picks up immediately where Reflected left off.

Yes, the release date moved to June 4. Given that the cover and a story excerpt were both released today, I'm confident this June date is THE date the publisher has been able to nail down for certain. At least I hope.

Gideon did NOT sleep with Corrine. Of that, I'm convinced.

As for the cops, they've been unable to break his alibi about being at the hotel, even though they've tried repeatedly. Detective Graves told Eva as much. But she (Graves) also knows Gideon's act of leaving Eva to run back to Corrine was just that -- all an act. Graves saw Gideon's face when he was on the phone with Eva as Eva dumped him, how utterly devastated he was. (It was really stupid of him to answer his cell phone at the police station - he ended up giving himself away.)

The detective's supposed motive for talking to Eva was "so you could go back to him." Caught off guard, Eva foolishly thanked
Detective Graves. Graves wasn't being nice. She was setting a trap, I think - a trap to trick Eva into going Gideon and him confessing to Eva it's all true, he did kill Nathan. Then the police would try to force Eva to testify Gideon confessed, maybe try to haul her before a grand jury, force an immunity deal onto her and leave her one of two choices: testify about what Gideon told her, or go to jail herself for obstruction of justice. The cops have zero evidence physical evidence linking Gideon to the murder, and they can't break his alibi. Their only hope left is a confession. He'd never confess to them. So they want to lure him into confessing to someone else - to Eva.

Love the timeline Kristen! You rock! Using the timeline, it'll help other posters follow along with my theories about Corrine and her
passive-aggressive mind games behind that deceptively sweet face.

Wednesday: the night of the fundraiser where Eva meets Corrine for the first time.

My theory: Corrine's showed up unannounced because she'd finally steeled herself to meet Eva. She was surprised to learn Eva didn't even know about her existence. On the spot, she decided to start messing with Eva's mind by making it seem Gideon had something to hide. But Corrine was in for a  of a shock herself that night when Gideon ran after Eva. 

 

Thursday: the next day and day one of Reflected in You.

My theory: Corrine showed up unannounced at the Crossfire building because of what happened the night before. She started chasing Gideon in person, because she now knew Eva was the ultimate threat to her getting him back. Corrine never got past the lobby because Gideon was busy upstairs. He was fighting with Nathan, we now know based on something Sylvia posted. Being in the lobby, Corrine would have plenty of time to spot Eva returning from lunch -- and time to make herself look like she was leaving after a nooner upstairs with Gideon.

Fast forward to That Week, starting with the Monday Cary was still in the hospital.

My theory: It was either that day or late the night before Gideon learned it had been Nathan who almost beat Cary to death. From something Sylvia posted, Gideon felt the risk to Eva had gotten too dangerous. So he immediately started laying the ground work for his cover story of leaving Eva for Corrine in order to protect Eva and buy time for him to kill Nathan. He took Corrine to dinner that Monday night, making sure they got photographed. Then on Thursday, he took Corrine to the party. Did he lie to Corrine that he cared for her (Corrine)? I think NOT. He was at his coldest, closed self - especially that Thursday night, when he committed premeditated murder. Think of how closed off he's acted toward Eva those few days. He'd have had no problem keeping Corrine at arm's length, but Corrine was so desperate she put up with it.

Fast forward a week from the following Monday, when Eva spots Gideon escorting Corrine to his car.

My theory: Why was Corrine even at the Crossfire with Gideon? For the benefit of the security cameras in the lobby - Gideon
continuing to put on a show for the cops. Eva had left for the day shortly before, and Gideon thought the coast was clear. But rather than heading right home, Eva went around the corner to buy chocolate and was unexpectedly walking back toward Crossfire when Gideon and Corrine emerged. Corrine climbed into the car without seeing Eva, but Gideon spotted Eva. One of my favorite
parts of the whole book was Eva flipping Gideon the bird. Go girl!

Tuesday, the next morning: this is the morning that Eva showed up unannounced at Corrine's.

My theory: Seeing Corrine with Gideon the evening before prompted Eva to finally confront her. I'm convinced Corrine was alone. She wouldn't have been so stupid to sleep with Christopher, and Gideon sure as wasn't there. She simply kept Eva waiting downstairs those 20 minutes to let Eva think she'd been in the middle of morning sex with Gideon. This was Corrine's ultimate gambit, and she lost when Eva didn't fall for it.

So what's next?

 

From the recent snippets Sylvia has posted, and some of the comments Sylvia has made since then, in Entwined, Gideon
and Eva will be forced to see one another in secret. My theory is that the cops have NOT dropped the investigation - in fact, they've laid a trap for Gideon with Eva as the bait. Sooooo does this mean Gideon keeps up the public act of being with Corrine? And what stunts will Corrine pull? The stakes have gone up again for Corrine, because she failed to trick Eva into believing Gideon was sleeping with her - yet.