Sean and I went down to a room off the kitchen. There were a number of unfamiliar faces, many of them looking hostile. We waited til 5:00 sharp, then ...Sean cut to the chase."Good evening and thank you for coming. Some of you will have heard rumors. Most likely they are mostly true. Let me introduce my fiancé, Sheila Schwartz, soon to be my wife. More to the point, she is now your boss. Listen up." Gee. Thanks. I feel so warm and fuzzy.I took Sean's example and laid it out bare. "My name, as you. I wanted to live. I REALLY wanted to live. It was too soon for mylife to be over, and I wasn't about to throw in the towel, justbecause that bitch Nadine decided I should. Getting revenge on herwould just be a nice bonus."Deal," I announced, holding out my hand.Maelyne stared at my hand for several seconds, as though trying todecide what she should do with it. She smiled faintly in amusementand reached out to shake. Her massive hand easily engulfed my own,making me feel even more like a. Jennie seemed to dissapear by the time supper was over. A little after supper Jennie's parents drove off to their bingo match. We watched a James Bond movie with grandpa, and he fell asleep right after. Once he was asleep we went to the liquor cambinet and took a bottle of scotch. We each had a couple of shots, and put it back when we both felt nice and tipsy.."do you ever do anything really dirty" i asked Jennie. "well what do you mean by dirty?" she answered. "hmm..I dont know , like with. S. Senator to resign and have the Governor appoint me in his stead. Once in office, I could then command any serious rivals to stand aside, so that only joke or straw candidates would oppose me, and they would lose. I loved how I felt bolder now, ready to take up a position much sooner than two weeks from now. I could become a Senator in days, maybe hours.I returned to the fast food place to find that things had returned to normal for now, which was all the more reason to shake things up. Most.
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