Chapter 50

She turned away from the Pollock placard she was reading, meeting his eyes. When he nodded again toward the woman, they both looked in her direction, only to be met with the empty space where she’d been standing.

“What was it?” Emma asked with a slight frown.

“I thought I…” He paused. What good would it do to tell her he thought he saw somebody who might have been her sister? “It was nothing. Never mind. Come on, let’s go check out the gift shop.”

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They parted company after dinner, with Gideon and Jesse retreating to the interrogation room and Emma staying in the apartment to clean up. In spite of his compliments on her lasagna, he had picked at his food, his nerves hopping so giddily that Emma’s stomach was doing flipflops as well. Gideon just seemed amused by the whole scenario, though when he rose from the table to clear the dishes, her surreptitious glance at his midsection revealed the definite imprint of his hard cock.