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I remembered him printing something before we got ready for the spa. Pushing onto my
tiptoes, I kissed his cheek. "You're the best. I love you."
"Back atcha, baby girl." He headed out. "I'll head down to the front desk and bring him up.
Take your time. He's ten minutes early."
Smiling, I watched him saunter into the hallway. The door had closed behind him when I
moved into the small sitting room attached to my bedroom. On the very impractical escritoire my
mother had picked out, I found a folder filled with articles and printed images. I settled into the
chair and got lost in Gideon Cross's history.
It was like watching a train wreck to read that he was the son of Geoffrey Cross, former
chairman of an investment securities firm later found to be a front for a massive Ponzi scheme.
Gideon was just five years old when his dad committed suicide with a gunshot to the head rather
than face prison time.
Oh, Gideon