Chapter Eight
During the times when Philip wasn’t away, Harriet had the opportunity to begin to get to know him. Laura made a point of inviting Harriet back after tennis or swimming when Philip was there. They would share a drink together and socialise and then Philip would excuse himself and let the two girls talk, whilst he went and did some work in his office. Harriet quickly built up a picture of Philip in her mind and her observations coincided with what Laura told her about him.
One evening when Philip had gone to his office after chatting with the two girls, Harriet was asking more about what attracted them to each other.
“Well, he was different to most guys at college.”
“How Laura?”
“Well, they were usually pretty loud and ‘in your face,’ about wanting to ‘bed you.’ And that s
