All Fall Down
“Grandpa doesn’t even say hello when he reaches his office. He doesn’t ask what I was doing out until midnight, or who I was with — none of the typical questions an adult authority figure is supposed to ask. He’s already been briefed by Ms. Chancellor. He is ready for this fight.
Which is a good thing because I’m already up and shouting, “You know him?”
“Now, Gracie …” Grandpa starts slowly. His tie is loose and the top button of his shirt is undone. When he walks to the small rolling tray by th...e window and pours himself a drink, I can tell it isn’t his first of the night. The way things are going, it almost certainly won’t be his last.
“I told you what I saw. I came to you and you know him. You knew him all along and you told me I was seeing things!”
“No.” Grandpa’s voice is sharp. He’s not doing the folksy Southern-gentleman act anymore. This is the man who negotiated the Treaty of Caspia. This is the man who championed the development of the EU. This is why the president and the prime minister and a half dozen other world leaders call him their friend.MoreLess
Which is a good thing because I’m already up and shouting, “You know him?”
“Now, Gracie …” Grandpa starts slowly. His tie is loose and the top button of his shirt is undone. When he walks to the small rolling tray by th...e window and pours himself a drink, I can tell it isn’t his first of the night. The way things are going, it almost certainly won’t be his last.
“I told you what I saw. I came to you and you know him. You knew him all along and you told me I was seeing things!”
“No.” Grandpa’s voice is sharp. He’s not doing the folksy Southern-gentleman act anymore. This is the man who negotiated the Treaty of Caspia. This is the man who championed the development of the EU. This is why the president and the prime minister and a half dozen other world leaders call him their friend.MoreLess
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