A Time to Run by Barbara Boxer

Author:Barbara Boxer
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781452123554
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC

The morning after his talk with Shirley Lester, Josh studied his face in the bathroom mirror and said aloud, “Good morning, Congressman!” trying it on for size, and deciding it sounded good.

He was on the move.

They were all moving on up, he initially into the Chief of Staff slot, Lester beginning to plan her Senate campaign two years in the future, and Vic Aguilera moving into Josh’s old position of district director. Right now everything hummed along so well in their district. The homeless veterans plan looked as if it would get off the ground. The Hazlett Corporation was on the run. Lester had recently infused the Port of Oakland with a large allocation of money, and the place was jumping day and night. And that was just for starters.

At eight-thirty in the morning Josh pulled into the parking area behind Lester’s local office, in a sprawling industrial building at the intersection of Twelfth and Oak Streets, his good mood further enhanced at the sight of the mud-colored pickup with sagging tailpipe and headlights held together with duct tape, which meant Brother Washington was here.

The pastor of Bayside Baptist Church was a different man altogether from the troubled soul of eighteen months ago. He laughed, he sang, he looked ten years younger, and his clothes fit him again. “Chief Fischer!” Brother Washington, bald head glowing like polished ebony, grasped Josh by the hand and pumped it firmly, then reached inside his jacket for a paper scroll tied with a bright orange ribbon. “This is for you—the kids made it specially!”

Josh ceremoniously untied the bow and spread the scroll out on top of Loretta’s desk.

A GATHERING

At the Bayside Baptist Church, Gettings Wharf

Sunday, April 24, following services at 10:30 A.M.

To Honor Congresswoman Shirley Lester and Mr. Joshua Fischer

And to express our deepest thanks and gratitude.

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