CHAPTER FORTY ONE
12:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time
The Family Residence
The White House, Washington, DC
It was late. She had been awake for eighteen hours.
She sat alone in the kitchen of the Residence. She was ensconced in the breakfast nook, eating a giant bowl of raisin bran topped with almond milk. She was trying to give up dairy products. It was a tough road.
A Secret Service man was posted just outside her door.
She had come up here to take a little break, and get away from the madness of the Situation Room. Kurt had broken up the meeting and sent most people home a little while ago. Still, a skeleton crew was going to stay the night, in case any more crises developed. Kurt was part of that crew. So was Kat Lopez. So was Haley Lawrence.
It seemed like they were expecting anot
