The New Entwined Clues Sylvia Is Posting

[GiGi]

Hi LNCronan,

I thought about the “cheating†angle and I wonder if Gideon would allow Eva’s name to be smeared in the press. This man absolutely adores this woman and somehow I couldn’t see him wanting to put that kind of negative attention on her.

I agree that if Gideon did kill Nathan, it would certainly be advantageous to his alibi. Why would a man who was cheated on go and kill a man from that woman’s past? I just don’t know if Gideon would risk Eva’s reputation. If for the sake of argument Gideon did use Eva to help his alibi, then how would he spin getting back together with the same woman who cheated on him? What do you think? What does everyone think?

[GiGi]

 

I want Ireland to play matchmaker!

And in doing so she's going to bond with her half bro Gideon .

I think Christopher jr isn't going to like Ireland getting close to Gideon but I want Ireland to be strong a feisty gal that isn't going listen to Christopher jr but make her own choices.

 

Hi ShazScott1980,

Something you said just made me wonder; what kind of relationship do think Ireland has with her brother Christopher Jr? There doesn't seem to be any interaction between the two of them. I have to wonder why?

Hey here is something really out there, do you think that maybe Eva uses her Krav Maga skills to help save Ireland from her brother Christopher Jr? Maybe Christopher Jr. feels betrayed by "his" little sister when she decided to bond with Gideon, so something that Christopher Jr. does puts Ireland in harms way? What do you think? What does everyone think?

[MrsCrossfire]

I think Gideon is bonding with Ireland so that could be used as cover up for him to see Eva..! However don't forget that Gideon does own a share of Vidal records, and he knows Brett's band is signed with them, throwing some type of party would maybe include Brett's being there so if Eva is seen with Brett and somehow it leaked that she's the "golden" girl then it only would strengthen the "ploy" that they are not together.! So maybe the party was a plan..!!

It just doesn't seem like Gideon would appreciate Eva being in the same place as Brett if it wasn't going to benefit them..! Hence why he didn't go to the restaurant when Brett showed up at the crossfire and him and Eva went to lunch, he could have easily had security escort him out the building before Eva even got downstairs. That was a benefit for the both of them, for her to be seen with another man other than Cary..!!

And now that I think about it, Eva did stop the google alerts so that first snapshot may be breaking news from the press that Eva was seen with Brett. She did say she took him to the place her and Cary was photographed at and it was all over the papers!

[LN Cronan]

   

Hi ShazScott1980,

Do you think that Brett will be the one to ultimately tell the media that Eva is one in "Golden Girl"? What do you think that Brett will hope to gain by spilling the beans? Do you think that Brett hopes that they will get back together or is he afraid that Gideon may pose a bigger threat to his plans? Eva has already said that Brett doesn't stand a chance with her.

 

Brett has nothing to lose and everything to possibly gain by now openly declaring to the world now that Eva is Golden and he wants to win her back (well, as long as me makes sure the part of about how she used to be a s*** back in the day.) Because Gideon Cross dumped her weeks ago and has been running around acting like he doesn't give a d*** about her anymore.

 

In fact, after he dumped Eva, he started seeing someone else -- his ex fiancee no less, who came running back all the way from France to talk him into giving her a chance to undo the biggest mistake of her life, having broken off her engagement to Gideon years ago.

 

THIS is the "tabloid reality" >>>>>>>  Right in front of a high society crowd several week ago, Corrine crashed a fundraiser and literally stole Gideon right out from under Eva's nose. Before the night was out, Eva stormed out of the dinner. That night was the last night Gideon Cross was ever photographed with Eva Tramell. Besides, he'd only been seeing Eva a few weeks. Corrine came back, Eva vanished from public view, and then after a couple of more weeks, Gideon started being photographed with Corrine, even photographed partying with her, his arm around her waist.

 

THIS is "Brett's reality" >>>>> Three weeks ago, a dream came true - Eva went to see him in concert, and he ended up getting her to kiss him -- really kiss him -- after the show. Then her boyfriend at the time, Gideon Cross, tried to kick his a**. As for Eva, Gideon had his bodyguard/driver get her out of his sight. A couple of days later, he tracked Eva down at work, and she took him out to lunch. He had a chance to finally find out what he did wrong that made her disappear years ago. And asked her for another chance. She accepted his apology, but she told him he didn't have another shot (yeah, if that's really true, why did she kiss him like that.) She also said she was in love with Gideon. (yeah, but that very week, Gideon started seeing his ex fiancee again -- and it's still crystal clear he wants nothing to do with Eva ever again.)

