Sleeping Beauty by Michael Judith

Author:Michael, Judith [Michael, Judith]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Women lawyers
Publisher: New York : Pocket Books
Published: 1990-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

"Nothing else," Keith said. "I'll let you know if anything else comes up. You'll be there, right?"

"I'll be out of the country for a couple of weeks after Thanksgiving. Then I'll be here."

"Keeping our allies in line?"

"Something like that." He hung up, annoyed at Keith's prying. It was all right at Gail and Leo's when he was doing it for Vince, but it was not all right when he did it with Vince. He was a nosy kid with a sharp eye, and he wouldn't know a damn thing about Vince except what Vince wanted him to know. He certainly would not know that Vince was going to Europe on his honeymoon.

"Senator," said his secretary, standing in the doorway, "you told me to get you out of here by two o'clock so you could catch your plane."

Vince stood up. "Thanks." He pulled on his coat. "I'll see you in Denver in three days. I can't get married, you know, unless my staff is there."

"We'll be there. Senator. We're looking forward to it. It's 361

JUDITH MICHAEL

SO good of you to include us, and to pay our way ... we want you to know we*re very grateful."

Vince nodded. "If Ray Beloit calls, tell him Til meet him at the airport. If Sid Folker calls, tell him Fm expecting him to meet my plane. The wedding will be in his house, so you can reach me there if I'm not home."

"Yes, sir," the secretary said, and Vince realized he had told her all this before. Why was he acting like a nervous kid, about to get married for the first time?

He wasn't nervous; he was filled with exhilaration. This was the real beginning of the presidential race. He still had the Senate race ahead of him, but he had no doubt he would win it. He was already looking past that, and that was why he was getting married to the perfect woman, the perfect partner: sweet tempered, pretty enough, wealthy, well connected, and busy with good works. Every American's dream of a perfect first lady. And when she looked at Vince with adoring eyes, she became his dream of a perfect wife.

Why not? Vince thought, settling into his limousine. If you wait long enough, everything comes to you.

chapter 15

H.

e called for her at eight, and when she opened the door to the white cocoon of her apartment and smiled at him, saying, "Welcome back," he was so glad to see her he instinctively took her hands in his. She pulled back, of course; had he taken a moment to think about it, he would have been able to predict that she would. Angry with himself, and with her, he followed her into the living room where wine and hors d'oeuvres were on the glass coffee table.

But she was glad to see him. He sat on a white couch while Anne stood before him, pouring the wine. She wore a short dark-blue silk dress that fit closely and showed off her long, elegant legs; her dark hair was loosely brushed back, framing her face.

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