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“It’s the Levinson case. It’s... it’s hard.” As lies went, this one would be hard to dispute. The Levinson case was hard—a woman suing her employer for sexually assaulting her little boy. Levinson was safe, though, thanks to Stockman. Levinson had been a big campaign donor for years. Couldn’t let anything happen to him.
“Oh.” Ashley was immediately sympathetic. “I understand. Are you coming here?”
“No, I want you to come here.”
“Really?”
Her surprise was understandable. He never asked her to come over to his house, because he didn’t want Joelle to catch him. But Joelle was passed out drunk, and she’d never know. “Wear the perfume I gave you for our anniversary.”
“Oh.” Ashley’s reply was flat. Disappointed. “The same perfume you gave your wife.”
He wasn’t aware that she’d picked up on that. “I like the scent,” he said simply. “And if you wear it, she won’t know you were here. The room will smell like she was here, not you.”
“All right,” she said in a small voice. “I’ll be over as soon as I can.”
“Thank you, dear. Wear the teddy I bought for you,” he added. “It’s your color.”
It was also Joelle’s color, which was a good thing, because he always bought his wives the same gifts that he gave his mistresses. Kept him from mixing things up.
“I can do that.”
He smiled. “Good. I’ll see you soon.”
