Harrison Towers, Memoirs of a Mogul (Glass Towers Trilogy) by Adler, Holt Page B

extra sparkle in her eyes tonight. I think she knows I am up to something.
     
    We dance to some old Marvin Gaye and I twirl her around with the skirt of her dress swirling around her legs. I dip her down and bring her up to where I can lean down and kiss her sweet lips. She responds letting me know that she is mine.
     
    I bring her back to the sofa facing the fireplace. I get down on one knee, “It has been two years together now and I have completely fallen for you.” She looks at me tenderly smiling from ear to ear.
     
    I grab her left hand.
     
    “I know this has gone pretty fast for the both of us and has taken us by surprise. I am thankful for you every day of my life and I love you Adelaide. I have a deep love for you that has grown deep inside me. I love every moment we spend together, and when we are apart, my body and heart aches for you.”
     
    She is no longer smiling and not talking at all. She is silent. I am not sure how to read her. She looks nervous.
     
    “Harrison, this is... I have deep feelings for you too. I mean, I love you too, you know that. I can’t believe how close we have come and how right this feels. It’s been a long time coming.
     
    “You have disarmed me but yet you put me at ease and make me feel like you and I are the only ones who exist. I want to take our relationship to the next level.” I pull out the red velvet box and open it, “Adelaide will you marry me?”
     
    “Yes. I will marry you …yes, yes, yes!” I place the solitaire three carat ring set in platinum on her finger and she leaps into my arms pushing me back to the floor. I am fulfilled as I have found the one. Now, this is what love is supposed to be…this was meant to be.
     
    We decide to set our wedding date for a year away in the late spring. I may have a hard time waiting that long to start the next chapter, but I know it will be here before long and we can start our happily ever after.
     
    Or so I thought.
     
    Two months later …
     
    The phone is ringing and ringing. I go back to sleep only to hear the phone ringing again. I look over and see that the red numbers on the clock read 4:43 AM. Who the hell would be calling me at such an hour? I reach over and snatch my phone off the charger. I squint to read the bright screen and see that it is Adelaide. I am startled into being wide awake and quickly answer...noting in my mind that its three hours ahead there. 
     
    “Addy, what’s up, you okay?”
     
    I hear sniffles, “Oh darling, the most terrible thing, I just went out to my car and all of my tires are slashed. I ran back into the house and barricaded the door. But I don’t know what I should do? Call the police?”
     
    “Yes, you should call the police and then call the school and let them know what has happened. Obviously, you won’t be in for a while. This is likely the work of one of your students viewing it as a prank rather than destruction. It probably was not meant to scare you.”
     
    “Oh how I wish you were up here. I am just not good with this kind of stuff. I get scared and turn into a blubbering idiot.”
     
    “You are anything but a blubbering idiot. I too would be taken off guard to find my tires slashed. Anyone would. Now, let’s hang up and you make your calls. In fact, why don’t you text me your insurance information and I will start on getting a claim filed for you.”
     
    “Oh right, see I hadn’t even thought of that. I really need you Harry. How much longer until we are living together?”
     
    “Not soon enough mi amore , not soon enough. Once you are done placing your calls, I want you to call me back.” I hear her quietly crying. “Addy, don’t worry. It is likely just an isolated prank ok?”
     
    She sniffs again, “I know, it’s just so disconcerting.”
     
    “I know it is. Now, I’ll let you go and will expect to hear back from you in a little bit. Don’t forget to text me the insurance information. I love you.”
     
    “I love you