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Divide and Conquer

"Lindsay's back?" Davis asked as he looked up from the computer in the morgue where he was working.

"Yeah," Tru replied with a frown. "She's just landed. She sounded upset so I told her to come straight over here."

"Because the morgue is such a cheerful place," Davis commented with a deadpan expression on his face.

"It's quiet and I can't leave you on your own again. I do that enough on rewind days."

"You know I don't mind that," Davis said. "It's not like your calling doesn't cut back on my work load considerably."

Tru smiled to herself. It was certainly true that she was saving more people than she was losing on her rewind days and that despite Jack's best efforts to stop her, Tru was saving more people than were dying. Her smile hardened though as she realised that despite her success, things were getting harder and harder each time the day rewound and Jack was involved.

"New Orleans?" Harrison repeated in confusion.

"Yeah," Cassie said enthusiastically. "They've heard about my business through my web site and want to build it into their own. I'll still be my own boss but they'll help with the advertising and getting things off the ground and I pay them a small percentage of my profits. They've got a lot of great recommendations from others they've helped. I've checked it over and it's a really good deal."

"Have you had a lawyer look it over?" Harrison asked as he tried to make sense of the paperwork in front of him.

"Yeah, she agrees it's legit," Cassie answered. "So what do you think?"

"I could get my dad to take a second look at it," Harrison offered in an attempt to avoid the question.

"It's not exactly his area of expertise," Cassie pointed out. "And stop ducking the question."

"How long would you be gone for?" Harrison asked with a frown.

"It'd have to be permanent to make full use of their services," Cassie said with a frown. "Though once I'm up and running and no longer need them I could either expand back here or move back."

"That could take years," Harrison pointed out.

"I know," Cassie sighed. "That's why I'm asking you what you think. If it was only a couple of weeks I'd just go."

"That's great," Harrison said with as much sarcasm as he could muster. "Nice to know my opinion doesn't matter."

"That's not what I said," Cassie snapped, her own temper starting to rise. "I'm asking you because your opinion does matter."

"Yeah, well it looks like a great deal," Harrison said with uncharacteristic venom. "I think you should take it."

"Well you could try to sound like you mean it," Cassie said.

"Oh I mean it," Harrison muttered. "Go to New Orleans and don't worry about coming back at all. I won't be sticking around waiting."

"Fine," Cassie snapped as Harrison stood up and slammed out of her apartment, banging the door shut with a loud bang that that shook the walls. "At least now I don't have to try to persuade you to move there with me."

Lindsay arrived at the morgue later that morning and Tru could see instantly that she was upset.

"What's happened?" she asked as she guided her to one of the more comfortable chairs. Davis stood up and tactfully excused himself from the room as Tru nodded her thanks to him before turning back to her friend.

"Things haven't been going too well," Lindsay replied in a quiet voice. "The honeymoon is definitely over."

"You knew it would be hard," Tru said consolingly.

"Yeah," Lindsay replied with a nod. "Just not quite this hard, not this soon."

"What happened?" Tru asked again.

"I think maybe we hurried into the marriage without thinking things through," Lindsay admitted with a small sniffle.

Tru bit her tongue to stop herself from commenting. She had privately wondered about how wise it had been for Lindsay and Randall to marry so quickly but with Lindsay swept off her feet almost immediately after her break up with Harrison, Tru had not liked to say too much. She had been literally caught in the middle.

"So what are you going to do?" Tru asked. "Are you back for good?"

"I don't know," Lindsay replied. "We're having a trial separation for the moment. He has business meetings lined up for weeks so we figured a little time apart might put things in perspective."

"Well you can't get much farther apart than coming back across the Atlantic," Tru joked weakly. Lindsay smiled in response and made a visible effort to brighten up a little as she turned to Tru and changed the subject.

"So you're still working here in the morgue?" she asked.

"Yeah, they're never getting rid of me," Tru laughed. "At least not any time soon."

"And you're okay with that?" Lindsay asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine with that."

"How's everyone else?" Lindsay asked in a tone that didn't sound entirely casual.

"Everyone's fine," Tru replied, wondering whether she should bring up the subject of Harrison.

"And Harrison's okay now?" Lindsay asked, her gaze dropping to the floor. Tru knew, as she had always known, that Lindsay had never meant to hurt Harrison but that didn't change the fact that he had been completely cut up over their break up and Lindsay's whirlwind romance and marriage to Randall Thompson.

