Chapter 30

• NEW YORK CITY:
• To say Emma was furious would be an understatement, she was beyond furious, maddening even. What business did Gideon have dropping Judy home? Had he been with her most of the night? Why was he even with her at the first place? Emma didn’t know what to think of the pictures that were currently resting on her palms. She really didn’t want to think too much into it, Judy was her friend after all. But the picture were saying otherwise, the first one looked as though her husband and Judith were going to share a kiss, the second was of him pulling away. When Judith has gushed about how much she admired Gideon, Emma had only seen it as a compliment, she didn’t think she would actually think of trying to have something with him. She shuddered at the thought. Gideon could never do such a thing to her. But deep down inside her, she was having doubts. The door to the shower room flung opened and Gideon steeped out with only a white towel wrapped around his waist. On a different day she would have stopped to admire the way droplets of water cascaded his body. But not today, first thing first.
• “I got a delivery” she began. Gideon’s attention turned to his wife, his face showing complete confusion but his body went rigid as though he was was scared of what the delivery was. Emma noticed his reaction and decided to press on