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Not until it was too late

Not until I punished him

IHarris the next day

Even as I sat in the diner, I kneas rave one But I also understood that I had made the decision to ith Harris, and I couldn’t cut off our relationship coerous

So I had to take the ive him this information

“There is so terrible, but I needed to do so with my hands

My entire body felt drenched in filth Sha whatwith the authorities to catch a dangerous cri In every part of me, down to my DNA

“It’s an engagelad his partner wasn’t here this time “Well, that’s the cover But he told otiate peace accords To do sos … I’m not sure He hasn’t shared the details with me”

The lie came out of my mouth smoothly

“Of course, he hasn’t,” Harris scoffed after sing a h to tell a woman about all of his business”

I bristled at his tone His , since you’ve trusted a woine is the most important case of your career” I ranthe deep-set wrinkles in his face “Likely the last case of your career”

Harris looked taken aback Either he didn’t think I was going to call hiyny or he was really that oblivious “I just meant—”

“It doesn’t matter what you meant,” I interrupted “I don’t have ht now All I’m here to tell you is that the Bianchis will be at Cristian’s house toet back to you” I stood up, done with this conversation, the decision that had been eating away at my insides like a cancer

“It is four weeks until your wedding, isn’t it?” Harris asked, placing his knife and fork down and observing lint in his eye

I sed but didn’t reply

“You’ll be wanting to find so concrete before then, I assuh me as he wiped his napkin across his mouth “Because you don’t want to be married to a man ould brutally murder you if he knew you were here with me”