At least now she could honestly say that Harrison was doing well and had moved on with his life.

"Yeah, he's good," Tru said. "He's just got a job in a bar that he actually seems to be sticking with and he's still seeing Cassie, you met her when you visited remember."

"Oh yeah, I remember her," Lindsay said. "He's still with her? Sounds like he's grown up a bit since I was last here. And he's happy?"

"I think so," Tru replied. Sometimes it was hard to remember what was happening with her brother's love life. The regular days, the rewind days and the rewritten days all tended to blur together on occasion. There was also the fact that things were a little tense between them since their father had come back into their lives and she hadn't actually seen him for nearly a week. But she was pretty sure that they were still together. "You don't regret breaking up with Harrison do you?"

Lindsay shrugged but didn't reply. Tru cursed silently to herself before changing the subject again.

Richard Davies looked across his desk to where his son sat looking out of the window of the office with a sullen set to his face.

He had just listened to Harrison tell him all about his girlfriend's business opportunity and was now expected to offer the right advice. He had to admit to himself that he was a little out of practice.

"You say it's a good deal she's been offered?" Richard finally asked.

Harrison nodded silently.

"But you don't want her to go."

"I didn't say that," Harrison replied.

"You didn't have to," Richard said with a fatherly shake of his head. "I've seen the two of you together. Of course you don't want her to go."

"She's really geared up about it though."

"Of course she is," Richard said with a smile. "She's a smart girl, ambitious and knows a good deal when she sees one."

"So you think she should take it?" Harrison asked.

"It doesn't matter what I think," Richard answered with a smile. "What do you think?"

"I don't know," Harrison sat forward in his seat and dropped his head into his hands. His head had been aching ever since he had left Cassie's apartment that morning. He was still looking down when the fatherly concern disappeared from Richard's face and a look of mild contempt took its place but the mask was securely back in place when Harrison looked up again a minute later.

"Do you want her to go?" Richard asked.

Harrison shook his head, nodded his head and shook it again. "I don't know," he snapped as he stood up and walked over to the window and looked down at the street below.

"You want her to stay with you, but you don't want to hold her back," said Richard, hitting the nail securely on the head.

Harrison nodded again.

"All you can do is the right thing then," Richard said as he stood up and walked across to where Harrison stood. "You have to let her go or she'll resent you for holding her back."

"She's not like that," Harrison said.

"All women are like that," Richard said. "If you try to stop them doing their jobs they'll start to resent you and get bitter and…"

Harrison looked up at his father as his voice trailed off. Somehow he suspected his father was no longer talking about Cassie and he wondered if everything was okay between his father and stepmother.

"You really think I should let her go?" Harrison asked.

"I think you know it's the right thing to do," Richard replied with a solemn nod. "Go and make things up with her, wish her well, and if you're meant to be together then one day she'll come back."

Harrison frowned at the sentimentality his father was displaying but he didn't want Cassie to leave without clearing the air between them. Truth be told he didn't want her to leave at all, but if she was going to be leaving the least he could do was let her go with a bit of dignity.

Richard left his office shortly after Harrison had gone on his way. It was past time he had checked on Tru and he headed quickly over to the morgue.

He heard Tru before she spotted him and stepped back into the shadows to listen.

"I'll see you later then."

"Sure," Lindsay replied. "Got a lot of other people to catch up with too. I'll even stop by and say hi to Harrison."

Richard ducked back again as he recognised the voice of Lindsay. He had no idea that she had come back to town. A small smile appeared on his face as he recalled Jack telling him about the amount of time Tru wasted on rewind days by sorting out Harrison and Lindsay's problems.

She had certainly wasted more time then than she had since he had hooked up with Cassie.

From the sound of Lindsay's voice when she mentioned him Richard wondered if maybe she might still be interested in Harrison. He knew that she had married someone else but he of all people knew that that meant little to certain types of people. He didn't know if Lindsay was the type to forget her marriage vows but there was nothing to lose by putting the suggestion into her head.

He recalled again the amount of time Tru wasted sorting out Harrison and Lindsay's relationship issues and decided it was worth the risk. The more time Tru spent being distracted from saving lives the better.

He stepped out of the shadows. "Hello, Lindsay, isn't it?"

Lindsay jumped slightly at the sound of the voice. When she recognised the speaker she smiled and relaxed.

Richard smiled back as he led her casually out of the building.