Call My Name
“Tree-lined streets struck their lush-boughed canopy over the comings and goings of the city, its cultured verdance accented with an abundance of color, from the purple lilacs and the white azaleas, to the more vibrant red roses, pink tulips, and golden daffodils. The bumblebees winged from bud to bud, much as did the governmental players scooting from place to place as the pace of the Congressional session began to pick up.
From the cool comfort of her perch, high in the air-conditioned suite that had been graciously provided for her, Daran watched it all. Her admiring eye touched on granite-corded avenues, their structures scrubbed and fresh and proud. Her mind shared that pride in this, her nation’s capital. Had she been a visitor from a foreign land, she could have been no more impressed. As a child she had been to the city several times. Yet now, through the gaze of the adult she had become, it held much more.
Recollection of the past few weeks—and how she had finally come to be h...ere—slowly filtered back to her.MoreLess
From the cool comfort of her perch, high in the air-conditioned suite that had been graciously provided for her, Daran watched it all. Her admiring eye touched on granite-corded avenues, their structures scrubbed and fresh and proud. Her mind shared that pride in this, her nation’s capital. Had she been a visitor from a foreign land, she could have been no more impressed. As a child she had been to the city several times. Yet now, through the gaze of the adult she had become, it held much more.
Recollection of the past few weeks—and how she had finally come to be h...ere—slowly filtered back to her.MoreLess
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