The New Entwined Clues Sylvia Is Posting

[Sheens263]

I think you're right LN. That coffee cup takes on a whole new meaning with this first chapter and a half being out.

I agree Kirsten I think LN has it spot on, well we hope anyway lol

[Sheens263]

Sylvia's latest FB picture clue...

 

 

24 days... We're so close!!

Sunshine on the horizon, 24 days to go.

maybe a trip to NC for Eva and Gideon to get away and spend quality time together

[jls1216]

I think you are right look

good job! But does this mean that Brett is still around this far in the book:(

[jls1216]

I'm wondering when they will be out. Sylvia is not done with book 4 yet and she is releasing that new series this year (August and December) so I wonder when we can really expect to have 4 let alone 5.

I was hoping for 4 by the end of the year! I am going to go crazy waiting!

[Sharonm745]

good job! But does this mean that Brett is still around this far in the book:(

 

I'm thinking that Brett doesn't come back until late in the book.   I don't know.  There are so many possibilities but I think if it does take this long Gideon & Eva are solid and working together as a couple.

[Sharonm745]

You do have a point Julie, not sure if Eva would be able to deal with all of Gideon's past

 

They both have pasts that they aren't too happy about.  I think Eva will be strong enough to keep the past in the past even if it does make her a little crazy. 

[Donnad]

I hope Sylvia isn't saying, "curses, I've been foiled! - they've figured out Brett isn't appearing in Chapter Four after all."

LOL

Maybe he's appearing in both chapters

[Donnad]

I hope Sylvia isn't saying, "curses, I've been foiled! - they've figured out Brett isn't appearing in Chapter Four after all."

LOL

Maybe he's appearing in both chapters

[Donnad]

Sylvia's latest FB picture clue...

24 days... We're so close!!

Sunshine on the horizon, 24 days to go.

Relaxing on the beach in NC

[Donnad]

Sylvia's latest FB picture clue...

24 days... We're so close!!

Sunshine on the horizon, 24 days to go.

Relaxing on the beach in NC

[sscrph]

I was hoping for 4 by the end of the year! I am going to go crazy waiting!

I'm optimistic maybe Valentines Day but more than likely next June again :(

[sscrph]

Relaxing on the beach in NC

I can see Gideon and Eva lying on this hammock laughing and napping and holding each other close...oh June 4th can't get here soon enuf!!!

[sscrph]

Maybe he's appearing in both chapters

Who knows how Brett will reappear? Maybe in Chapter 4 he shows up at Eva's work again or maybe this is when the tabloids are running with the story of his "Golden Girl" but maybe he finally serenades Eva in the later chapter...

[rcmcap]

Relaxing on the beach in NC

Maybe the Florida Keys, that is where Gideon wanted to take her when they ended up going to Vegas.

[KiMa]

It just dawned on me that potentially Gideon's abuser also experienced a sudden departure like Nathan. I think his abuser is long departed or something to that effect. I cannot fathom his abuser still alive for some reason.

Thoughts?

[Kirsten]

Obviously I am not a fan of today's clue.  Here's the message that goes with it:

 

23 days...

Can a song change the way you feel?

 

 

Not when it comes to who Eva needs to be with. Brett needs to keep on moving.

[Sheens263]

 

Obviously I am not a fan of today's clue.  Here's the message that goes with it:

 

23 days...

Can a song change the way you feel?

 

 

Not when it comes to who Eva needs to be with. Brett needs to keep on moving.

 

must have something to do with Brett and Golden Girl song but maybe a gig or maybe his way of trying to win Eva back

[julie54]

must have something to do with Brett and Golden Girl song but maybe a gig or maybe his way of trying to win Eva back

Obviously I am not a fan of today's clue.  Here's the message that goes with it:

 

23 days...

Can a song change the way you feel?

 

 

Not when it comes to who Eva needs to be with. Brett needs to keep on moving.

