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I snorted "She attends all the functions, yet she’s sootten to attend her own life," I hed "Your ," the senator said "It’s hard for her to be around for too long She get’s restless" And for a mere flash of a second I felt alht I saw a tiny glimpse of a man asn’t a senator at all, but a frustrated husband with an unhappy wife
He alain his eyes focused on nant with Samuel, we took every precaution possible not to alert the media of your ‘condition’ And back then I didn’t carry the weight that I do now, so it was easier to keep things hidden But now that you’re back, from Paris for the suood for you to show yourself They’ve spotted Sa about who he is Some reporter from the Times even went as far as to look up his birth certificate So now it seems as if we have a situation on our hands which requires a…delicate touch"
He wiped his mouth with his linen napkin and set it down in the middle of his empty plate "And, of course you don’t remember, but we’ve had in-depth conversations about as best for our faestured to Tanner and then toward the couch "Now is a better ti spectacle about it, just a courthouse visit So on paper to itiether, not if you aren’t ready It’s just the docun supporters froet htly around the napkin in my lap Tanner’s hand reached under the table and covered mine
The senator cleared his throat "If you don’t, there is a big possibility that I lose the election, because n is heavily based on conservative faarnering support because of those values I stand by If you don’t iti down all the people whose asses I have been kissing since day one This could snowball into the fastest decent into political nothingness this state has ever seen"
"I don’t understand how n It’s not your life It’s ued
"No, of course you don’t understand," the senator said, pinching the bridge of his nose "But understand this, even if nancy scandal, it would never survive a torrid affair with a convicted felon ten years your senior I wouldn’t survive until the end of my term, never mind the end of the election" He folded his hands over his plate "But if you do this, if you marry Tanner, then they won’t have a need to look any deeper and hopefully the na will never be part of the equation
This is where the senator and I disagreed I wanted nothingto be a part of my equation
"What about what Tanner wants? You didn’t even ask hi around the pasta on his plate
"Just think about it," the senator said, rising from the table He nodded and left the rooa sip of water as an excuse to pull lass to ainst lass I was holding whenWith lass bounced off the wooden table and crashed on the floor, shattering into alike a river into every nook and seam of the floorboards
The senator wanted n and career Tanner wanted to er to pick up where we’d left off before I’d lost myAnd I wanted Tanner in my life, but wasn’t yet sure of hoould fit
But none of that mattered Because if I married Tanner, even on paper, there was no doubt that he wouldn’t live long enough to , willful, and determined I liked who I hen I ith him