“Your nine-thirty is waiting for you, Congresswoman.”
Walking through the Capitol Building, Deborah frowned at her aide. “I have nothing on my schedule until after lunch.”
“Your nine-thirty is waiting for you, Congresswoman.”
Walking through the Capitol Building, Deborah frowned at her aide. “I have nothing on my schedule until after lunch.”
His guts wanted to expel themselves all over his shoes, but he forced the bile down and focused on Bella.
Without his wife, he had no soul. Nothing but a black void.
After thorough discussions among everyone in the house, they came up with a decent plan for their conversation with President Warner. Edward wasn’t sure he cared anymore; he just wanted it to be over. They were all tired, sick of living together, and ready to go back to their real lives. It was time to put the mission to bed.
Silence surrounded her, all the occupants of the house rather suspiciously finding activities outside or in the shed at the back of the property. Writing in the notebook in front of her, Bella tried to focus on her ideas about leaking their audio files, but the settling of the old pipes and the moan of the wind continued to distract her. It would most likely rain soon, but for the time being, it was merely windy and dark from heavy clouds.
“Excuse me, Congresswoman McAvoy?”
Deborah turned, an impartial smile on her face. “Yes?”
“If you play your cards right, you can run into both Congresswoman McAvoy and the second daughter on the same day.”
Bella listened to Edward with half an ear as she secured the blonde wig over her hair. Having to hide in plain sight was annoying, but it was better than the alternative.
Edward’s mind whirled with useless thoughts. Natasha was no longer an ally of her husband’s, so he would never trust her again. Since Edward had been reluctant to use her anyway, it was fine. Derrick hadn’t admitted to anything terribly useful, but they had kind of assumed he wouldn’t anyway. Especially since he enjoyed keeping his wife in the dark. Just because their only chance had gone nowhere didn’t mean they were out of options.
“That went better than expected,” Bella said, pulling off the headphones and dropping them on the table.
Tito’s arrival back at the house caused a predictable dust-up. Those who hadn’t met him were treated to the more charming side of his nature, but Bella refused to be in the same room with him.
“More of the usual lies,” Bella said as Jasper muted the TV at the tail end of the press conference.