Finding Their Path (Down The Path Book 3) by Travis Mohrman

Author:Travis Mohrman
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: DeadPixel Publications
Published: 2013-08-17T21:00:00+00:00

15

President Tomas sat in stunned silence. Jerrod had just informed her that the location where she had been giving a speech had been blown up while she was in flight to the facility. Hellgate High School, her alma mater, no longer existed.

The bombs had been placed all over, but apparently they had extra ordinance on the covered walking bridge. She had planned to give a speech in the small courtyard underneath the skybridge between the old building and the new annex. They had even set up temporary bleachers out on Higgins Avenue for the overflow crowd. It was near that location that the first attempt had been made on her life. Someone was trying to be very thorough.

Beth let her mind wander for just a split second, thinking of all the innocent people that had just died because someone wanted her dead. They had destroyed a historical building and a beautiful tree lined campus. She remembered the old gated house across the street where they used to sneak over and smoke cigarettes. She laughed to herself, thinking back to a time when tobacco was easier to get than heroin.

As all the thoughts flooded through her mind, a large bubble of rage was building up. It started as a slight tick, but had quickly grown into a flow of lava and vitriol all built up for just one man. “Tell me Jerrod, why am I hearing about this now?” She was spitting the words at him. “Tell me why, hours later, I am learning of this bombing?”

Jerrod put on his sleaziest smile, the one he used when he was trying to ‘handle’ someone. “With all due respect ma’am, an attempt had just been made on your life. I didn’t see the need to bother you with this also.” He reached out and placed his hand on her shoulder. “I was just looking out for you, Beth.”

The tight bun at the back of her head had loosened, and several long, curly black strands now lay across the side of her face and over her shoulders. She brushed them aside and stared directly into Jerrod’s beady little eyes. “I’m the President of the United States, and you don’t need to look out for me.” All of her political career, Beth had been treated much differently from the men. It didn’t seem to matter that she had joined the Army at 18 years old, and fought right alongside some of the very men that were now in Congress. They still acted like she couldn’t handle as much as they could. Like most women in politics, she was considered hard-nosed, or bitchy. When the men argue, they are being strong; when the women do, well, that’s just being a bitch. It was a double standard that grated on nearly every woman she knew. Beth had never let it stop her from getting her job done and doing what she needed to do. She never hesitated to take charge of a situation, no matter the personal consequences, or if others didn’t view her as a ‘lady’.

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