"ARE you sure about this, Gideon?" I asked Gideon after he sat next to me. 

We're here in his house in New York. Gideon told me he bought a house here the moment he came back from Africa. 

We'd spent the weekend at my parents' house in Portland before we came back here to New York. We've talked about a lot of things that happened to us in the past six months that we're not together. 

He'd told me about the people he met on his mission. I've told him about my work. 

"I would ask you the same question, Bianca. Are you sure about this?" Gideon asked back. 

I...