Chapter 76

“More than okay. Is it…do you think it’s…weird to be around both Gideons at once?”

“I would’ve called it exhausting.” Turning off the burner, she flipped the eggs onto the waiting bread. “They don’t bring out the best in each other, do they?”

“No, they really don’t. Do you think it reflects a certain amount of self-loathing?” Jesse’s question was only half-joking.

“Before meeting your Gideon, I would’ve said no. Now…” Mary shrugged. “I guess it makes me sad to think he never really gets over it.”

Jesse knew it would be less of a surprise to her if she knew the full story—if she knew what Gideon had been doing the night she died. But it wasn’t his story to tell. Her Gideon needed to come clean on his own terms.

“It was one of the defining moments of his existence. I’m not sure anybody could get over something like that.”