[GiGi]

 

I once had the real-life professional satisfaction of backing a state police homicide squad into a corner on a yes/no question about the identity of a murder suspect. The suspect had been arrested just an hour before after a high-speed chase, and though he had not yet been charged with the murder, I knew he would be within the next 24 hours. I scrambled and worked harder and faster than I ever had to nail down the name. I was 110% certain I was right, and I was the the only reporter, period, who had the information. And we were right on deadline. In fact, we were holding up the presses.

 

The cops kept trying to stonewall me with the big "No Comment." Essentially they were hoping, because they had not yet officially put out the name in a press release authorized by a prosecutor, that we'd hold off on running the accused's name itself as part of the story we would publish in the next edition. Meanwhile, we had a huge scoop ready to roll (to boot, the murder victim was very prominent in the community, so it was a high profile case.) We weren't taking no comment for an answer.

 

So I sicced my managing editor onto the guy in charge of the homicide detectives, and my editor told him (actually, she all but yelled at the guy) "Listen, we're going to run the story you just arrested so-and-so for the murder. If that's not true, you tell me RIGHT NOW. Because unless you tell us it's not true, it's going on page one." It painted that commander into a corner where if he said "no, that's not the name" he would have flat out lied to a high-ranking editor. Very bad career move, most especially if doing so s***** a news organization out of a scoop. The commander couldn't say "you're wrong about the guy's name and that we're about to charge him with murder." So that meant "yes" we were right.

 

Okay there Missy,

Now I have to wonder if you have been bitten by a radioactive spider. You seem to exhibiting fine “spidey†senses! Good for you! Way to go! It is amazing when women excel in their professional careers! :)

[ShazScott1980]

 

 

Hi ShazScott1980,

Something you said just made me wonder; what kind of relationship do think Ireland has with her brother Christopher Jr? There doesn't seem to be any interaction between the two of them. I have to wonder why?

Hey here is something really out there, do you think that maybe Eva uses her Krav Maga skills to help save Ireland from her brother Christopher Jr? Maybe Christopher Jr. feels betrayed by "his" little sister when she decided to bond with Gideon, so something that Christopher Jr. does puts Ireland in harms way? What do you think? What does everyone think?

Your reading my mind GiGi!

I think that Christopher jr is going to feel betrayed by Ireland as she bonds with Gideon .

She's HIS sister not Gideon's . I think we will see a violent side to Christopher jr and Krav Maga and Eva will come to the rescue!

[LN Cronan]

Hi LNCronan,

I thought about the “cheating†angle and I wonder if Gideon would allow Eva’s name to be smeared in the press. This man absolutely adores this woman and somehow I couldn’t see him wanting to put that kind of negative attention on her.

I agree that if Gideon did kill Nathan, it would certainly be advantageous to his alibi. Why would a man who was cheated on go and kill a man from that woman’s past? I just don’t know if Gideon would risk Eva’s reputation. If for the sake of argument Gideon did use Eva to help his alibi, then how would he spin getting back together with the same woman who cheated on him? What do you think? What does everyone think?

 

Gideon would never imply Eva was a cheater. But the tabloids would blow the story about the kiss & fight way out of proportion, just like they blew totally out of proportion Gideon taking Corrine out to dinner (screaming headlines ex-fiancee!!!!!)

 

In the end, Gideon could decide to give Eva a second chance. Especially because the fact that Brett Kline is now openly wooing Eva made Gideon reconsider his decision to dump Eva in a jealous rage.

 

Gideon would hate to have Eva's name smeared, and he certainly would hate anything that might encourage Brett to pursue Eva. But guess what -- because Gideon's grand plan with Corrine didn't make the cops go away, now weeks later he's still stuck acting like he chose Corrine over Eva. So now Brett believes anyway Gideon is gone from Eva's life completely.

 

If it would guarantee the cops would finally back down, Eva would tell Gideon "We have to do it. We have to give the cops a better lie than the Corrine one, because the Corrine one didn't work."

 

I think that all along, Gideon had the kiss & fight incident as an emergency back-up. Why do you think that the day he found out Nathan was the one who almost beat Cary to death, and Gideon began to scramble with his cover story, that he took Corrine to Tableau One? When he could have gotten a table for two at any restaurant in the city? He picked Tableau One because his old friend Arnoldo owned it?

