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Hi Everyone, I think that in honour of everyone's faithfulness (and as a reward), it might be REALLY NICE if Sylvia released a SNIPPET every week in anticipation of the upcoming book. In that way we the faithful readers will have something "new" to read along with all the "old classic chapters".  The snapshots are nice, but I would LOVE more SNIPPETS!! What does everyone think?  Â

Hi AMC, I too have been wondering whether Sylvia will be able to wrap up all he storylines in two weeks. Somehow it doesn't seem possible...not unless each and every single character gets bitten by a radioactive spider...sigh!   Could this be the start of a series of books? One can only wonder...and hope.

Hi Ript, I forgot to mention; Welcome to the forum!

 Hi Ript, It was my understanding that Gideon did have a talk with Magdalene. I would think that if anyone were to upset Eva, Gideon would have been right on that situation. I don't think that Gideon would have allowed anything or anyone to upset Eva regardless of what was going on; false, misperceived or otherwise, I am sure that Gideon would have done something about it.  I also think that regardless of what was going on between Eva and Gideon, if Eva left a message with Scott or any other staff member (of Gideon's), I would think that they would have been given strict instructions to inform Gideon if Eva called and what the details were (for the call). What does everyone think?

 Hi LNCronan, Again it seems that we are at an impass. When I say that I have had eighteen years of experience, I mean just that (eighteen clinical years of having seen all different types of patients, from all different walks of life, from many different cultures). Just because I don't discuss this part of my life doesn't mean that my perspective isn't relevant.  We have previously talked about the Oath of Above all do no harm, but I am also legally, morally and ethically obligated to keep said information as private and confidential! As such I wouldn't be able to discuss the particulars NOR WOULD I EVER!! It also doesn't mean that I haven't retained that information and can't apply those experiences to other aspects of life.  You of all people should know that over 85% of all people who are victims of violence, sexual assault, sexual abuse or other forms of abuse go unreported. Who deals with those patients? Are their cases not valid? Do their experiences not count? Are the healthcare providers who work with these individuals less qualified?  You of all people should also know that more often than not those individuals who do go before the court and are brave enough to face their accusers, often don't get a conviction. More often than not the concept of "resonable doubt" is stretched way beyond its limits". Perhaps that is another difference between Canada and the United States. Perhaps the US has better statistis in its convictions of rapists and such. Canada, however does not.  As far as the education thing is concerned, I have too obtained a 4 year degree from a prestigious University (I started out with40 classmate and only 6 of us graduated at the end) and two subsequent post graduate degrees from two other Universities; one in Canada and one in the United States (The specific program that I was looking for wasn't offered in Canada). So I think that; my education and clinical experience allows me to offer my opinions with confidence and without fear of reprisal.  There are many others, myself included, who have valuabe experinces and different perspectives that can apply their expertise to this forum, and to the series. You are not the only one. Keep that in mind if you can.Â

Hi Sscrph, I think that Gideo bares some of the responsibility for the whole Corinne situation. Gideon was never honest with Corinne from the start. He never loved her, he wanted to love her but in the end the feelings weren't there. Instead of pulling Corinne aside and letting her off the hook, he allowed her to falsely believe that she just walked away from a guy who really loved her.  I think that is cruel. what Corinne did to Eva wasn't right, but she isn't the only who is to blame for this entire situation. If Gideon wants to grow as a human being, he will put on his "big boy pants" and tell Corinne the truth. Thus far each woman has been left to their own devices and making false assumptions based on Gideon's lack of communication. What does everyone think?

  Hi LNCronan, Let me be very clear so that there is no possibility of any kind of misinterpretation: You are completely entitled to your own thoughts, your own theories, your own opinions and your own revenge plots. Cool! I wouldn’t ever want to change that.  I am sure that each and every single one of us has thought of a way or two to seek retribution against a character that we feel has done wrong, but what I take issue with is the writing down or the open written communication of “Lynching a character†thing. It is a step too far!  Although you and I and many of the readers here may be sane rational people, we still have to account for the fact that there may be a few people (who visit this web site) who are not mentally stable. As such each and every one of us bears a modicum of responsibility in what we post.  Again you may not agree with my position and that is fine. Let me clear, I will absolutely respond vigorously if those types of responses are posted. Â

  Hi LNCronan, Let me also remind you that I have been working in the healthcare industry for the past eighteen years and have also been a “witness for the prosecution†on a few occasions and that as such I too have a very specific personal and professional perspective on how some issues are dealt with medically and legally (yet you have managed to try and discount it at every single turn).  I don’t discount your perspective as a journalist (in fact I very much value it), but I always defer to an expert of his or her professional field. We have been lucky enough to have experts on the legal end of things in this forum (perhaps a prosecutor or defense attorney), so your experiences would be tempered against what that person’s own professional experience or way of prosecuting cases would play out.  Thus far, the theories presented haven’t taken into account what these legal professionals have had to offer. Yes, you saw what you saw, but that doesn’t mean that is the way that things will play out in this case or that is the way things play out in everyday life all across the country (if anything, I have seen the complete opposite, more guilty people have gone free than been convicted).  Perhaps you have been luckier in having seen people who were truly guilty, get convicted. At least some people got justice.

