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insist I grovel in some way. Pretending to be in love and that I have forgiven her seems a smaller price to pay. A much smaller price in contrast.
     
    The main hitch in this plan is the baby. If it’s mine, I am bound to the bitch the rest of my life, no matter what. If it’s another man’s I can walk away. In any case, I may have to explain a lot to my family and friends until such time that I can leave her. I will have to take some time to think this all through. I am honestly still in shock over her cheating on me. I honestly thought I was the center of her world, to think I have been so faithful to her. Cheating is a deal breaker for me.
     
    A month later, I get a frantic call from Marion’s mother. She lost the baby. We will never know who fathered it aside from a special test but I declined. It is irrelevant now. I had already decided to pretend to forgive her and go along with the farce that we were going to be married. I told her that she is on probation and that until such time that I say, she is to do no further planning for the wedding. I instructed her that when people ask about how the planning is coming along, she’s to tell them it is great. Nothing more and nothing less. Keep up appearances I told her.
     
    She was relieved that I said we are keeping our wedding date of September 14,1996. However, in the first few months following her miscarriage we saw each other infrequently. She fell into a deep depression and started seeing a therapist. Her father was so ashamed of her that he demanded that she get her act together and repent… to him. He forced her to work at Devereaux Distribution, much to her chagrin. That was always the plan to begin with but deep down, she had hoped she wouldn’t have to work. The only work she did was work hard to avoid working. She much preferred lunching and shopping her days away. For that reason, it appeared that her dalliance brought about some good. For me, I still don’t want to touch her nor do I feel good about myself for the charade I am playing. I know that given some more time, I may come to actually forgive her and welcome her back into my bed, but I’ll never forget she is a cheater.
     
    It is going to be hard to marry her after all this. Despite the fact it would mean a powerful union for both families. I can’t wrap my mind around being bound to one person for the rest of my life whom I don’t know if I can trust. Furthermore, I know I don’t love her the way a man should love a woman. I only love her as someone I have always known. I suspect it’s a different type of love. I know my parents love each other but I question whether that is too a love of convenience or if they are in love . What I mostly feel for Marion these days is contempt and occasionally lust. An interesting and shallow combination. Only time will solve my dilemma and possibly heal a few wounds. However, some I fear, run too deep.
     

     
     

Chapter Six
     
    I continue to attend school and when I’m not at school, I travel to New York City. My first investment project is well under way. The demolition on the building is completed and the renovations are in progress. I have so much to learn so I try to absorb as much information as I can by being as hands on and involved as possible.
     
    A recent visit brought about running into a friend from college. I was just coming out of a bank when I hear my name, “Harrison…Harrison Towers!”
     
    I turn my head and see a cute little blonde smiling and waving at me. I am confused, as she doesn’t look familiar. As she heads toward me, she looks more familiar but I am having a hard time placing her. Once she is standing directly in front of me, I realize she is Marion’s college roommate Adelaide.
     
    “Oh hi! How are you?”
     
    She looks up at me with her sparkling blue eyes that I had never noticed before. “I’m doing great, how are you?”
     
    “I’m doing well. I didn’t recognize you at first, seeing you away from