Hindsight: A Second Chance Contemporary Romance (The Sisters of Larkford Hall Book 2) by Hazel Hatman

Author:Hazel Hatman [Hatman, Hazel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-25T16:00:00+00:00

Once More unto the Breach

About the same time Jasmine is facing the onslaught of a woman betrayed, deep in the bowels of Westminster three men sit in three armchairs, each placed at the corner of a triangle.

“It’s a fucking mess,” says the Chief Whip of the Labour Party. “Did you know?”

Tom Sandford, MP of a constituency neighbouring Hayburn and long-time friend of Richard Exmore, shifts uncomfortably. “He had been rather bouncy of late,” he answers cautiously. “I did wonder what was going on.” Now was not the time to confess Richard’s drunken evening full of unwanted confidences. As far as he was aware, only two people knew about that night and one of them was dead.

“There will be a by-election, of course. We can drag it out a bit. Give everyone time to forget,” says the Chief Whip.

“Forget? Have people forgotten Profumo? That was over half a century ago! This isn’t going away,” interjects the Director of Communications for the Leader of the Opposition. “And look what happened to the Tories in the election afterwards. We need that seat. Richard held it against the Red Wall defection. To win the next election, we’re going to need every seat we’ve got and a lot more we haven’t.”

“Tom,” he continues, “what is the grassroots party like?”

“Not terribly active, more of a social club, really. It was a safe seat, after all. The swing to the Tories at the last election took us all by surprise.”

“We’ll need someone on the ground then to get them moving. Any ideas?”

The MP considers for a minute. “His researcher is remarkably competent. She’s not from the area but she’s had contact with the Party, the local councillors and many of the local businessmen. And she’s currently out of a job.”

“But is she tainted by association? Might she have known about the affair?” The Director of Communications asks the hard questions.

“I doubt it,” Tom replies. “She was his researcher, not his personal assistant. And she’s odd. A crusader. I would say she’s more loyal to the cause than the person.”

“Excellent!” The Chief Whip barely holds off from rubbing his hands. “Obviously we can’t pay her, but we can let her know she’ll be taken care of after the by-election. There’s always a special advisor job going somewhere. She’ll have redundancy payouts till then.”

“We’ll still need a brilliant Campaign Manager and a superb candidate. It’ll be a shame to waste serious talent on a shithole like Hayburn, but it can’t be helped. We all know the shit that’s coming down the line,” warns the Director of Communications.

Three middle-aged, white males each look morosely into their drinks and huff. It may take a minor miracle to save Hayburn and the world is sadly short on those.

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