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“Honestly,” she said. “What I’m doing right now...this job with the Speaker is what I wanted.”
“And long-term? Do you want to stay there long-term?”
“Part of me does, but part of me wants to run for office. I don’t know if I’d want to give up my privacy and have to put up with all of the dirty politics though. Maybe I don’t have the stomach for it.”
“Well, it can be a dirty business, but we need people like you.”
“What about you?” she asked. “Is this what you’ve always wanted?”
“When I was very young...no,” Will said. “Mostly because my life was just about survival. I didn’t have much thought to the future because I wasn’t sure if I’d go to bed hungry or have to wear shoes that didn’t fit. It’s hard to be ambitious when your needs aren’t met.”
Liv nodded.
“Once James adopted us though, I knew that we could be different from our parents. James was doing it, and I knew that if he could do it, I could too.”
“You’re lucky to have your family,” Liv said, quietly.
“I think about that every day,” Will said. “I wouldn’t be here without them - that’s for damned sure.”
She smiled.
“Will they...do you think they can keep this a secret?” Liv asked, looking down at her hands.
Will’s heart sank. He’d hoped that things had changed at the cabin; that maybe she’d want more than just a secret fling. He stared straight ahead.
“I just...you know...I don’t want people to think...”
“I know...I know...I’ll talk to them,” he said, gripping the steering wheel tighter. “They can keep a secret.”
“Thanks,” she said, softly.
“So what does this mean for our future?” Will said. The words just spilled out; he was surprised he’d said them.
“What do you mean?”
“You just want to keep hooking up?”
“It sounds bad when you put it that way,” she said.
He shrugged. “That’s what we’re doing, right?”
“I’m having a good time,” she said, playfully squeezing his bicep. “Aren’t you?”
“Of course,” he said. “I just want to know where things stand.”
“Let’s just keep going like this. It’s working, isn’t it?”
No. Not for me.
“Of course,” he said, his knuckles turning white. “Nothing wrong with having some fun.”
“Exactly,” she said with a smile. “You get it.”
They pulled up at the airport, and Will jumped out of the car to help her with her bags.
“Thank you, Senator Sterling,” she said, taking the luggage from him.
Senator Sterling.Her words hit him like a punch to the gut.