Eva actually experienced having Nathan in her body, Gideon did not. Eva would have been filled with the scent of Nathan and his fluids so the need to want to clean oneself from that experience would completely make sense.  As far as Gideon is concerned, I still think that he worked up a sweat and was also probably disgusted by Nathan, but I don't think that was the primary reason Gideon took a shower. Nathan wasn't Gideon's abuser.

Hi LNCronan, Let me be very clear so that there is no possibility of any kind of misinterpretation: You are completely entitled to your own thoughts, your own theories, your own opinions and your own revenge plots. Cool! I wouldn’t ever want to change that.  I am sure that each and every single one of us has thought of a way or two to seek retribution against a character that we feel has done wrong, but what I take issue with is the writing down or the open written communication of “Lynching a character†thing. It is a step too far!  Although you and I and many of the readers here may be sane rational people, we still have to account for the fact that there may be a few people (who visit this web site) who are not mentally stable. As such each and every one of us bears a modicum of responsibility in what we post.  Again you may not agree with my position and that is fine. Let me clear, I will absolutely respond vigorously if those types of responses are posted. Â

Hi MicheleWV, Do you think that Eva is going to get into trouble with Christopher Jr.? Do you think that Christopher Jr. will try and pull something on Eva? What do you think? What does everyone think?

Hi everyone, I do hope that are going to be more books in the series. I just don't think that I could, wait and sit and speculate for another six months waiting for another book! These books need to come out more frequently or the books themselves need to be longer! I need more!

Straight up, that isn't funny. Rein in the comments.Â

 Hi Donnad, I don't know if you are directing this question at me, but my thoughts are that Nathan was killed in his hotel room. Any blood evidence would have been present at the scene (i.e. Nathan would have been found in a pool of his own blood).  Thus far we the readers haven't really been given any further information other than Nathan was found in his hotel room murdered.Â

 What I said was that Nathan probably took several blows to his body before Gideon punched him in the face. Look at the fight he had with Brett. Brett took several blows to his body before he got any to his face. What Brett did didn't even come close to what Nathan did.  I look at the way in which Gideon's state was described by Sylvia after the fight! There is NO WAY a guy would need to SHOWER and CHANGE after punching a guy ONCE!! AS far as I know Gideon doesn't suffer from a fear of germs.Â

 The point is that Nathan would have been alerted, so where's the element of surprise? There is no way that Nathan wouldn't have screamed, yelled or shouted for help. There is NO way that he would have just stood there or tried to attack Gideon on his own!  He ALREADY tried that BEFORE!! He got PUNCHED in the face for it!! There is NO WAY he would go back for round two!! Lots of blood or not, it wouldn't matter. He got PUNCHED in the FACE!!!

Eva's father asked for a lawyer for her. Therefore all discussions and communications without the presence of said lawyer are Null and Void. That isn't obstruction. Let's get real here.  It is like Mrsmajessick said, and yes I am paraphrasing here...you can come up with freaking theories and suppositions up the wazoo but if you have no physical evidence (no fibers, no blood, no eye witnesses, no photos or videos of the crime being committed), then ultimately you have BUBKISS (yes, yes, my own word)!!  Have you ever stopped to consider that by avoiding Eva and stopping this relationship so suddenly, Gideon makes himself look even more guilty? So Eva was raped and tortured by Nathan, what does that have to do with Nathan's murder? The cops would have to link Eva to the murder or anyone else by laying out all the facts (stalking, tracking, trailing the victim,out the murder plan, etc.). Again, the cops have nothing!   At the end of the day, some common sense has to be applied. If we are going to look at this like a real life situation, then we have to apply some common sense. What does everyone think?

