#Chapter 79: The Testimony

Renee’s POV “Ready?” I ask Eric, adjusting his tie. Eric sighs. Beneath is expensive suit and fresh cologne, is the raw expression of exhaustion. We stand outside courtroom. People scurry around us, their shoes scuffing the tiles as they hurry to appointments. My fingers slip off his tie and just before I can fully release him Eric grabs my wrist. “You know why she’s doing this right?” Eric asks referring to Mia. I nod, but maybe I don’t really. “She’s trying to wear me down. If she can’t have me then no one can,” Eric says. Okay, now I really don’t know what he means. I pull back and look up at him. “She thinks I’ll get too bothered by this allegation that I’ll decide you aren’t worth it and end our relationship ship. That’s the only way she’ll drop the charges,” Eric says. “Two minutes,” Eric’s lawyer, Marie likes her head out from the heavy wooden double doors. Eric waves her off. “What if we just make her think we broke up,” I say quickly the idea hatching as I speak.