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“It has to do with her . I need to talk to you. Just be awake and ready by 7:00 a.m.,” he was still whispering.
“Ok. I will.” Reese was puzzled. With that, he hung up. Wide awake, Reese shuddered. What could be wrong? Did he kill Lisa on his own, or what? No, he wouldn’t do that. He couldn’t do that. Maybe he wanted to break it off with her, or he had thought of a way to get a divorce. She couldn’t imagine what it was.
At 7:00 a.m. sharp, Harrison pulled his Aston Martin up to her building. Reese was up and waiting for him.
Harrison bolted through the door. His hair was disheveled, deep rings were under his eyes and he hadn’t shaved.
“What? What is it, baby?” Reese ran over to him.
“S–She knows,” he stammered.
“Who? Your wife?” Reese became alarmed.
Harrison nodded.
“Yes.” He swallowed hard.
“How did she find out? What does she know?” Reese was confused.
Harrison sat down in a chair. He took a deep breath. “Well, she doesn’t know about you specifically, she just suspects I have someone else.”
“How?”
“One of the mothers from our daughters’ dance class saw us together last week. I don’t even know this woman personally. She just recognized me from the pictures Lisa posted of me on Facebook.”
Reese gulped hard. She had seen those pictures too.
“Fuck Facebook. I told her I didn’t want my pictures up on that damn site.” Harrison slammed his fist on the chair arm angrily.
“What did you say to her? How did you explain it?” Reese came over to stand beside him.
“I told her that you were a legal assistant for one of my partners, and we were all meeting to go over a case. I kept calm. I don’t think she thinks much of it, but I don’t like it.”
“Wow. I don’t know what to say.” Reese bit her lip afraid she would start crying. She was so afraid he was going to tell her he had to break it off with her.
Harrison grabbed her hand and pulled her down onto his lap.
“I love you, Reese. I think you know what we have to do. If it gets out I am having an affair, I am finished financially, professionally and personally. I would lose everything. She would drag my name through the mud. My family would disinherit me. All I would have left is what I have in a few Swiss bank accounts she doesn’t know about. It’s not very much compared to what I have now.”
“What are you saying, Harrison? What do you want to do?” she asked in a whisper.
Harrison sighed deeply. “I think you know what we have to do. Reese, I love you and I want you, but I can’t keep seeing you. There’s just too much at stake.”
Tears began spilling down her face. “No, Harrison, please. I love you. I want us to be together. There has to be a way.”
She buried her face in her hands.
Harrison stroked her silky blonde hair, inhaling her heavenly scent.
“Baby, this is for the best. I can’t lose everything.”
Reese felt him slipping further and further away from her. “But your family has money. It doesn’t matter if she gets a lot of your income. You have several trust funds.”
Harrison shook his head vehemently. “No. It doesn’t work that way. I would still be cut off from my family’s money if I divorced her. My family adores Lisa. They think she’s the perfect mother and a model wife. She’s a Jackie… you know like Jackie Kennedy. You are–”
“–Marilyn… I get it,” Reese said miserably, looking at the floor.
“Baby, I don’t want to do this, believe me, but I have no choice. She’s watching me now. You are a gorgeous girl, Reese. You are young, smart and a total knockout. Any man would want you. You are the total package.” Harrison held her close.
“If I’m so great, why won’t you just leave her?” Reese looked up at him with tear-filled blue eyes.
Harrison cupped her chin in his hand. “Honey, what don’t you get? I told you why. It isn’t a competition between you and her. Ten years ago, things might have been
“It has to do with her . I need to talk to you. Just be awake and ready by 7:00 a.m.,” he was still whispering.
“Ok. I will.” Reese was puzzled. With that, he hung up. Wide awake, Reese shuddered. What could be wrong? Did he kill Lisa on his own, or what? No, he wouldn’t do that. He couldn’t do that. Maybe he wanted to break it off with her, or he had thought of a way to get a divorce. She couldn’t imagine what it was.
At 7:00 a.m. sharp, Harrison pulled his Aston Martin up to her building. Reese was up and waiting for him.
Harrison bolted through the door. His hair was disheveled, deep rings were under his eyes and he hadn’t shaved.
“What? What is it, baby?” Reese ran over to him.
“S–She knows,” he stammered.
“Who? Your wife?” Reese became alarmed.
Harrison nodded.
“Yes.” He swallowed hard.
“How did she find out? What does she know?” Reese was confused.
Harrison sat down in a chair. He took a deep breath. “Well, she doesn’t know about you specifically, she just suspects I have someone else.”
“How?”
“One of the mothers from our daughters’ dance class saw us together last week. I don’t even know this woman personally. She just recognized me from the pictures Lisa posted of me on Facebook.”
Reese gulped hard. She had seen those pictures too.
“Fuck Facebook. I told her I didn’t want my pictures up on that damn site.” Harrison slammed his fist on the chair arm angrily.
“What did you say to her? How did you explain it?” Reese came over to stand beside him.
“I told her that you were a legal assistant for one of my partners, and we were all meeting to go over a case. I kept calm. I don’t think she thinks much of it, but I don’t like it.”
“Wow. I don’t know what to say.” Reese bit her lip afraid she would start crying. She was so afraid he was going to tell her he had to break it off with her.
Harrison grabbed her hand and pulled her down onto his lap.
“I love you, Reese. I think you know what we have to do. If it gets out I am having an affair, I am finished financially, professionally and personally. I would lose everything. She would drag my name through the mud. My family would disinherit me. All I would have left is what I have in a few Swiss bank accounts she doesn’t know about. It’s not very much compared to what I have now.”
“What are you saying, Harrison? What do you want to do?” she asked in a whisper.
Harrison sighed deeply. “I think you know what we have to do. Reese, I love you and I want you, but I can’t keep seeing you. There’s just too much at stake.”
Tears began spilling down her face. “No, Harrison, please. I love you. I want us to be together. There has to be a way.”
She buried her face in her hands.
Harrison stroked her silky blonde hair, inhaling her heavenly scent.
“Baby, this is for the best. I can’t lose everything.”
Reese felt him slipping further and further away from her. “But your family has money. It doesn’t matter if she gets a lot of your income. You have several trust funds.”
Harrison shook his head vehemently. “No. It doesn’t work that way. I would still be cut off from my family’s money if I divorced her. My family adores Lisa. They think she’s the perfect mother and a model wife. She’s a Jackie… you know like Jackie Kennedy. You are–”
“–Marilyn… I get it,” Reese said miserably, looking at the floor.
“Baby, I don’t want to do this, believe me, but I have no choice. She’s watching me now. You are a gorgeous girl, Reese. You are young, smart and a total knockout. Any man would want you. You are the total package.” Harrison held her close.
“If I’m so great, why won’t you just leave her?” Reese looked up at him with tear-filled blue eyes.
Harrison cupped her chin in his hand. “Honey, what don’t you get? I told you why. It isn’t a competition between you and her. Ten years ago, things might have been
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