Coming Clean

The knot in the pit of my stomach tightened even further. Even I didn’t tell my mother how Gideon and I actually met and got to know each other or how our relationship had developed. I glanced over at Gideon before I took in a deep breath to calm myself. I guessed that there was no escaping this. Gideon is going to tell them everything and then they can make whatever they want of it.

“I met Valeri