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Will rolled his eyes.
“Cindy, we’ve been perfect gentlemen,” James called out as Cindy walked toward them.
“Yeah, just ask the horses,” Eli said.
“Don’t worry - I will,” Cindy said.
Chapter Thirteen
Throughout the nextweek, Liv worked hard on the clean water campaign. She didn’t see the Senator much. He was normally locked away in his office or out doing meetings. She was surprised how many people - regular people - he met with throughout the day.
“We will give you updates as we receive them,” Will said as he exited his office with an older couple. “I’m not giving up on this. You have my word.”
“Who are they?” Liv whispered to Marissa after they left.
“Mr. and Mrs. Jennings,” Marissa said. “Their son is a prisoner of war. Senator Sterling has been working for about four years to arrange a prisoner swap. He’s getting close. The Jennings come to see him every few months.”
“Oh,” Liv said. “Wow”
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At the end of the day, she noticed Senator Sterling was still working in his office.
“Does he ever leave?”
“He has an apartment nearby, but he’ll sleep on his couch quite often,” Marissa said.
“Something like a hundred congress members live in their offices,” she continued.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Liv said.
“No,” Marissa said. “They use the locker room in the Congressional gym and sleep on their couches.”
“The gym?”
“Yeah, they have a pretty sweet gym. It has a pool, racquetball courts, a sauna, and all the regular gym things. There’s a staff gym now. It’s just down the road if you want to go. We can’t go to the one with the Congress members.”
