Power Play
“He plopped into his springy little chair and pecked out her number.
“He wants to see you,” Glynis said, without preamble.
With a bitter smile, Jake said, “Oh, so now he wants to see me.”
“What did you say to him?” she asked, her voice sounding almost hostile. “He’s very upset.”
“I didn’t say sh … beans. But I met his son. Who works for Leeds.”
“Professor Sinclair’s son?” Surprised.
“Who is employed by Senator Christopher Leeds, in his local office here in town.”
A long pause. “Well, the profess...or wants to see you. How is two o’clock this afternoon for you?”
“I’m teaching a class then. What about four?”
“Let me check … four thirty? Can you make it then?”
“Yep.”
“Four thirty, then. In the professor’s office.”
“Will you be there?” he asked.
“Of course.”
“Good. See you then.”
As Jake placed the phone handset back in its receptacle, he wondered how Glynis’s dinner with Tim Younger went. That’s none of your business, he told himself.MoreLess
“He wants to see you,” Glynis said, without preamble.
With a bitter smile, Jake said, “Oh, so now he wants to see me.”
“What did you say to him?” she asked, her voice sounding almost hostile. “He’s very upset.”
“I didn’t say sh … beans. But I met his son. Who works for Leeds.”
“Professor Sinclair’s son?” Surprised.
“Who is employed by Senator Christopher Leeds, in his local office here in town.”
A long pause. “Well, the profess...or wants to see you. How is two o’clock this afternoon for you?”
“I’m teaching a class then. What about four?”
“Let me check … four thirty? Can you make it then?”
“Yep.”
“Four thirty, then. In the professor’s office.”
“Will you be there?” he asked.
“Of course.”
“Good. See you then.”
As Jake placed the phone handset back in its receptacle, he wondered how Glynis’s dinner with Tim Younger went. That’s none of your business, he told himself.MoreLess
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