Chapter 33

Gideon had been unusually somber over the past three days. They made love, chatted over coffee, but it all seemed clouded with something Rai could not quite place. They sat now at the kitchen table, steaming cups of coffee in hand, and Gideon brooding in silence.

“Is there a reason for this somber mood of yours?” She finally asked.

“You’re meeting that monster at two o’clock.” There was a hardness in his voice. The meeting might have been the foremost on his mind, but there was something much deeper chipping at him.

“Is that all?”

She heard him take a deep breath. “You kept the truth from me, Rai. That is the same as lying.”

She sipped her coffee, carefully listening to his words, trying to look beyond the gambit of emotions sharpening his tone.

“I feel as if you still do not trust me, but for reasons I cannot comprehend. Your insane plan of handling Cliff on your own could have ended you, ended us. Yet, you still did not trust me enough to include me.”

She maintained her silenc