The hallway opened into that wide empty foyer I first saw Tom. A flash of cold speared my stomach, scraping at the back of my spine. I stared, tired hands trying and failing to make fists. raw truth searing my retinas. A guttural gasp tickled up my throat, begging to jump out but I swallowed. Choked on a sob.
The mayor grinned, flashing us a megawatt smile with twin dimples, arm respectfully around his model of a wife's waist.
"Baby," Tom moved toward then, shuffling us across the spans of wealth and nudging me ahead of him, "I'd like you to meet my new partner, The Pres."
I blanched and weakly offered a hand to the dirtiest mayor in the f*****g world. He chuckled, "That'd be bad for politics wouldn't it?" Then his wife's hand intercepted mine, gliding forward unaffected, perfect hair p
