Call Me Uncle Gideon

Cora froze, her back pressed against the wall of the cubicle. The implications of his dark, intrusive stare finally registered. Heat rushed to her cheeks as she instinctively placed a hand over her flat abdomen.

"It is not what you think, Mr. Lockwood," she blurted out. "I just ate too much for breakfast, and my stomach rebelled. That is all."

Gideon did not step back. Instead, he tilted his hea