A Tense New Year

The sudden ring of the phone in the bedroom snapped Gideon out of his thoughts.

It was Diana calling, asking him to take Gemma to the Old Whitmore Manor for dinner.

Gideon refused. He told her that from now on, he and Gemma would spend New Year's Eve with the Sinclair family, and only visit the Old Whitmore Manor on New Year's Day.

Diana didn't object.

At noon, the Sinclair family was getting ever