 

NO .... he picked Tableau One because he'd started out Friday night there on a big date night with Eva, plans that included Arnoldo coming along with Gideon, Eva and a friend of hers to see Six-Ninths in concert. A night that turned out to be a complete disaster, with Arnoldo witnessing everything from the fight itself to Gideon having Eva hauled off in shame by Angus and Arnoldo himself. If it ever came down to the cops running around asking hard questions right after the body was found, Arnoldo could give them an earful about why Gideon would have been the last guy on earth that week who would have killed a man over Eva.

[GiGi]

 

Brett has nothing to lose and everything to possibly gain by now openly declaring to the world now that Eva is Golden and he wants to win her back (well, as long as me makes sure the part of about how she used to be a s*** back in the day.) Because Gideon Cross dumped her weeks ago and has been running around acting like he doesn't give a d*** about her anymore.

 

In fact, after he dumped Eva, he started seeing someone else -- his ex fiancee no less, who came running back all the way from France to talk him into giving her a chance to undo the biggest mistake of her life, having broken off her engagement to Gideon years ago.

 

THIS is the "tabloid reality" >>>>>>>  Right in front of a high society crowd several week ago, Corrine crashed a fundraiser and literally stole Gideon right out from under Eva's nose. Before the night was out, Eva stormed out of the dinner. That night was the last night Gideon Cross was ever photographed with Eva Tramell. Besides, he'd only been seeing Eva a few weeks. Corrine came back, Eva vanished from public view, and then after a couple of more weeks, Gideon started being photographed with Corrine, even photographed partying with her, his arm around her waist.

 

THIS is "Brett's reality" >>>>> Three weeks ago, a dream came true - Eva went to see him in concert, and he ended up getting her to kiss him -- really kiss him -- after the show. Then her boyfriend at the time, Gideon Cross, tried to kick his a**. As for Eva, Gideon had his bodyguard/driver get her out of his sight. A couple of days later, he tracked Eva down at work, and she took him out to lunch. He had a chance to finally find out what he did wrong that made her disappear years ago. And asked her for another chance. She accepted his apology, but she told him he didn't have another shot (yeah, if that's really true, why did she kiss him like that.) She also said she was in love with Gideon. (yeah, but that very week, Gideon started seeing his ex fiancee again -- and it's still crystal clear he wants nothing to do with Eva ever again.)

 

Hi LNCronan,

Do you think that Brett really doesn’t have anything to lose? I think if anything Brett risking his professional relationship with Vidal Records would be a concern for him (well apparently not). Some bands are signed on a per record basis, so I guess it would really depend on what the terms were of the band signing with Vidal Records would be. After all Gideon is the majority shareholder in the company so technically Gideon could oust Brett’s band if he really wanted to. What do you think?

[LN Cronan]

   

Okay there Missy,

Now I have to wonder if you have been bitten by a radioactive spider. You seem to exhibiting fine “spidey†senses! Good for you! Way to go! It is amazing when women excel in their professional careers!

 

No spidey senses. But honestly, I know how cops actually work. And prosecutors too. And especially how cops and prosecutors manage to s**** up too, just like other people. Some posters think "oh the cops would never lie to Eva" or "a prosecutor wouldn't dare even think about maybe charging Gideon."  Just because they "shouldn't" (because it would be wrong to try it) does not mean they "wouldn't"

[GiGi]

 

Your reading my mind GiGi!

I think that Christopher jr is going to feel betrayed by Ireland as she bonds with Gideon .

She's HIS sister not Gideon's . I think we will see a violent side to Christopher jr and Krav Maga and Eva will come to the rescue!

 

Hi ShazScott1980,

I agree! I can hardly wait to see how that dynamic plays out in the next book. Christopher Jr. seems so proprietary about everything in his life. I think he would feel so possessive about what is his! What do you think?

[LN Cronan]

Ladies, ladies, ladies --- an important reminder here. The public "reality" is this:

 

Gideon Cross does not give a about Eva Tramell. She was some socialite he started dating at the start of the summer, but weeks ago she vanished from the red carpet spotlight, and for at least -- at least -- the past three weeks, the only woman publicly linked to Gideon Cross is his former fiancee who he is obviously dating again. You can ask anyone -- heck, you can ask Eva herself, and she'll say they're over. You can ask Gideon whether it's true he's dating Corrine. He won't come out and actually confirm it, but he's not denying it either. And pictures are worth a thousand words. Oh and ask Gideon about Eva? He flatly refuses to even talk about her.

