By Monday morning, Simone was still high off Saturday’s success. In the end, the event had gone off without a hitch. Even better, everyone knew Simone’s name. When Councilman King had given his speech, thanking the donors for the children’s hospital, he took time to mention both Anna and Simone by name. Even better, he mentioned Simone first. Anna was livid and tried to hide it.
Damien had been there the next day to help press-wrangle and had high-fived Simone. “I put your name forward as part of my campaign team,” he sang for her in his deep baritone as soon as Anna was out of earshot. “You’re a shoe-in. King says you’re hired. He’s announcing candidacy at the end of July. Think you can make it here for that long?”
“If I don’t get assassinated, sure,” Simone promised and felt like maybe
