The Power Trip by Jackie Collins

Author:Jackie Collins
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-02-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifty

Back in New York, Eddie March was dealing with a crisis. A crisis that could blow up in everyone’s face. He’d arrived at the office bright and early, just as he did every day, and there, sitting in reception, were Mr and Mrs Martin Byrne, parents of young Skylar, Hammond’s latest intern.

‘They’ve been waiting half an hour,’ the girl at reception had informed him. ‘They wanted to see Senator Patterson. I told them he’s abroad, and besides, they didn’t have an appointment. However, since they said it was extremely urgent, I suggested they wait for you.’

Wait they did. And Eddie met with them, and suddenly it was all systems on red alert, for according to Martin Byrne, Senator Patterson had sexually molested his darling daughter, Skylar.

Eddie was in shock. Christ! How could this be happening? Was it true? Would Hammond be stupid enough to do such a thing?

Eddie wasn’t sure how to handle such a situation. Sex scandals involving politicians were hardly unusual. He immediately thought of John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Gary Hart, even ex-President Bill Clinton.

The scandal had ruined Edwards’s political ambitions. Hart and Spitzer were long gone. Clinton had survived being impeached, but only just. And there were numerous others who’d fallen by the wayside because of their various sexual shenanigans.

Dammit! Eddie’s initial reaction was, how could Hammond do this to Sierra? She was a beloved public figure. She was a rare and special beauty. Why would Hammond even consider straying? And with a teenage intern, at that.

Eddie thrust his mind into overdrive. What did these people want? Was it money? Headlines? An apology?

How could he help them and keep this under wraps?

There was only one way to find out.

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