 

No one has any reason as all to fear any sort of retribution from Gideon where Eva is concerned.

 

• Brett worried? If Gideon was going to take revenge on Brett, he's have done it weeks ago. Other than losing his temper on the spot with Brett, Gideon hasn't done jack to Six-Ninths. Nope. Instead, he dumped Eva. The relationship hadn't lasted very long anyway. But meanwhile, a woman who once broke off an engagement with Gideon is now throwing herself at him. (Gideon can't do anything to Brett or the band, because that might imply he actually cares about Eva.)
• Christopher Jr. worried about Gideon retaliating if Christopher starts chasing Eva? Heck no, Gideon won't lift a finger, not openly anyway. (Gideon can't do anything direct that might make it possible for Christopher to testify in court Gideon loves Eva.) 
• Corrine? Yeah, well Eva didn't exactly fall for those dirty tricks. But guess what -- Gideon still has absolutely zero contact with Eva. So Corrine can continue to get even nastier, knowing Gideon won't find out. (Gideon can't lead Corrine to even think he's talking to Eva, much less then he plans to go back to Eva.)

Through his own stupid grand plan that has blown up in his face a couple of ways, Gideon has painted himself into a corner where he cannot lift a finger to anyone else where Eva is concerned. In fact, it's more dangerous than ever, because Gideon actually did lift a finger on Eva's behalf in front of one of his worst enemies, Dr. Terry Lucas. Now more than ever, Gideon has got to behave like he could care less about what anyone says or does regarding Eva.

[GiGi]

Hi LNCronan,

I agree that Gideon might not directly imply that Eva was a cheater but how do you think that Gideon would counteract what the media reported? How would he be able to spin this to Eva’s favour?

I too, thought that maybe Gideon picked the fight with Brett purposely. I just couldn’t figure out why. I still can’t find a place for it in my theory but, I could see Gideon lining up his ducks just in case. He seems to have the type of character that is always ten steps ahead of everyone else. What do you think? What does everyone think?

[GiGi]

Hi LNCronan,

You make an interesting point. Yes you are right a picture says a thousand words, but has anyone stopped to consider how Gideon might have been looking at Eva when their photos were being taken? I think it would have been painfully obvious that this man was in love with Eva.

I suspect that Gideon never looked at Corinne in the same way. The eyes always tell the truth! I think that Gideon was smitten with Eva and I am sure that any press reporter worth his or her salt would have picked up on that fact. Maybe even you? :)

[LN Cronan]

   

Hi LNCronan,

Do you think that Brett really doesn’t have anything to lose? I think if anything Brett risking his professional relationship with Vidal Records would be a concern for him (well apparently not). Some bands are signed on a per record basis, so I guess it would really depend on what the terms were of the band signing with Vidal Records would be. After all Gideon is the majority shareholder in the company so technically Gideon could oust Brett’s band if he really wanted to. What do you think?

 

Brett's had three-plus weeks now to figure out that nothing further will come from Gideon Cross over Eva. Gideon lost his temper on the spot, but that was it. He dumped Eva and he didn't do a thing to punish the band. He's already got another serious girlfriend, in fact the woman he wanted to marry who has now come back to him. Gideon may have lost his temper, but once he cooled down, he remembered he's a smart businessman. He's not going to mess with the success of a now-hot band purely because he's still mad over something that happened weeks ago over some woman he hadn't even been dating very long to begin with.

 

Don't confuse how Gideon really feels with how Gideon is really forced to act right now.

[GiGi]

Hi LNCronan,

As far as the Brett situation is concerned, I wouldn’t dismiss Gideon getting revenge at a later date lightly. Gideon has always been a master planner and somehow I don’t think that this situation would be any different. Gideon seems to be a man who takes his time, plans things out well and executes those plans with deadly precision (no pun intended here).

As far as the Corinne thing is concerned, I could see Gideon telling Corinne to “chill†out about hassling Eva. I could see him saying something like “…it is beneath you…†or maybe Gideon could use a subtle threat of not liking a jealous woman and that could put their relationship at risk if she keeps that kind of behaviour up. He may be setting a subtle way out of this “false†relationship. Personally I don’t think that Gideon is leading Corinne around, it is just a possibility. What do you think? What does everyone think?

