Chapter 42: Yielding

Deborah had always moved with ease inside the Township Government. Part of it was that Jerry served as the head of Linton Village, but more importantly, she had been careful to a fault. She never took sides, never did favors, and never gave anyone any leverage over her. She often bragged about that. Yet at the Party Committee meeting yesterday, she let her guard down simply because she found Alex Hayde too handsome. "This, Chief Showyer, this USB drive is Ricardo's, isn't it? How did it end up with...