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"Charlotte, are you sure about this?"
"Yes," I lied, as I packed, nervous, excited, knowing only that I’d do anything to make a difference, and that this is the best chance I’ll ever get tofor hiroup of Secret Service agents, my new detail, outside my door
"Charlotte," my mother said tearfully
"Don’t tell anyone yet, not until the president gives the press conference"
She hesitated "I don’t know if I’ht now"
"It’s okay, you can be both" I exhaled "I won’t disappoint you"
"You never could"
Oh yes, I thought to myself, I could, but I didn’t want to think of the one selfish act that, if discovered, could have sha I took for myself, without concern for anyone else The affair I had with Matthew Hamilton before he became president I was so afraid of a scandal
I still am He made it clear from the start that he didn’t want a fa broken twice Still, not for a second would I think of denying his work Hoping that an his presidency without a wife I know his greatest fear is not being able to have both, and he sacrificed his personal needs for those of his country I admire him for it If he can put his country first, so can I
We can take things slow I can try this role on for size--and even though it already feels gargantuan, I’m excited The only other time I’ve ever been this excited hen he asked s sure arefast The Secret Service atas I take in the room
"It’s the Queens’ Bedroom," she explains
I clear od, the ht after night
"The president will be right across the hall His chief of staff asked me to take you to see hi into raphed residence in the land, overwhelmed, happy, honoredand afraid that I won’t be able to fit the shoes of all the first ladies before s down, then I look at Clarissa and s, busy halls and toward the West Wing
"Miss Charlotte Wells, here to see the president," Clarissa tells Matt’s assistant She worked with us on the can, but she was stationed in San Francisco and I didn’t have the opportunity to talk to her I say hello now, and she s you I’m Portia It’s very nice to ht-headed She opens the door of the Oval Office after a few raps
I gulp as I see the regal curtains fra the s at the end And the desk
AndMatt In a suit