CHAPTER TEN
The only thing that alarmed Wanda as the campaign moved into the home stretch was the fact that the opposition showed an absolute lack of concern. It was as if Joe Carson knew with positive conviction that he would be re-elected.
"What do you make of it?" Wanda asked as she sat around the table with Mike Hanson and Sam Gold. "Are they up to something, or is it just my imagination?"
"No, Wanda," Sam replied, "it isn't just your imagination. For years, the machine has been pulling in the votes to keep these men in City Hall. They're just confident it will work for them again."
"Will it?" Wanda thought her voice sounded strange as she asked the question.
"That's something we won't know for sure until the votes are in and counted."
Something about the way he said it made Wand
