Early the next morning, I drive to my new job at the Hamilton campaign headquarters. One step inside the door, I stop, my eyes nearly bugging out at the sight before me.The majority of the space is open, with round tables dotted here and there. A few offices are connected around the room, and a bat
Breathing hard, it takes me a moment to collect myself and answer, “What is it?”“I have those reports you asked for,” says a voice through the door.Rubbing my forehead with my hand, I call back, “I’m in a meeting right now. I’ll collect them after.”“Okay!” says the voice, and then footsteps sound
Yes, I can admit that we mean more to each other than a casual fling. But love?I don’t believe it.“I have a favor to ask,” I tell Selena, abruptly changing the subject. I suspect some pushback, but she just hums, as if waiting for me to continue.“Since your split with Miles, the numbers haven’t b
As Miles heads onto the campaign trail, I go along with him. By day, I watch him give his speeches. By night, we fall into hotel beds together, sweaty and sated. It’s a good existence.Miles’s charisma is back, and he easily charms anyone he talks to. Having Selena at the campaign rallies, opening f
With my phone pressed to my ear, I listen to it ring. Around me, the hospital hallway is busy, nurses and doctors hurrying around, going about their business. Standing outside of Thea’s room, I watch my parents worry as they watch her in her bed. I’m worried too, which is why I’m so desperate
“It will be okay, honey,” Mom says. Dad stands stoic nearby. Watching them near the doorway, I feel a bit like an outside looking in at my own family. I wrap my arms around myself and stay where I am, afraid to come too close and intrude on this moment. I stay there a few moments, before Thea fa
On my way back to the hospital, I think over and over what I might tell my parents and Thea. Engaged to a candy empire heiress, Garnar has no reason to accept my father’s pitiful sum. There’s really no way to spin this. Garnar is not going to return to Thea’s life no matter what Dad offers. I gu
No. I’m not abandoning my sister. She and the baby are fine; she just needs to relax. She told me I could get back on the trail with Miles. She already has Mom and Dad hovering around her. Would another person truly help? “If something else happens, I will come back,” I tell them. “I’m not disappe