My compliance didn’t seem to have reassured him, though. His mouth was still pressed into a thin line, and he didn’t speak as he led me out of my room and along the familiar route to the elevators.
Usually, we would pass some crew members when we reached the level where his suite was located. Today, though, the hallway was deserted. I didn’t want to think about what that meant. Maybe nothing at all. Just coincidence.
Right.
Gideon opened the door for me, and I headed into the apartment as I always did, my destination the spot by the window where I could look down at lost, lovely Earth. He’d always allowed me those few moments to take in the view, to think of the people down there I missed so terribly.
Today, though, he kept pace with me before surging ahead so he could slap his hand do
