The Senator by Erika Vanzin

Author:Erika Vanzin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kind Writer LLC
Published: 2023-06-01T22:19:41+00:00

I watch Silver sitting in a deck chair going through some notes Cindy dropped off yesterday for an upcoming public appearance. We’ve decided to base our campaign on people. We’re trying to stay in contact with voters and she’s a key element in this strategy.

When I was looking for a wife, I thought I’d find someone who would accompany me to galas or parties. Someone who had her own life and wanted only the glamorous parts of being a politician’s wife. With Silver, it’s the total opposite. She took this job to heart, and she wants to help me. I ripped her away from the life she knew, and she’s looking for a new purpose in life.

And she likes it. She likes being involved in helping people on a level she would have never reached as a barista. She was studying law before having her life torn in pieces, and I can see why she wanted a career that helped people—she’s a natural at it.

I can see a future alongside someone like her. Someone who shares the same goals in life, the same desire to help people. I can be the cynical one, used to dealing with politics, knowing how to compromise between idealism and reality, but she can be the heart, the passion, the purpose of this career. We could be a damn good team if she decides to stay longer.

It’s been seven days since our discussion with my father. Seven days since she came into that office like a tiger and fought him. I’ve never seen anyone go after him like that. Even if she was scared, she didn’t back down and I admire her for that. I’m not nearly brave enough to stand up to him like that.

But my father is right. Divorcing after I get elected is potential suicide for my career. And I don’t know how to tell her that. After what Matthew insinuated, her falling for me, I don’t have the heart to ask her to stick with me longer. The point is, I don’t have a choice.

I walk out onto the patio and bask in the mid-May warmth I enjoy most about living here. Summer is way too hot, but I love spring.

“Do you have any questions about that?” I ask, sitting on the deck chair next to her.

She lingers a few seconds on the page, then looks up at me. Yes. She has questions. Her knitted eyebrows and pouty lips tell me she’s a bit disappointed about what she’s reading and I have to fight to keep a smile from forming on my face. I really need to pay Matthew more since she came into our lives and started giving him hell.

“A lot, but I’d rather address them when Matthew’s here. I don’t want to have to repeat them,” she affirms, and I don’t say a word.

When she’s like this, she means business and I know not to challenge her.

“Listen, I’ve thought a lot about what my father said.” I focus on her face to gauge her reaction.

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