Chapter 18: GIDEON

Immediately I'd shifted my plans for the weekend, Saturday was going to be dedicated to her only. Whatever she wanted to do, but there was definitely a Big Mac for lunch in her future.

I hope I survive it. I haven't eaten one of those things since I was a teen. Mom wasn't too big on fast food either, though it wasn't for the same reasons as her dick of a father. At least we were allowed one every once in a while, we just weren't allowed to make a habit of it, which was as it should be.

"I know; I'll set the table." She broke my inner ramblings with that announcement as she jumped down off the counter.

"Already done baby, just relax, there's nothing for you to do."

I could tell she was nervous, probably not accustomed to sitting idly by while someone else did all the work, took care of her. I wondered what her evenings had been like at home. Did he make her wait on him hand and foot? Was she even allowed to watch television?

Come to think of it, there hadn't been one in her room,