rough brick wall scraped her bare shoulder as she pres
red wildly. The adrenaline of the escape was slowly mix
round the edge of a rusted dumpster. A black SUV was slowly pat
ust run home. Clinton was waiting there. Carolynn was waiting there. She had no proof of their c
ed mind to sort through the timeline of her past
headlines from this exact night in her previous
attempt on Senator
e remembered the details vividly. The Senator survived the gunshot but was left in a permanent
f of Staff. The Senator's adopted son. Colten spent years hunting th
e Senator tonight, she would secure the ultimate political shield aga
risk, but she had no other choice. She crept forward, her bare feet silent on the damp asphalt. Holding her breath, she carefully slipped a hundred-dollar bill from her co
picuous emerald silk gown. The heavy, dirty fabric hid her id
rpose. She avoided the bright main streetlights, sticki
ht. It added a layer of suffocating tension as she n
a block away. It was heavily guarded by private se
walk through the front door looking like
The heavy smell of culinary exhaust and frying oil
metal side door for a smoke break. Warm, br
is back to cup his hands and light a cigarette, she darted p
entry. She grabbed a discarded white catering apron from a counter.
up slightly, using it to shield the lower half of her face. She marched confi
of dark tailored suits and expensive evening gowns. The
ists and congressmen. Finally, she spotted Senator Ardath Harr
althy donor. She was completely unaware of the h
were completely silent on the thick hotel carpet. Her ey
shooter fired from the lighting catw
vy rigging. She caught the faint, unmistakable glint o
Senator's chest. It danced slightly
ropped the
the floor. The sharp noise drew the immediate atteve broke into a dead sprint toward the podium. Her
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