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Liv did as promised; she came to work, kept her head down, made no trouble, and got her work done. Will had almost forgotten that she was in the office at all. She normally sat at her desk with her headphones working on her computer.
She hadn’t exactly made any friends at the office; none of them were fans of hers after the podcast incident, but they were tolerating her.
All of the other staffers were gathered around the coffee station at the end of the day when Will popped his head out of his office.
“Hey, we need another player for the congressional baseball practice today,” Will said, looking around. “Can any of you, do it?”
“Not me,” Marissa said. “Remember last time? I accidentally tripped Senator Melquist, and I thought he had broken his hip. I’m pretty sure I’m banned from playing.”
“John and I are finishing up that report for Meyers,” Mateo said.
One by one - they each made excuses for why they couldn’t go until there was no one left...but Liv.
All eyes turned to her.
“Ok, I guess I can do it,” she said, wishing she could melt into the floor.
“Ok,” Will said. His jaw tightened. “Marissa, give her the details.”
Chapter Eleven
Liv stared around thebaseball field. It was a surreal sight. About twenty-five of the most powerful people in America - from both the Senate and the House of Representatives were standing around her in exercise clothes along with several staffers like herself. Will had called them into a huddle.
“Do you play much?” a voice whispered behind her. She turned, startled to see Byron Ray standing behind her. He stood a smidge too close, but they were standing in a huddle, so maybe it was normal.
“I’m familiar with the game,” she answered, shifting her feet slightly away from him. Byron Ray was a first-term member of the House. He had a meteoric rise over the past few years. You couldn’t go online or turn on the television without seeing him.
“That’s good,” he said. “Most of these people spent a lot more time studying for the bar than playing sports and it shows.”
She chuckled. “Probably for the best.”
He winked at her. She tried not to blush.God, he’s cute.
She turned back around to see Senator Sterling scowling at them while he was giving directions. What was his problem? They were talking while he was giving directions, but still.
They had been divided into teams to play a scrimmage game. Liv was thankful she was on Byron’s team and not Senator Sterling’s.
