Chapter 5When I woke up the next morning, my body demanded exercise. I'd consumed too many desserts the previous week, and it always came back to haunt me. Once Emma was safely on the bus to camp, I changed into my running clothes and swung by Nana D's for a brief catch up. A few days remained before her official start as the new mayor of Wharton County. We'd been working on her speech whenever we found free time, but it wasn't complete. Nana D wanted to lay out a three-month plan on what citizens could expect, and she insisted on providing target metrics and deliverables that would be impossible even for an experienced politician. My gentle warning hadn't dissuaded her, suggesting I'd need to try harder. It wasn't that I didn't believe in her ability to get the job done, but without havin
