“So you’re one of the governor’s guys too?” Rob asked bitterly before taking another drink.
“My duty is to the law,” Steyn replied cautiously.
“After a few more years of that line you’ll be just like Walden.” Rob was letting his anger get the better of him, but he could not help it.
“And you’ll be writing hit pieces for the folks back home,” the lawyer shot back. “The determinist always seeks to escape his own paradigm. Not on my watch.”
Rob laughed genuinely. “Walden said basically the same thing about me, that I would try to besmirch the governor whether I wanted to or not.”
Steyn blew a geyser of smoke into the air. “There’s still time for both of us. I don’t even live here. Depending on how long—” He caught himself and gave Rob a grin before continuing in a more careful cadence. “
