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Chapter Thirty-Six
Liv straightened herdress and smoothed her hair one more time before she entered the ballroom. She spotted Will talking to her boss and Senator Lathan.
“Liv,” Speaker Miller called, motioning her over.
“Good evening,” she said as she approached the group.
“Liv, you know Senator Sterling,” Speaker Miller said.
“Yes. Good to see you, Senator,” she said, shaking his hand.
“I’d like to introduce you to Senator Lathan,” Speaker Miller said, nodding to Lathan.
“Pleasure to meet you,” Liv said, shaking his hand.
“Liv, I wanted you to hear this,” Speaker Miller said. “As you know, we have enough votes in the House to pass the Clean Water Bill.”
Liv nodded - they’d secured the votes a few weeks back.
“Senator Lathan was giving us an update on the situation in the Senate,” Speaker Miller continued.
“As you know, we need sixty votes,” he said. “I did an informal count afterThe Timesreport came out.”
Liv looked from one of them to the other.
“How many votes do we have now?” she asked softly.
“Fifty-nine,” he said.
Her jaw dropped. A broad smile spread across Will’s face.
“Fifty-nine!” she said. “Are you serious?”
Senator Lathan nodded.
“We just need one more?”
“That’s right.”
“We think we can persuade either Senator Blackwell or Senator Zaleski,” Will said. “Rumors are they are considering it.”
Liv nodded slowly - processing this information.
“We think you should do it,” Speaker Miller said.
“What? Me?”
“Senator Blackwell is here tonight,” Senator Lathan said. “We think your personal story will resonate with her.”
“Now? You want me to talk to her now?”
“Yes,” Will said. “We want to wrap this up. The longer we wait; the more chance we’ll lose other votes.”
Liv took a deep breath; this is what she’d been waiting for.
“Ok,” she said, smoothing the front of her gown. “Introduce me.”
