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"Sure Water sounds great"

Liz watched Hayden leave the press area and then lost him in the crowd as he went off in search of refresh to see whether she had any text ed her while she aiting

"Oh, look," a familiar voice sounded behind her, "you’re at another Maxwell event"

Liz stood and turned swiftly, her blond hair flying out around her She saw the flash of signature dark red hair before her eyes sworth Liz dropped the questioning look on her face as soon as she saho had uttered the accusatory sentence

"Oh, look, you are too," Liz said with a smile and a tilt of her head To think she had once idolized this woone and she knew better than to trust Calleigh

Calleigh s her brilliant white teeth She really was too beautiful for her own good A skinny little thing with sleek hair and perfectly fitted clothing that accentuated her body in all the right places Liz would never look like Calleigh, but really, Brady had wanted Liz for exactly who she was So it didn’t h asked, sidling up close to Liz Closer than she would have wanted

"Should be an interesting race," Liz said diplo it a toss-up"

"And what do you think?" Calleigh asked, eyeing her coolly She looked rapt with attention, which eneral election is going to be even tougher So whoever comes out on top had better be ready to show deep pockets I have a feeling this will be an expensive race"

In fact, she already knew that it was an expensive race That hy Brady spent so one all the way to Hilton Head to h said, nudging her "Maxwell has it in the bag You and I both know he does We were there on the Fourth of July His speech was very… where Calleigh was going with this She was goading her Liz knew that she needed to tread very, very carefully

"Fitting for a Senator’s son" Liz hoped it was the right thing to say

Calleigh smiled wider and waved at someone over Liz’s shoulder Liz took a breath and turned around, not knoho to expect With her luck it could be God knows anyone

"Hey!" Hayden said, hopping up the steps and sh "Here’s your water"

Liz took the water bottle out of his hand and tried to re, but Liz didn’t know if she actually knew anything And would she press further in front of Hayden? Liz couldn’t judge her nexther eyelashes and staring up at hi about Senator Maxwell We think he’s a sure winner What about you?"

"Oh, I think he wins easy," Hayden said with a lazy sh

If he had paid any attention, he would have seen the irritation flash on Calleigh’s face

"That’s what you said all along, right, Lizzie?"

Liz inhaled sharply at that na her in DC The memory of his lips washed over her so suddenly she barely had time to recover

"Uh, yeah I think he’ll win," she reen eyes going wide

"What ruuys been following all of the coverage?"

Liz hadto watch or read anything She’d had all her articles already written, and with Tristan and Savannah’s help she had been able to obsess all alone She didn’t want to hear about a poll that had Charles Hardy ahead of Brady, back and forth, back and forth

"Oh, the stuff about his girlfriends?" Hayden asked "Do you think that’s all true, Calleigh? You don’t think the guy can be a bachelor politician without sleeping with every girl alks past him?"

"Really, Hayden? How raphed with for you to believe that the guy is dating n caht out and said that he had no personal relationships with those women, and they were just friends," Hayden reh said disn will make a statement in whatever way is n wants to admit it or not, it just ed "Probably What do you think, Liz?" he asked, trying to include her

Liz’s one dry Of all the days for that shit to surface, it had to be the couple days before the pri she didn’t knohether or not her involve if it had, right?