Yes I see where your coming from Mrs. Cross. But put yourself in his shoes. After Nathan beat Cary to a pulp, and although we haven't been told specifically that Gideon had Nathan followed, but we are almost sure he was. If you thought that the only person in the world, that was your safe haven, and your reason for living was going to die at the hands of a monster, who had previously terrorised tortured and abused them, wouldn't you do something to prevent that occurring.
My heart goes out to the poor man, to be put in that position. It was a pity Nathan wasn't hit by a bus, because we wouldn't be discussing this story if he had