Chapter 18
She knew it was silly, but Emma was nervous. Like first date nervous. It was almost as bad as when she’d come back with Gideon to tell Jess how she felt. Gideon had been adamant about how Jesse was going to respond, but until she stepped into the room and dropped her walls to feel it for herself, there had been those threads of fear winding through her gut, convincing her Jesse was going to reject her.
This time wasn’t nerves about being rejected. This time was nerves about how she was going to be received. Gideon didn’t like surprises. She knew that for fact. He might end up turning all this around on its head, just to gain back control of the situation. On the one hand, that was utterly exciting, facing the unknown instead of the possibilities she and Jesse had described. On