Hi everyone, I assert that Nathan was afraid of Gideon. Again I use common sense as a guide. If someone got into a fight with a man who was highly trained in mixed martial arts and other fighting specialties and wound up on the losing end of it, would that person not think twice about seeing that person alone, in a confined space, where there were no witnesses or anyone around to offer assistance or get help?  Nathan had already met with Gideon, in Gideon’s office (a private space that was enclosed, confined and had no one around that could have offered assistance or interfered if things went wrong). IF Nathan was a Sociopath or Psychopath, EACH of these mental illnesses asserts that the person who has this illness would have a high level of SELF PRESERVATION! It would coincide with the fact that the person would only have the capability to think of his or herself. Thus Nathan would want to avoid any situation or person that could potentially harm him. Just because a person may be a sociopath or psychopath doesn’t mean that they would vacillate from one illness, to another, to another, to another. Nathan has whatever illness that he has and that’s it! The North American Psychiatric Association has set the guidelines and criteria for these illnesses (that is the reference that I use). The only thing that would have kept Nathan in New York would have been his complete desperation! This man had been financially and emotionally cut off by his father. He was also disowned (after years of his father most likely cleaning up after his son’s legal messes). So Nathan would have had NO choice BUT to stay in New York and try to collect the blackmail money.  BUT Nathan COULD TRY and CONTROL the way in which he collected said payoff money and that would have included NOT coming into direct contact with a man who could physically harm him. What does everyone think?

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to add a few points of my own: Even if someone used a “master keyâ€, when that key was inserted into the lock, it would have made a NOISE (a chirp, a click, something). Each and every single key whether it be a “master key†or employee key or guest key, would leave a documented computer trail. This would mean that Gideon would have to go and wipe the servers manually himself or have someone do if for him which would mean that he would have to involve someone else in the commission of his crime. These are all extremely important points to remember when considering a theory. At the end of the day, one would still need to apply some common sense when assessing a theory’s validity. What does everyone think?

Or maybe Gideon was keeping Eva in the dark about what was going on because he was planning on killing Nathan but someone beat him to the punch, therefore there wasn't any real information to impart to Eva.  I am not sure that Eva would be up to her eyeballs trying to cover up a PREMEDITATED MURDER!!  Thus far, the only harm that Eva has ever done is to herself and no one else-NEVER anyone else! Â

Hi Sscrph, I agree I don't think that we will ever really know exactly everything that happened that night. I personally don't think that Gideon killed Nathan but even if he did, I really don't think that Gideon would burden Eva with all of that horrible information. Eva would then have to walk around with that information for the rest of her life.  But for the fact that Eva came into Gideon's life, Gideon would never have had to commit murder. That kind of information would induce a huge amount of guilt! I don't know that Eva would be able to live with that. I get that this is an erotic novel, but this type of scenario would rival a murder mystery. What does everyone think?

 Hi Donnad, How would Angus get into the room? Why would Angus even want to be involved in a murder? Would you knowingly and willingly want to be involved in a murder? The scenario presented would be one of premeditated murder. That's huge! We would then be talking about a man planning and executing the murder of a man who wasn't a potential threat to that man. Nathan wouldn't have been a threat to Angus, so why kill him?  I know that many would say that Angus may have killed Nathan for Eva, but I submit that theory would be inaccurate. Angus was employed to guard Gideon and Gideon only! Eva wasn't Gideon's wife. Yes I am sure that he looked out for her when she and Gideon were together but asides from that Angus's sole responsibility would have been Gideon!  Angus wouldn't have been able to effectively guard both Eva and Gideon at the same time. When Eva and Gideon were not together who would Angus have been responsible for guarding? The theory doesn't make sense. What does everyone think?

Hi Everyone, What possible reason would Angus have to kill Nathan? Let's think about this for a minute and no we cannot use the excuse of Gideon to Angus to do it. In order for a theory to be plausible it has to pass the the common sense test.  There is no way that Gideon would ask Angus to kill Nathan. He would have been asking someone to commit murder. Would you commit murder because someone asked you to do it? Committing murder doesn’t fall under Angus’s employment descriptions. Angus is there to protect Gideon and ONLY Gideon in dangerous situations. Someone going to Nathan’s hotel room, surprising him and then calculatedly stabbing him in the heart IS NOT a situation of SELF DEFENSE!! Gideon deciding to kill Nathan is NOT a situation of justifiable homicide! The theory laid out here is one of PREMEDITATED MURDER!!! Ask any lawyer! This theory asks us to completely suspend our common sense. If you were in the same situation WHAT WOULD YOU DO?!Â

It will be so interesting to see how Sylvia ties up all these storylines. Thus far we all seem to be tying ourselves up into knots trying to figure this entire situation out. Ok, so maybe I am tying mysel into knots here. I just don't think that everything is as straight forward as it appears. I almost think that it would be too easy. What do you think? :)