He remembered, how that they had both been arrested and the police had taken them to casualty to have their slight injuries dressed after they had bee... attacked by a bunch of young thugs and a fight had developed. At the hospital, Rita had pleaded with him to change identities with her, as she could not afford to go to prison and have her young daughter placed into care.The hospital had been busy and the change of identity was no problem as they had their injuries treated. Rita had used Tony's. When I turned around I was walking towards a floor length mirror and looked up to see what I thought was Richard look me up and down with a smirk on his face before looking up and catching me seeing this. He turned back to the two women and I went about my day not thinking much about what I thought I saw. About a week after this I was walking home from getting myself a freeze when a car pulled up beside me and out of the window someone said "Nce outfit eric where have I seen that before?" I. What gave me the right to wilfully destroy her family for my own desires? Things had been improving for her home life lately; Ben seemed more attentive. Their child had grown old enough to leave at daycare for a few hours, freeing up time for them to spend time together, and for Alexis to have a bit of a life outside of home. Even when she was looking after the child, she could now put a kids movie on and do her own thing to some extent.Ben still went on a business trip once a month, and. His tall frame appeared on the candlelit landing. Breeches, hessians, a white shirt, cravat undone, no coat. The open shirt front gap tantalised her with the view of a lean chest.She looked as if in a spell, wide eyes on him as he made progress towards her. Stiff fingers tightened the shawl she had thrown over her shoulders. The movement seemed to attract his attention.“Harriet,” he called all too silky. His voice and the fixed way he eyed her sent ripples of sensation through her nerves.As he.