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Ba up and down She had been entirely on point fro to address education at this event It was a topic that resonated, and it was a fluff topic, because he likely would never be a part of any substantive education policy His father was a budget guy, and a proet Co stuck in education policy

Now all she had to do ait for him to slip up She knew his education policy inside and out Plus, she had the benefit of knowing ahead of ti

Liz listened to his speech with one ear to the ground for any slipups She assuet had cut funding for the university, but she paid close attention towas entirely sy on policy he would never be grilled on It just happened to be policy she found the most important

Near the end of his speech, Brady touched on exactly what she had been waiting for "Soe, which provides a free college education for students who graduate fro as they ht? But where is thefrorowth in UNC systeatively impact the number of out-of-state students who attend North Carolina universities? In an already floundering economy, where will the support come from to stabilize a new influx of students, and where will those jobs co NC Pledge that I a for answers to I need those answers to better assist you in the future and ensure that our educated youth just like you and raduate"

Liz couldn’t wait to wheedle her way backstage for an interview She had answers to some of these questions, and quite a few more that she would like to ask him

Brady moved on to another topic and then wrapped up the speech The whole thing had been less than an hour, but a significant hour Liz had more questions scrawled onto her notepad than when she had entered, which she thought was a success

And as distracting as his pretty face had been, she was proud that she had kept to her work as much as she could Perhaps it was because they couldn’t ih that sounded like an appealing option

Brady offered to stick around after the speech and talk to any students or faculty ere interested in speaking with hi more than to rush over there and talk to hi her notepad back to the front, she tucked it into her purse and walked back toward the sound booth Brady had a line of adoring admirers that could take up another hour of his ti to wait in line She would wait until he was done, then approach hio?" Liz asked Justin when she entered the sound booth She leaned against the counter, anxious to see how the , as if his ouldn’t be anything less

"Great I know your work is fantastic I really appreciate you doing this"

"It’s no problem"

Liz tore out a piece of paper fro all of this to me from the video?"

Justin scanned the paper "You did all this while the speech was going on?"

"Yes There are people who can multitask" She chuckled softly "I know it’s a lot, but I know the reat on the website"

"Yeah, I should be able to do all this I can multitask" He winked at her in that typical Justin way and then started adding his own notes "When do you want it?"

"Tonight would be ae more and just see it as a personal favor

He nodded "All right, Liz For you"

Liz smiled "Thank you Can’t wait to see how it turned out" She turned to leave, ready to wait out the flock of admirers

"Hey, Liz?" Justin called as she reached the door "What are you doing this weekend?"

"Working"

"Me and so a party over on Frat Court if you’re interested," he said with a lazy shrug

Liz never expected him to be in a fraternity It still amazed her He just didn’t strike her as the type "I’ll let you know," she said

The chances of her going to Justin’s fraternity party were as close to zero as possible He had invited her to more than she could count, and she had only been once Victoria had coht She didn’t have Victoria this ti back out into the auditorium, Liz made a survey of the roo down the event Fliers that had been left behind were being collected and stacked to one side The sound creas fixing the special accommodations that had been ton was off to the side talking to a shorter bulky nized He was the jackass who had ht after the press conference It all felt so long ago What the hell was he doing here anyway? Was he involved in the cahts aside, she found Brady amid the crowd More than half of his line had dissipated They had either given up on h people faster than she expected He was the perfect politician--shaking hands, taking pictures, answering questions

Liz spoke to a girl she recognized from class She had liked the speech and had decided she was voting for hiled, but agreed Another student gave her a testimonial about how much he liked Brady A third student said that while Brady was handsome, she hadn’t been sold entirely and she planned to research the other candidates otten thestudents, she accepted those three as her sources and called it a day

She walked over to where Brady wasthea expression as he told a story Liz wondered if she was infatuated with hi for an internship with the caood on her already packed résu up and directly at her, "just the person I was looking for"

Liz had enough good form not to look surprised when he interrupted himself to address her "Senator Maxwell, always a pleasure," she said, thinking of other pleasures they had indulged in

"You’re here for an interview, I presume?" he asked with a s fro her eyes toward Leslie with a ha-ha! expression

"If you’ll excuse me, ladies," Brady said sweetly to his crowd of worshipers