Chapter 62
Silence filled the car for a few more blocks. When they made a left that shifted them out of the heavy flow of traffic, Gideon said softly, “I’m not glad how it happened, but I amglad Emma did what she did. That was…intense. I didn’t expect it to feel like that.”
“It was. What did it…what did it feel like for you?”
“Like my worst nightmare come to life. Only I knew I had the power to do something about it this time.” When he caught Jesse’s frown out of the corner of his eye, Gideon shook his head. “I worry about making the same mistakes,” he admitted. “About repeating history that shouldn’t be repeated. And feeling how terrified you were and how betrayed you felt showed me how close I was to doing it, even when that was the last thing I wanted.”