[LN Cronan]

Hi LNCronan,

I agree that Gideon might not directly imply that Eva was a cheater but how do you think that Gideon would counteract what the media reported? How would he be able to spin this to Eva’s favour?

I too, thought that maybe Gideon picked the fight with Brett purposely. I just couldn’t figure out why. I still can’t find a place for it in my theory but, I could see Gideon lining up his ducks just in case. He seems to have the type of character that is always ten steps ahead of everyone else. What do you think? What does everyone think?

 

Gideon picked that fight with Brett over jealous rage, period. That fight happened well before Gideon had any reason to believe Nathan was anything other than a blackmailing rapist. It wasn't until days after that fight that Gideon learned to his horror Nathan was in fact an out-of-control nut headed toward homicidal maniac.

 

The Brett fight was never part of the original plan any more than the North Carolina weekend away was part of the plan. Sylvia told us in response to a spoiler question that the whole change in plan toward Nathan happened AFTER Gideon got home from North Carolina and found out what really had happened to Cary.

 

That said, Gideon would have gone over in his mind everything that other people knew -- or thought they knew -- about him and Eva as he best figured out how to pull off a credible act he didn't love Eva. I'll bet the "Brett Option" was one of several Gideon considered, along with the one he ended up going with, the "Corrine Came Back To Me Option."

 

Dumb, dumb, dumb. Weeks later, Gideon is now still trapped. The cops did not, in fact, just swallow the Corrine fabrication and cross Gideon right off the list of suspects.

[GiGi]

Hi LNCronan,

As far as the Brett situation is concerned, I wouldn’t dismiss Gideon getting revenge at a later date lightly. Gideon has always been a master planner and somehow I don’t think that this situation would be any different. Gideon seems to be a man who takes his time, plans things out well and executes those plans with deadly precision (no pun intended here).

As far as the Corinne thing is concerned, I could see Gideon telling Corinne to “chill†out about hassling Eva. I could see him saying something like “…it is beneath you…†or maybe Gideon could use a subtle threat of not liking a jealous woman and that could put their relationship at risk if she keeps that kind of behaviour up. He may be setting a subtle way out of this “false†relationship. Personally I don’t think that Gideon is leading Corinne around, it is just a possibility. What do you think? What does everyone think?

[LN Cronan]

Hi LNCronan,

As far as the Brett situation is concerned, I wouldn’t dismiss Gideon getting revenge at a later date lightly. Gideon has always been a master planner and somehow I don’t think that this situation would be any different. Gideon seems to be a man who takes his time, plans things out well and executes those plans with deadly precision (no pun intended here).

As far as the Corinne thing is concerned, I could see Gideon telling Corinne to “chill†out about hassling Eva. I could see him saying something like “…it is beneath you…†or maybe Gideon could use a subtle threat of not liking a jealous woman and that could put their relationship at risk if she keeps that kind of behaviour up. He may be setting a subtle way out of this “false†relationship. Personally I don’t think that Gideon is leading Corinne around, it is just a possibility. What do you think? What does everyone think?

 

I'll bet Gideon actually called up Corrine furious about the "nooner" incident. Less than twelve hours before, Corrine crashed a fundraiser in order to catch Gideon off guard on a date with Eva. Gideon went out of his way that night to try to ensure Corrine wouldn't upset Eva. Didn't work, and Eva ended up pulling yet another one of her terrifying "runners." It took everything Gideon had to calm Eva down that night. The very next day, Eva ended up more upset than ever, thanks to what Corrine did (and Eva described in great detail exactly how Corrine appeared and behaved walking out that door with Eva out there on the sidewalk.)

 

Just because Gideon didn't say "Eva, I called Corrine and chewed her out and it will never happen again" does not mean Gideon didn't lift a finger. All it means is YET AGAIN Gideon avoided having an honest discussion with Eva about something. Unless Gideon is absolutely forced to, he avoids talking about stuff. THAT is the biggest problem of all Eva had with him.

 

But yet, weeks later, Gideon can't even admit he has direct contact with Eva. So Corrine can pull any stunt she dares, believing falsely it wouldn't ever get back to Gideon. 