I know two wrongs don't make a right, but is it payback time for Eva? Does she need him to feel some of her hurt too.I can't see her being vindictive like that. She knows the pain that Gideon is/ was going through, while they were apart. Although his actions were wrong, he thought they were the right ones. He made that quite clear in chapter one. Also, the ordeal is still not over. The song will give her closure from Brett. It will make her realise that , although he was immature, he did have feelings for her, he didn't regard her as a sl*t. It will improve her self esteem and self respect knowing that. Bye Brett. :)

[Sheens263]

I know two wrongs don't make a right, but is it payback time for Eva? Does she need him to feel some of her hurt too.I can't see her being vindictive like that. She knows the pain that Gideon is/ was going through, while they were apart. Although his actions were wrong, he thought they were the right ones. He made that quite clear in chapter one. Also, the ordeal is still not over. The song will give her closure from Brett. It will make her realise that , although he was immature, he did have feelings for her, he didn't regard her as a sl*t. It will improve her self esteem and self respect knowing that. Bye Brett.

I hope she stays well away from Brett, we know they go to the Times Square event with Cary but I hope that is all, she does not need that pain nor does Gideon and I hope she does not do anything like that, I don't think she will she is not that vindictive, she may go along to the gig knowing Gideon will be there with Ireland or persuading Gideon to take Ireland so there is an excuse for them all to talk openly together without raising any suspicions with the police

[julie54]

When thinking about Brett, Eva said that was one pool she wasn't wading in again. Fingers crossed.

[Sheens263]

When thinking about Brett, Eva said that was one pool she wasn't wading in again. Fingers crossed.

I agree Julie, fingers crossed

[LN Cronan]

I know two wrongs don't make a right, but is it payback time for Eva? Does she need him to feel some of her hurt too.I can't see her being vindictive like that. She knows the pain that Gideon is/ was going through, while they were apart. Although his actions were wrong, he thought they were the right ones. He made that quite clear in chapter one. Also, the ordeal is still not over. The song will give her closure from Brett. It will make her realise that , although he was immature, he did have feelings for her, he didn't regard her as a sl*t. It will improve her self esteem and self respect knowing that. Bye Brett.

 

Twice before, Eva has hurt Gideon via Brett -- payback for Corrine. Hopefully, the third time will prove the charm in breaking their mutual severe issues of jealousy and insecurity.

 

Round One

 

Gideon blew it unknowingly:

• In what Gideon would later admit (in North Carolina) had been his mistake, he vastly underestimated just how badly Corrine's sudden reappearance in his life has triggered Eva emotionally.
• Gideon confessed that prior to what happened as a result (Brett), Gideon had believed Eva was just over-reacting.
• Gideon still really didn't get it, though, (Mr. Clueless) that everything he did the night Corrine came back, from trying to lie (but getting caught) to ignoring Eva at dinner, did very serious damage to Eva.

 

 

Eva screwed up unknowingly in response:

• Eva was still suffering the effects of her newly-triggered severe problem with insecurity and jealousy when Brett came upon her alone outside after the concert. 
• Unconsciously slipping into her patterns of wounding others when hurt and of acting out sexually when confused, she returned Brett's kiss with real passion, acting on what obviously was still lingering sexual attraction to Brett -- and Gideon caught her in Brett's arms.
• Of the ways that Eva has been guilty of doing damage to Gideon, this betrayal was the worst -- on a certain level, she cheated on Gideon sexually, seriously triggering his own raging insecurities.

Round Two

 

Gideon consciously hurt Eva:

• As part of his immediate actions to neutralize Nathan, in the wake of discovering Nathan poses a threat to Eva's life, was to attempt to defuse Nathan's raging jealousy (and buy some time to put an end to the Nathan problem.) Gideon took Corrine out to dinner.
• Gideon obviously made sure some paparazzi photographer got "candid" shots of them as a couple -- and sure his PR people leaked Corrine's identity as his former fiancee.
• He did this all behind Eva's back on Monday night, while she stayed at Cary's bedside in the hospital.

