““You work too hard, punkin’,” Paula had cautioned kindly over sandwiches at lunch. “And you’re still taking everything so seriously. Remember, laugh a little more, at yourself, at me, at some of the stuffed shirts who come in here claiming omniscience. Anybody. But ease up, Laurie.” The office gopher was certain it was the beginning of a new outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease, and kept to the far side of the room. Senator Murphy decided she was getting the flu and should go home and rest or her ...father would have his hide. There was no sense trying to explain that it was simply a case of growing pains. She didn’t have the acne to go with it, so who would believe her? Finally, drowning in well-intentioned advice, Laurie grabbed her blazer and fled the office in midday. She rode the bus along Massachusetts Avenue and tried to clear her mind, to sort out her feelings and pull everything back into some kind of perspective. But, after Philadelphia, it was like trying to rake leaves in the middle of a tornado.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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