Miracle Cure (1991) by Coben Harlan

Author:Coben, Harlan [Harlan, Coben,]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-13T03:03:11.265000+00:00

Chapter 13.

Cassandra was about to say something she would later regret.

She had come to Harvey's office to tell him about the letters she foun d i n her father's drawer. Instead, unplanned words poured out of he r m outh.

"I have something to tell you," Cassandra began.

"Oh?"

She kept her head low, her eyes afraid to meet his.

"I spent last night with another man."

A brief flash of grief rushed through him, widening his eyes.

"The, uh, marketing director?"

She nodded.

"I see," Harvey said, his face calm now, showing nothing.

He circled back to his desk, sat down, and began to jot notes in a file.

"Is that all you're going to say?" she asked.

"What do you want me to say?"

"It doesn't bother you?"

"Do you want it to bother me?"

"Stop answering my questions with a question."

"I don't know what you want from me, Cassandra. You come in here an d t ell me you slept with another man. How do you want me to react?"

"I don't know."

"Why did you tell me?"

"What do you mean, why?"

"I would never have found out," he said.

"Why did you say anything?"

She opened her mouth, stopped, began to shrug, stopped, then said in a h esitant voice, "I wanted to be up front with you."

"Fine. You were up front. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a lot of wor k t o do."

"Wait a second-"

"I'm sorry, Cassandra. I really am. I thought we were happy together. I t hought I don't know I thought we had something special."

"We do."

"Then we have different ideas about special. I can't afford to get m y h eart squashed again. It hurts too much. It affects my concentration, m y w ork "

"It won't happen again. I swear. I never meant to hurt "

"It doesn't matter. I should have never let it come this far anyway.

It was a mistake from the beginning. I was a goddamn fool to think yo u c ould ever ..." He shook his head.

"Goodbye, Cassandra." He lowered his eyes and began writing.

"Harv?"

He did not look up. His voice was more firm now.

"Goodbye, Cassandra."

She felt something odd, something hard and painful, form inside her ow n c hest. She wanted to say something more, but his cold expression stoppe d h er.

She turned and left.

"Michael's giving a press conference in five minutes."

Reece Porter stopped lacing his hi-top Nikes and looked up at his coach.

"What are you talking about?"

Coach Richie Crenshaw crossed the locker room, stepping over strew n s neakers, jockstraps, and long legs. The Knicks were in Seattle's k ingdome, preparing to play a preseason scrimmage against th e s upersonics. thrust what I said. Michael is making a statement at th e s tart of Newsflash."

"What kind of statement?" Reece asked.

"Hell if I know."

Jerome Holloway exchanged a confused glance with Reece.

"And it's being covered on national television?"

"That's right," Coach Crenshaw replied.

"I don't get it," Reece said.

"What the hell could Mikey have to say that a prime time news show woul d w ant to cover live?"

"Something about his hepatitis, I guess.

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