 

Eva consciously got even:

• Late the next morning while at work, Eva found out via the Internet that Gideon had taken Corrine out and the gossip sites were going nuts that he'd been seen with his former fiancee.
• Brett just happened to show up at the right moment (for Eva) or worst moment (for Gideon). Brett, who had found out online Eva was employed by an advertising agency, showed up at the Crossfire without warning, hoping to talk with her. Eva jumped at the chance to see Brett, knowing Gideon would find out.
• She took Brett out to lunch. At first, she even entertained the nasty impulse of trying to make sure pictures of her with her own ex got taken (she took Brett to the same restaurant where the paparazzi had photographed her and Cary as a supposed "couple."
• Fortunately for Eva, no photographers caught them. Fortunate in that Nathan was out there postal at the time, and the Cary-Eva pictures had nearly gotten Cary killed, because Nathan believed the lie Cary was sleeping with Eva.

The unintended consequences: Gideon

• Gideon took Corrine out a second time two days later, this time as part of his desperate final solution to the Nathan problem. He threw a PR party and made sure the press got a photo of him and Corrine. The purpose was two-fold: to give him an alibi and a cover that he hoped would make the cops quickly eliminate him as a suspect in Nathan's killing, which went down that night, probably during the time the party took place.
• The f*** pad hotel was perfect, strategically, because of it's near proximity to Nathan's hotel and because it was a place Gideon could easily sneak in and out of.
• Gideon must have known Eva would react badly, but again he underestimated just how badly she would react -- especially because something he'd never planed on happened. Eva found out about the rape pictures and video Nathan had -- and confirmed her suspicion Gideon saw them. This gave her good reason to believe (wrongly) Gideon had sexually rejected her. She further believed (wrongly) Gideon ran back to Corrine as a result. Eva took the party at the f*** pad hotel as proof in her mind he was sleeping with Corrine and was done with her.
• In what was probably the most traumatic thing Gideon ever went through, Eva telephoned him to do what she believed he was too much of a coward to do himself - end their relationship forever. Not only did that call devastate Gideon, but his reactions were witnessed by the lead detective in the murder investigation. That call lead to the detective figuring out the Corrine cover was a well-crafted lie -- and Gideon shot right to the top of the murder suspect list.

The unintended consequences: Eva

• The kiss coupled with Eva taking him to lunch made Brett believe he actually has a shot at what he'd been hoping for for years now, hopes he'd put into music when he'd written the hit love song "Golden."
• Brett wanted a chance to apologize for hurting Eva and to beg for another chance. Thanks to Gideon's actions, Brett got his chance at both over lunch. He learned what's he'd done to make Eva run, apologized (apology accepted) and told Eva point blank he wants another shot.
• She told him "no" but he wouldn't accept it. He challenged her "prove it" she meant no.
• Brett then left New York to continue the concert tour, but while out there gave a radio station interview revealing there really was an Eva, that he'd "reconnected" with her, and he'd decided to try to win her back.
• Gideon obviously found out about this interview, and this prompted him to start making more mistakes in his now-crucial cover story that he didn't love Eva. Two days in a row, he had contact with Eva -- contact that could be documented through witnesses.
• It's possible this is what prompted Detective Graves to immediately set to work on dismantling his Corrine-cover, giving Graves the crucial evidence she needed to prove Gideon's motive. Graves had already broken the alibi -- now if she broke the cover story protecting Gideon against motive, she'd have enough to probably get him arrested.
• Thus it was Eva found out the truth - Gideon killed Nathan. If a trap was indeed being laid, Eva was made the bait.

 

Next?

• What's Gideon going to do about Corrine moving forward? Corrine obviously is fooling herself she's succeeded in destroying his relationship with Eva and in winning Gideon back. And the whole world believes it too.
• How's Gideon going to handle his being powerless to stop Brett from pulling out all the stops to woo Eva? It's possible (likely) the whole world is going to find out about Eva and Brett .... and .... what?

[julie54]

Twice before, Eva has hurt Gideon via Brett -- payback for Corrine. Hopefully, the third time will prove the charm in breaking their mutual severe issues of jealousy and insecurity.

 

Round One

 

Gideon blew it unknowingly:

• In what Gideon would later admit (in North Carolina) had been his mistake, he vastly underestimated just how badly Corrine's sudden reappearance in his life has triggered Eva emotionally.
• Gideon confessed that prior to what happened as a result (Brett), Gideon had believed Eva was just over-reacting.
• Gideon still really didn't get it, though, (Mr. Clueless) that everything he did the night Corrine came back, from trying to lie (but getting caught) to ignoring Eva at dinner, did very serious damage to Eva.

