Bluffing Summary

Bluffing - A Summary Gail Helgason

The story focuses on the relationship between Gabriella and Liam. They live together as a couple. Gabriella is a Biology teacher whereas Liam is a Mountain climber.
The story starts with Gabriella rushing towards Jasper hospital on a cold winter day. At the hospital, she is asked to sit down and wait for a while. While sitting on a couch she thinks of the incident that happened three weeks ago.
Gabriella had proposed a hike to Liam that day, as she wanted to discuss with him about renewing the lease of their apartment since the term of lease was coming to an end. She wanted a private place to discuss about it and she was hopeful that Liam would fully go with her plans. She began thinking about her future with Liam like exploring places together on the Alpine lakes and highland meadows. Since she loved him so much, she wanted a definite future with him.
It was a beautiful day for the hike. Liam told her that they should have the lake all to themselves. Halfway through the lake, they rested on a wooden log. Suddenly they heard someone laughing and then soon saw two young men approaching the lake. Liam confronted the men and lied to them about seeing an elk carcass by the lake indicating the presence of a grizzly bear at the lake. This scared the pants off the men and they turned back. As soon as they were out of sight, Gabriella and Liam continued on towards the lake.
At the lake they spread out their foam pads and sat on it. Liam surprised Gabriella by bringing lunch along with him. Gabriella felt happy with the small things that Liam always surprised her with. She had also brought lunch with her but she did not take it out since she did not want to spoil his surprise.
Liam was in a very good mood that day, so Gabriella thought she would talk to him about the lease after lunch. But before she could bring out the topic of the lease, Liam announced his plans of living in