Kapitel 33: Chapter 33

Before all this, he would’ve shared the information he had with Jess, without pause or second thought. Was Gideon treating Jess differently because of his own fear of losing him somehow? He suspected the answer was a resounding yes.

“Maybe this thing between you and me isn’t such a good idea,” he said. “Maybe we should just chalk tonight up as a big mistake, and go back to the way things were. Clearly, trying to change things is fucking with our professional relationship.”

“No, sorry, you don’t get to make that decision. You don’t get to put me to the test that way, and ask me to do things that I have never done before, or would ever do for anybody else, only to decide it was a mistake. We can’t go back to the way things were now.” Jesse sighed. “Gideon, do you trust me?”