 

 

Eva screwed up unknowingly in response:

• Eva was still suffering the effects of her newly-triggered severe problem with insecurity and jealousy when Brett came upon her alone outside after the concert. 
• Unconsciously slipping into her patterns of wounding others when hurt and of acting out sexually when confused, she returned Brett's kiss with real passion, acting on what obviously was still lingering sexual attraction to Brett -- and Gideon caught her in Brett's arms.
• Of the ways that Eva has been guilty of doing damage to Gideon, this betrayal was the worst -- on a certain level, she cheated on Gideon sexually, seriously triggering his own raging insecurities.

Round Two

 

Gideon consciously hurt Eva:

• As part of his immediate actions to neutralize Nathan, in the wake of discovering Nathan poses a threat to Eva's life, was to attempt to defuse Nathan's raging jealousy (and buy some time to put an end to the Nathan problem.) Gideon took Corrine out to dinner.
• Gideon obviously made sure some paparazzi photographer got "candid" shots of them as a couple -- and sure his PR people leaked Corrine's identity as his former fiancee.
• He did this all behind Eva's back on Monday night, while she stayed at Cary's bedside in the hospital.

 

Eva consciously got even:

• Late the next morning while at work, Eva found out via the Internet that Gideon had taken Corrine out and the gossip sites were going nuts that he'd been seen with his former fiancee.
• Brett just happened to show up at the right moment (for Eva) or worst moment (for Gideon). Brett, who had found out online Eva was employed by an advertising agency, showed up at the Crossfire without warning, hoping to talk with her. Eva jumped at the chance to see Brett, knowing Gideon would find out.
• She took Brett out to lunch. At first, she even entertained the nasty impulse of trying to make sure pictures of her with her own ex got taken (she took Brett to the same restaurant where the paparazzi had photographed her and Cary as a supposed "couple."
• Fortunately for Eva, no photographers caught them. Fortunate in that Nathan was out there postal at the time, and the Cary-Eva pictures had nearly gotten Cary killed, because Nathan believed the lie Cary was sleeping with Eva.

The unintended consequences: Gideon

• Gideon took Corrine out a second time two days later, this time as part of his desperate final solution to the Nathan problem. He threw a PR party and made sure the press got a photo of him and Corrine. The purpose was two-fold: to give him an alibi and a cover that he hoped would make the cops quickly eliminate him as a suspect in Nathan's killing, which went down that night, probably during the time the party took place.
• The f*** pad hotel was perfect, strategically, because of it's near proximity to Nathan's hotel and because it was a place Gideon could easily sneak in and out of.
• Gideon must have known Eva would react badly, but again he underestimated just how badly she would react -- especially because something he'd never planed on happened. Eva found out about the rape pictures and video Nathan had -- and confirmed her suspicion Gideon saw them. This gave her good reason to believe (wrongly) Gideon had sexually rejected her. She further believed (wrongly) Gideon ran back to Corrine as a result. Eva took the party at the f*** pad hotel as proof in her mind he was sleeping with Corrine and was done with her.
• In what was probably the most traumatic thing Gideon ever went through, Eva telephoned him to do what she believed he was too much of a coward to do himself - end their relationship forever. Not only did that call devastate Gideon, but his reactions were witnessed by the lead detective in the murder investigation. That call lead to the detective figuring out the Corrine cover was a well-crafted lie -- and Gideon shot right to the top of the murder suspect list.