[GiGi]

 

Brett's had three-plus weeks now to figure out that nothing further will come from Gideon Cross over Eva. Gideon lost his temper on the spot, but that was it. He dumped Eva and he didn't do a thing to punish the band. He's already got another serious girlfriend, in fact the woman he wanted to marry who has now come back to him. Gideon may have lost his temper, but once he cooled down, he remembered he's a smart businessman. He's not going to mess with the success of a now-hot band purely because he's still mad over something that happened weeks ago over some woman he hadn't even been dating very long to begin with.

 

Don't confuse how Gideon really feels with how Gideon is really forced to act right now.

 

Hi LNCronan,

I wasn't looking at the situation from that perspective. I was looking at it from the perspective of what might happen if Brett doesn't back off from trying to win Eva back. I don't think that if Gideon told Brett to back off and he didn't, that he would take it lightly. I am also under the assumption that Gideon would be able to persue Eva at that point. What do you think?

[LN Cronan]

Hi LNCronan,

You make an interesting point. Yes you are right a picture says a thousand words, but has anyone stopped to consider how Gideon might have been looking at Eva when their photos were being taken? I think it would have been painfully obvious that this man was in love with Eva.

I suspect that Gideon never looked at Corinne in the same way. The eyes always tell the truth! I think that Gideon was smitten with Eva and I am sure that any press reporter worth his or her salt would have picked up on that fact. Maybe even you?

 

The only passionate pictures were that stagged kissing-Eva-shot plus a couple of cell-phone candids people got of Eva and Gideon arguing in Bryant Park. The first week they went out, period. The only others were red carpet shots of them walking into the advocacy dinner (when it took everything for Eva to smile while Gideon was hiding the fact he was on a major headtrip) and the red carpet shot of them walking into the fundraiser at the Waldorf. I'll bet that picture probably showed some chemistry. But guess what, right inside waiting was "Hello, I'm Back!!!!" Corrine. Gideon was never photographed with Eva again.

 

Anyone looking at the stock of past pictures of Gideon with Eva could assume he fell in total l-u-s-t with Eva but then quickly tired of her once they started sleeping together. There probably have been rumors from time to time (perfectly true at that) when Gideon started sleeping with some woman, he quickly tired of her. As Magdalene put it, once Gideon sticks his d*** in a woman, he's done with her. In the past, that's EXACTLY what had been true.

 

No one would know behind the scenes it was Nathan to blame -- as soon as Nathan showed up, Gideon immediately quit allowing people to photograph Eva.

[GiGi]

 

I'll bet Gideon actually called up Corrine furious about the "nooner" incident. Less than twelve hours before, Corrine crashed a fundraiser in order to catch Gideon off guard on a date with Eva. Gideon went out of his way that night to try to ensure Corrine wouldn't upset Eva. Didn't work, and Eva ended up pulling yet another one of her terrifying "runners." It took everything Gideon had to calm Eva down that night. The very next day, Eva ended up more upset than ever, thanks to what Corrine did (and Eva described in great detail exactly how Corrine appeared and behaved walking out that door with Eva out there on the sidewalk.)

 

Just because Gideon didn't say "Eva, I called Corrine and chewed her out and it will never happen again" does not mean Gideon didn't lift a finger. All it means is YET AGAIN Gideon avoided having an honest discussion with Eva about something. Unless Gideon is absolutely forced to, he avoids talking about stuff. THAT is the biggest problem of all Eva had with him.

 

But yet, weeks later, Gideon can't even admit he has direct contact with Eva. So Corrine can pull any stunt she dares, believing falsely it wouldn't ever get back to Gideon. 

 

Hi LNCronan,

I have to wonder the way you are setting up this scenario, it seems that Corinne doesn't even want Gideon at all. It is like she bent on winning the contest of getting Gideon. There is a difference between the two.

If Corinne really loves Gideon then she would back off Eva and let sleeping dogs lay. Just how deranged is Corinne?

[GiGi]

 

The only passionate pictures were that stagged kissing-Eva-shot plus a couple of cell-phone candids people got of Eva and Gideon arguing in Bryant Park. The first week they went out, period. The only others were red carpet shots of them walking into the advocacy dinner (when it took everything for Eva to smile while Gideon was hiding the fact he was on a major headtrip) and the red carpet shot of them walking into the fundraiser at the Waldorf. I'll bet that picture probably showed some chemistry. But guess what, right inside waiting was "Hello, I'm Back!!!!" Corrine. Gideon was never photographed with Eva again.

