Tomorrow's Promise by Sandra Brown

Author:Sandra Brown
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Washington (D.C.), History, Legislators, Vietnam War, Contemporary, General, Romance, 1961-1975 - Missing in Action, Military, Fiction, Radio Broadcasters, Love Stories
ISBN: 9780778327202
Publisher: Mira
Published: 1983-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 9

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That was only the first in a series of similar calls. The persistent reporters were vastly disappointed by Keely Preston Williams's calm responses to their barrage of insinuating questions. When asked if she and Congressman Devereaux were romantically involved, she laughed lightly.

"I'm sure the congressman wouldn't be at all flattered to have his name romantically linked with an old married lady's."

"Your husband has been missing for over twelve years, Mrs. Williams. And you're not exactly old. The congressman's romantic encounters are legion."

Are they? How many have there been? Am I just one among many? "I don't know anything about Congressman Devereaux's love life past or present."

"How do you account for the intimacy with which you two were dancing?" This asked with a leer. "Pictures don't lie, Mrs. Williams."

"No, but they can be misinterpreted. The congressman and I were celebrating a mutual victory in Washington. He supported PROOF's cause. If he uses as much finesse during his campaign as he did on the dance floor, he'll be certain to win the election."

This last was said through a tight throat and stiff smile. She sounded like an idiotic, simpering female, but that was better than sounding like a guilty correspondent in a tangled love affair.

All the interviews followed the same pattern. Since she and Dax didn't provide another opportunity to fan the flames of scandal, it was dying a rapid death. Just when she thought she had dodged even the most incisive reporters, she learned she had yet to dread the worst of them.

It was four days after she and Dax appeared on the news program. Joe was returning her to her car at the Superdome after a hard day. Three never-say-die reporters had called her for further comment.

"Looks like you have company," Joe shouted over the loud clapping of the rotary blades as he set the chopper down.

Keely had already seen the car parked beside hers and now she saw the man opening the door and sliding from behind the wheel. It was Al Van Dorf.

"Looks like I do," she said grimly. Thanking Joe for returning her safely, she waved him off, and rather than run from under the blades as she usually did, she walked with a measured tread toward her car. Van Dorf had positioned himself between her and it.

He watched the helicopter lift off and bank sharply in the direction of the hangar, where Joe kept it when it wasn't being chartered.

"Never ceases to amaze me how things fly," he said, still looking at the diminishing helicopter.

"Hello, Mr. Van Dorf. What brings you to New Orleans? Did you run out of things to write about in Washington?" Easy, Keely, she cautioned herself. It wouldn't be in her best interest to antagonize him. She softened her sarcastic words with a gracious smile and could tell by the probing look he turned on her that he didn't know if her question had been intentionally snide or not.

"Let's just say that there are more interesting things to write about down here right now.

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