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Authors Note: 5.5 in a different light
Knowing
Chapter 1
She knew; she just knew. He knew; and eventually they both knew that everyone will know. They will know what a fifthly, traitorous, cynical man Oliver Mace was, or should they say still is?
They will some to learn how she was set up to be a murderer by him and how he tried to blackmail him using her. She was so thankful to his initiative for pressing speed dial on his phone in his pocket when he met that man. Consequently, when Ruth arrived home that evening, rather late as usual, she had a rather long confession from Oliver Mace on is torturous ways saved onto her answer machine. Smiling profoundly, she called Harry and sent him the evidence.
So delighted was she when she heard that he was going to be arrested, moreover when she heard Harry implying how he felt about her on the recording. She had been so imbecilic to turn down another date with the man she had secretly loved and devoted to secretly for almost 3 years. As sleep embraced her, she silently willed him to ask her again…
Back where she belonged only 6 hours later, Ruth danced crossed the grid towards her phone that was pestering her with its increasing ring, she picked it up.
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Harry watched discreetly from the inside of his glass shell as Ruth picked up her phone. His heartbeat increased and his face tightened as the colour left her normally flustered face and her body stiffened. She dropped the phone to its handset and stared at it shortly, as unsure whether it was going to some back up and bite her, and the proceeded to advance hastily towards his glass house.
TBC…. (Please review, I'm really nervous about this fic)