 

Anyone looking at the stock of past pictures of Gideon with Eva could assume he fell in total with Eva but then quickly tired of her. No one would know behind the scenes it was Nathan to blame -- as soon as Nathan showed up, Gideon immediately quit allowing people to photograph Eva, and as soon as Gideon decided Nathan had to die, Gideon immediately started going out of his way to have himself photographed with Corrine and Corrine alone.

 

Hi LNCronan,

Yes it is true that Gideon had himself photographed with Corinne but I don't think that he could fake chemistry with her. If anything he isn't in love with her and his eyes would show it.

From all of the descriptions mentioned in the book, Gideon never directly looked Corinne in the eyes. I think that is telling. Wouldn't every photographer want the "money" shot of the two of them gazing lovingly into each other's eyes? I think a photo like that would make a nice profit for the person who took it.

[LN Cronan]

   

Hi LNCronan,

I wasn't looking at the situation from that perspective. I was looking at it from the perspective of what might happen if Brett doesn't back off from trying to win Eva back. I don't think that if Gideon told Brett to back off and he didn't, that he would take it lightly. I am also under the assumption that Gideon would be able to persue Eva at that point. What do you think?

 

For now, Gideon is stuck with having to "trust" Eva as far as Brett goes. Eva has got to on her own prove to Brett that he (Brett) does not have a chance. Gideon has got to trust that no matter what Brett says or what Brett does to try to convince Eva otherwise, Eva is not even going to kiss Brett again, let alone become lovers again.

 

I posted this before, but it's worth mentioning again. Gideon asked Eva to blindly trust him about Corrine even while he was lying by omission to Eva and acting in a way that gave her every good reason to NOT trust him. But in the end and ON HER OWN, while Gideon was still being totally dishonest in his actions, Eva faced her own demons and convinced herself Gideon wouldn't ever sleep with Corrine. Now Gideon must give Eva the same sort of trust in return. Something that is going to be both easier AND harder. Easier because Gideon and Eva can now be 100% honest -- no more lying by omission to hide the fact Gideon killed Nathan. Harder because Gideon knows on one level Eva wants to jump Brett's bones, so Gideon has to trust that Eva won't ever give in to that temptation.

[GiGi]

Hi LNCronan,

I wouldn’t go as far as saying that Eva would want to jump Brett’s bones. She had a silly teenage crush on him. It never came close to what she has with Gideon. She never had open communication, or trust or even love. Yes I know that those things have been issues for both Gideon and Eva but there is one important difference here. Eva has never had to degrade herself in order to get Gideon.

Gideon openly and actively pursued Eva, and not the other way around. No matter the relationship started, Gideon has made several concessions for Eva. She wasn’t just another floozy, she was special! Regardless of how Gideon’s relationship may have been playing out, this man is seriously in love with this woman

[LN Cronan]

   

Hi LNCronan,

Yes it is true that Gideon had himself photographed with Corinne but I don't think that he could fake chemistry with her. If anything he isn't in love with her and his eyes would show it.

From all of the descriptions mentioned in the book, Gideon never directly looked Corinne in the eyes. I think that is telling. Wouldn't every photographer want the "money" shot of the two of them gazing lovingly into each other's eyes? I think a photo like that would make a nice profit for the person who took it.

 

From page 283 of Reflected, the description of the photo of Gideon and Corrine at the vodka PR party. "He had his arm around her waist, and their body language was familiar and intimate. He was very close to her, his lips nearly touching her temple. She had a drink in her hand and was laughing."Who is NOT going to read into that, especially knowing they used to be engaged years ago. that fact was out there for days now.

 

The caption to the photo is very bland, as is the story. Because it was all a press release very carefully written by Gideon to make absolutely certain of just two things, for the benefit of the police: the hours of the party, and the name of the woman. And remember, WHO picked that particular wed page to show Eva? Her Dad. It was probably the only "tame" caption and photo out there. Victor wouldn't have been cruel to show Eva anything supposedly "proving" Gideon was cheating, but the reason Victor was showing Eva it was that photo proved Gideon actually did have something to hide about where he was Thursday night. All Victor was doing was trying to gently figure out whether Eva had a clue.

 

Back on Tuesday morning, there had been sensational speculation stories all because of Gideon and Corrine sitting at a restaurant table. One can only imagine how other media were interpretting the party photo. Eva never looked any further that that one web page her Dad showed her. On the spot, she quit looking at any more stories/photos of Gideon, period.