/Kurt/ As soon as they were finished, her eyes flitted in my direction before she hopped into the black Bentley that had been waiting. I took a step forward to accompany her, but her father stood in front of me and smiled pleasantly. I took a deep breath. I was really rather terrified by him; after all, not only was he the likely next President of the United States and my boss, but he was also the father of the lady I had my heart set on dating. I wished for him to be fond of me. "Agent Weller, I simply wanted to express my gratitude," he stated in hushed tones. I could see by his ferocious demeanor that he truly meant what he said. "You are under no need to express gratitude to me, sir." "It is my responsibility." He made a shaky motion with his head. "I wasn't referring to the wor

