“Are we going to be fired?” Their eyes question to one another.
“Ladies, hell no. That’s not what this little meeting is about.” he says jovially as he sits. “I see you two have already joined forces to work for your own survival and I want to commend you for it. I noticed on my plane that you were getting rather acquainted with each other and all of that is your business. I’m not here to judge, by any means. But I do have a huge favor to ask you.”
They gaze into his steely eyes, completely dumbfounded, yet the modest Ally speaks for the two, “We’ll do what we can, sir.”
Karen nods, nervously. Not knowing where this is going, at all. Fully expecting, despite the Senator’s words on non-involvement, that her love affair with Ally is going to cost both of them their positions.
John eases
