Chapter 23Jane
My phone rang. I closed the busy-work file. I'm not cut out for meaningless paperwork, and that's all they're giving me. My work with the transition promised a serious review of all the connections we had made, where the successes needed future commitment. I've been asked to clean out files of historical data that didn't fit with the new president's worldview. Which meant pretty much everything.
“Hi Jane. I want to talk to you. Not here. I'll be in Riverboro for the end of the year. I want to consider how to handle the portal when we leave.”
“You already know, Mr. President. Without Fritz and Ashley, we're stalemated. If they get back, then you'll have to ask them.”
I was right, he said, as far as I went, but for a little while more, he exerted the full power of the pres
