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different, but now I have two daughters I have to support and raise. She and I are prominent in the community. We have many friends together. This isn’t at all personal.”
    Reese continued to cry. “Could we still see each other sometimes?”
    Harrison stroked her hair softly. “I would love to, but it wouldn’t be fair to you or me. I’m not kicking you out of here, so don’t worry about that. The rent is paid up on this lease for another six months. The car is yours too.”
    Reese pushed him away. “I don’t want your money! Fuck all this! I want you!” She ran into the bedroom, crying.
    Harrison swallowed hard. He hadn’t expected it to be this hard to break it off with her. He followed her into her bedroom. “Reese, I need to go. Remember always that I love you. You are special to me and always will be. Perhaps I will text you in a few weeks. Know that you are always in my heart. Your beauty will visit me in my dreams.” He touched her shoulder then seized her and kissed her deeply.
    Reese jerked away. “Get away from me!”
    Harrison cast a sad glance in her direction and walked out the door. Reese covered her face with her hands and wept. Her heart was broken. What would she do now?
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    Weeks passed. Reese continued to lie around in bed. Several of her friends came to see her, but she would hardly do more than talk with them a few minutes before asking them to leave. Her days were spent in bed only moving to eat a little, shower, and curl up to watch movies. Occasionally, she would text Harrison only to have him not text back. A few times he merely said “Hi” and nothing else.
    Meanwhile, Harrison would receive her numerous text messages and feel sharp pangs of guilt. He couldn’t stand not seeing her. He ached for Reese. At night, he would toss and turn with an incredibly strong longing for her. When he closed his eyes, he could see her beautiful face, her big blue eyes, her long legs. He could feel her soft blonde hair, her large breasts, tiny waist and smell her perfume. He would roll over and pull a pillow over his head to drown out Lisa’s snoring.
    One evening, in an untypical fashion, Harrison arrived home to have a surprise dinner with his family. The girls were ecstatic to see him, but Lisa gave him the usual cold shoulder.
    As Hattie, the housekeeper, began serving the meal, Lisa turned her icy eyes on Harrison.
    “To what do we owe this pleasure? Did you give your secretary the night off?” Lisa’s hatred of him was so palpable he winced.
    “No. I decided I have been working a lot lately, and I wanted to eat dinner with my girls. Is that ok?” Harrison sipped water from a tall goblet.
    Lisa pursed her lips and looked at him. “I suppose. So how are things at work?”
    Harrison began cutting his steak. “Very good. Dad just acquired a multimillion dollar property in Orange County. I might have to go take a look. Maybe you and the girls would like to come.” The girls bounced in their chairs. “Yes, daddy! We want to go!”
    Lisa snapped at them. “Sit down. That’s not the way to behave at the dinner table. Alaina, I told you to put your napkin in your lap. Olivia, it is impolite to speak with your mouth full.”
    Harrison stared at her. “Oh, my God, Lisa, they are little girls. Let them be.”
    Lisa threw down her napkin.
    “You see what happens, Harrison? I am trying to raise well-bred young ladies, not the street trash you like to run around with. As soon as you come around, all their manners go out the door!”
    Harrison bit his lip.
    “Lisa, you sound as if rearing children is the same as raising thoroughbred racing stock. Seriously, give them a break.”
    Lisa slammed her hand on the table so hard that the water in the glasses sloshed out onto the linen tablecloth.
    “Harrison, enough. How I rear our children is my concern. Just go indulge yourself elsewhere.”
    Harrison’s mouth was agape. “Lisa, that is quite enough. You are so–”
    “–I’m so what?