He had dismissed his Secret Service men long ago, though he was sure there was at least one still standing out in the hallway. The truth was he had begun tracking their movements. And that was odd because his daughter, Elizabeth, must have been doing the exact same thing, in the days before she…
“David!”
He nodded. “Yes.”
Sitting across from him was Kathy Grumman, his new chief of staff. David had hired her when he banished Lawrence Keller to Legislative Affairs after the crisis with Elizabeth’s kidnapping had been resolved.
Kathy had come from the State Department, where she had been chief-bottle-washer or some such. David couldn’t remember now. He knew she had come highly recommended. And when he met her, he liked her personally. In fact, he still did. He just didn’t really care what