The unintended consequences: Eva

• The kiss coupled with Eva taking him to lunch made Brett believe he actually has a shot at what he'd been hoping for for years now, hopes he'd put into music when he'd written the hit love song "Golden."
• Brett wanted a chance to apologize for hurting Eva and to beg for another chance. Thanks to Gideon's actions, Brett got his chance at both over lunch. He learned what's he'd done to make Eva run, apologized (apology accepted) and told Eva point blank he wants another shot.
• She told him "no" but he wouldn't accept it. He challenged her "prove it" she meant no.
• Brett then left New York to continue the concert tour, but while out there gave a radio station interview revealing there really was an Eva, that he'd "reconnected" with her, and he'd decided to try to win her back.
• Gideon obviously found out about this interview, and this prompted him to start making more mistakes in his now-crucial cover story that he didn't love Eva. Two days in a row, he had contact with Eva -- contact that could be documented through witnesses.
• It's possible this is what prompted Detective Graves to immediately set to work on dismantling his Corrine-cover, giving Graves the crucial evidence she needed to prove Gideon's motive. Graves had already broken the alibi -- now if she broke the cover story protecting Gideon against motive, she'd have enough to probably get him arrested.
• Thus it was Eva found out the truth - Gideon killed Nathan. If a trap was indeed being laid, Eva was made the bait.

 

Next?

• What's Gideon going to do about Corrine moving forward? Corrine obviously is fooling herself she's succeeded in destroying his relationship with Eva and in winning Gideon back. And the whole world believes it too.
• How's Gideon going to handle his being powerless to stop Brett from pulling out all the stops to woo Eva? It's possible (likely) the whole world is going to find out about Eva and Brett .... and .... what?

Well lady

Eva will not hurt Gideon. Once this chat is out the way, hopefully things will be clearer (is it ever in their lives).

I think Deanna is going to be the one that drops that bombshell into the mix. Poor Eva and Gideons dirty washing is going to become public knowledge.

Gideon needs to speak to Eva about his insecurities regarding Brett (communication Gideon). This is where his trust will be exhausted to its limits. After all he did create most of this mess.

Is it best to sit tight hoping it will blow over?

[julie54]

I'm just hoping that Gideon is still going to see Dr Petersen, to help with his issues. This is the only way to move forward, with Eva's help.

I know he blew off a couple of appointments, but it's in his interest to continue.

[LN Cronan]

Well lady

Eva will not hurt Gideon. Once this chat is out the way, hopefully things will be clearer (is it ever in their lives).

I think Deanna is going to be the one that drops that bombshell into the mix. Poor Eva and Gideons dirty washing is going to become public knowledge.

Gideon needs to speak to Eva about his insecurities regarding Brett (communication Gideon). This is where his trust will be exhausted to its limits. After all he did create most of this mess.

Is it best to sit tight hoping it will blow over?

 

A very serious conversation is needed between the two of them about their respective exes -- one in which Gideon better d*** well handle the right way: honest communication and trust in one's partner.

 

On her own -- and while she still had every reason to believe things forever were over with Gideon -- Eva faced down her own demons about Gideon's ex. She figured out what her gut had been telling her all along, something that before then she couldn't recognize because of the insecurity raging in her head and the shattered heart in pain. She finally recognized that in her gut, she knew Gideon wasn't f***** Corrine. Eva still didn't have a clue what the h*** had (so she believed) destroyed what she (Eva) had with Gideon. But Eva knew now it wasn't what she had been (wrongly) convinced of: Corrine had some sort of sexual hold over Gideon that he'd never gotten past.

 

Whereas Gideon .... well all the pain he's gone through during his estrangement with Eva has had to have included terror that she was going to go back to Brett. Twice he'd seen her turn to Brett even while she was still his (Gideon's) girlfriend. Now Eva had pulled the ultimate runner and Gideon had found out Brett "reconnected" with Eva. What the h*** did that entail? He and Eva had hashed out the first time Eva went to Brett (the kiss) but never the second time (Eva's lunch date with Brett.) And now Gideon has painted himself into a corner where it is dangerous for him to demonstrate in any way to outsiders that he and Eva are together. Thus Brett has every reason to believe he (Brett) has a clear shot at Eva -- that Gideon is a non-issue at this point, because Eva had been nothing more than a fling and now Gideon was back with the woman (Corrine) he'd wanted to marry.

 

Every time Gideon tried to communicate with Eva in the past about the truth about Corrine (after the night Corrine showed up and then the next day after the "nooner" stunt) his reassurances fell on deaf ears. Eva wouldn't believe him -- her own issues made her paranoid. 

 

Now Gideon has got to listen as Eva communicates to him she has no intention of becoming involved with Brett again. Can Gideon listen -- and believe -- given his own inner demons. Eva's faced hers, but he has yet to deal with his own.