ing official at the State Department, was disgraced. My mother

t just watch.

y Senator Maria Clarkson. The air is thick with the scent of ex

before everyth

y father secured for her. She looks radiant, but I know the poison she' s about to spew. She beli

st extravagance." It went viral. She became a progressive darling. My fiancé, Ethan Le

the army to support my younger brother, only to be betrayed again. Stella, then a "war correspondent," le

in. And I remember her face, watching fr

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tor Clarkson," she begins, her voice ringing with performative pas

can conti

y steps firm on the marble floor. I drop to my knee

cutting through Stella's planned tirade. "M

the Senator's sharp

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