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Authors: Autumn Raynne
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At least I’m not sick with nympho–”
“–LISA! That will be enough! The girls…”
Harrison held his hand up at her. The girls sat quietly looking down at their plates.
Lisa glanced at them and nodded.
“Daddy? What’s wrong with you? Mommy said you’re sick.” Olivia asked, worry in her big blue eyes.
“I’m ok, baby.” Harrison smiled at her.
“No, he just has wonder-eyeitis. That’s all. No big deal. Now eat your dinner, girls. Now.”
Lisa drew her mouth into a stern line.
“What’s wonder-eyeitis, mommy?” Alaina asked.
Harrison answered before Lisa could. “It’s when daddies get sick of listening to certain people’s mouths and leave.” With that, he scooped up his plate and went into the kitchen leaving Lisa sitting there with the girls, fuming.
As he went upstairs, he began undressing while thinking of what a total bitch Lisa was. How dare she bash him to his own daughters. He couldn’t stand to think they would grow up to be like her. He had begun to really despise Lisa. He already resented her very presence as it was keeping him from Reese. Sooner or later, Reese would move on and marry some other lucky guy. Some guy that wasn’t him. The thought made him physically ill.
Later that night in his home office, while Lisa was sleeping, he flipped through her pictures on his PC. Reese kept texting him regularly. Every time she texted, he wanted to tell her how much he missed her and needed her, but he just ignored her. It was easier than having to explain it all again to her.
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During the night, Reese would sit up in bed and listen to songs that reminded her of Harrison. She kept his picture as the home screen on her phone. Whenever she left the apartment out of necessity, she would see him in every tall, dark-haired man wearing an Italian business suit. A few times, she went by the same coffee shops they had gone to hoping to bump into him, but to no avail.
Soon, her once beautiful, shiny blonde hair became lank and hung lifelessly down her back. She seldom wore any makeup, and her complexion became pale and dull. Reese also began losing weight as she rarely ate much. Her expensive clothes merely hung unused in her vast closet as she continually wore the same couple of worn pairs of jeans day in and day out. Finally, her mother called to FaceTime with her and was shocked at her appearance.
“Reese! What are you doing to yourself? You look awful!” Even from thousands of miles away, Meg as though she were right there with her.
Reese rolled over on the bed to talk to her mother. “I don’t care anymore, mom. It’s just not worth it.”
“What is wrong, Reese? If you don’t tell me, I am going to fly out there myself and stay with you until you do!” Knowing her mother, Reese knew she would do exactly that.
“There was this guy I was seeing…”
“You had a boyfriend? Why didn’t you tell me?” Meg sounded excited and frantic at the same time.
Reese sighed. “We aren’t seeing each other anymore… he’s gone…” Tears started welling up in her eyes again.
“I don’t get why you didn’t tell me you had a boyfriend. How long were you together? Who is he?” Meg, ever nosy, was full of questions.
“His name is Harrison. He was… wonderful.” She began weeping in earnest.
“It’s okay, baby. Calm down. How long were you with him?”
“About six months or so.”
“So what happened?” Meg said with a more sympathetic tone.
Reese blotted her swollen eyes with a tissue. “We just decided to stop seeing each other.” Reese couldn’t bring herself to tell her mother the truth.
“But you seem like you still have feelings for him… this was his idea?”
Reese nodded. “I still love him… I… always will…” she choked out.
“Oh, baby, I wish I was there. This guy sounds like a jerk. Reese, you are so beautiful. Stop this wallowing in misery. There are so many wonderful men, who would love you. You are only twenty-eight, so young…
“–LISA! That will be enough! The girls…”
Harrison held his hand up at her. The girls sat quietly looking down at their plates.
Lisa glanced at them and nodded.
“Daddy? What’s wrong with you? Mommy said you’re sick.” Olivia asked, worry in her big blue eyes.
“I’m ok, baby.” Harrison smiled at her.
“No, he just has wonder-eyeitis. That’s all. No big deal. Now eat your dinner, girls. Now.”
Lisa drew her mouth into a stern line.
“What’s wonder-eyeitis, mommy?” Alaina asked.
Harrison answered before Lisa could. “It’s when daddies get sick of listening to certain people’s mouths and leave.” With that, he scooped up his plate and went into the kitchen leaving Lisa sitting there with the girls, fuming.
As he went upstairs, he began undressing while thinking of what a total bitch Lisa was. How dare she bash him to his own daughters. He couldn’t stand to think they would grow up to be like her. He had begun to really despise Lisa. He already resented her very presence as it was keeping him from Reese. Sooner or later, Reese would move on and marry some other lucky guy. Some guy that wasn’t him. The thought made him physically ill.
Later that night in his home office, while Lisa was sleeping, he flipped through her pictures on his PC. Reese kept texting him regularly. Every time she texted, he wanted to tell her how much he missed her and needed her, but he just ignored her. It was easier than having to explain it all again to her.
********
During the night, Reese would sit up in bed and listen to songs that reminded her of Harrison. She kept his picture as the home screen on her phone. Whenever she left the apartment out of necessity, she would see him in every tall, dark-haired man wearing an Italian business suit. A few times, she went by the same coffee shops they had gone to hoping to bump into him, but to no avail.
Soon, her once beautiful, shiny blonde hair became lank and hung lifelessly down her back. She seldom wore any makeup, and her complexion became pale and dull. Reese also began losing weight as she rarely ate much. Her expensive clothes merely hung unused in her vast closet as she continually wore the same couple of worn pairs of jeans day in and day out. Finally, her mother called to FaceTime with her and was shocked at her appearance.
“Reese! What are you doing to yourself? You look awful!” Even from thousands of miles away, Meg as though she were right there with her.
Reese rolled over on the bed to talk to her mother. “I don’t care anymore, mom. It’s just not worth it.”
“What is wrong, Reese? If you don’t tell me, I am going to fly out there myself and stay with you until you do!” Knowing her mother, Reese knew she would do exactly that.
“There was this guy I was seeing…”
“You had a boyfriend? Why didn’t you tell me?” Meg sounded excited and frantic at the same time.
Reese sighed. “We aren’t seeing each other anymore… he’s gone…” Tears started welling up in her eyes again.
“I don’t get why you didn’t tell me you had a boyfriend. How long were you together? Who is he?” Meg, ever nosy, was full of questions.
“His name is Harrison. He was… wonderful.” She began weeping in earnest.
“It’s okay, baby. Calm down. How long were you with him?”
“About six months or so.”
“So what happened?” Meg said with a more sympathetic tone.
Reese blotted her swollen eyes with a tissue. “We just decided to stop seeing each other.” Reese couldn’t bring herself to tell her mother the truth.
“But you seem like you still have feelings for him… this was his idea?”
Reese nodded. “I still love him… I… always will…” she choked out.
“Oh, baby, I wish I was there. This guy sounds like a jerk. Reese, you are so beautiful. Stop this wallowing in misery. There are so many wonderful men, who would love you. You are only twenty-eight, so young…
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