The Senator's Shame: A Scandal Of The Soul

age. Every news outlet in the state, then the country, picked it up. The raw footage from the cannery playe

echoed from every corner of the political spectrum. An official investigation was launched, not just into their actions at the cannery, but into t

ed bags, drained accounts, and made a run for a pri

wasn't a violent ambush. Just a wall of motorcycles blocking the road,

e. Not to the medical bay where we were recovering, but to the

ut our eyes were clear and hard. The pain was still there, a constant, thr

! Thank god. You have to tell them! It was a misunderstanding

, please. I love you. You know I do.

our silence more damni

as broken glass. "You call that love? Tearing a piece of m

ay to save your reputation. You crippled us and left

devices and hard drives. "We have everything," he said, his voice a low growl. "Financial records, witne

He knew it was over. All the power, al

broken. We wanted them stripped of everything they held dear, j

misappropriation of campaign funds. The trial was a formality. They were sentenced

te to save face, publicly disowned her. She became a social pariah, her name a punchline in the very high-society circles s