The President's Shadow
“Get away from him!” I demand, rushing into Tot’s room, past his hospital bed.
“Beecher, I’m not here to hurt anyone,” Mina insists. “I just want to talk to you.”“Then do what everyone else does. Call me! Pick up a phone! Or do what your boss does and track my car!”To her credit, she doesn’t take the bait. She sits there evenly, legs crossed. My mother fights like that. It drives me just as crazy.I turn to check on Tot and it’s the first time I realize Mac is gone. She never even came in the... room. I don’t blame her. The reason she’s so good at her job is that, for decades now, she’s made sure people like Mina don’t know she exists.“Who was the old lady?” Mina asks, eyeing the sliding glass door.“Fellow archivist,” I insist.Mina shifts her weight. She doesn’t believe it, but she lets it go.“Why didn’t you just call me?” I challenge.“Would you’ve come?”I don’t answer. “How’d you know I’d come here?”“Gina from your Legislative Affairs office.MoreLess
“Beecher, I’m not here to hurt anyone,” Mina insists. “I just want to talk to you.”“Then do what everyone else does. Call me! Pick up a phone! Or do what your boss does and track my car!”To her credit, she doesn’t take the bait. She sits there evenly, legs crossed. My mother fights like that. It drives me just as crazy.I turn to check on Tot and it’s the first time I realize Mac is gone. She never even came in the... room. I don’t blame her. The reason she’s so good at her job is that, for decades now, she’s made sure people like Mina don’t know she exists.“Who was the old lady?” Mina asks, eyeing the sliding glass door.“Fellow archivist,” I insist.Mina shifts her weight. She doesn’t believe it, but she lets it go.“Why didn’t you just call me?” I challenge.“Would you’ve come?”I don’t answer. “How’d you know I’d come here?”“Gina from your Legislative Affairs office.MoreLess
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