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Authors: Mallory Monroe
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what’s still amazing to me?” Crader asked. “Those media assholes knew Birdie’s plane was in the air before even me or the president knew.”
Dutch snorted. “What else is new?”
“But who feeds them that shit this fast? Certainly not Birdie. That man is a moralist, a saint compared to us.”
“But that doesn’t make his staff saintly,” Dutch replied. “Not to mention the airport staff in Australia or who knows. You’ll go crazy trying to trace leaks.”
“DC has taught me that much,” Crader said.
And then the doorbell rang.
“Expecting more people?” Crader asked Gina.
“Yes, Christian’s coming.”
“Oh, okay,” Crader said, but LaLa’s demeanor physically changed. Gina saw it right away. “Haven’t seen that young man much at all this past month.”
Franklin appeared from around the foyer and announced that Christian Bale had arrived.
“Send him through, Franklin,” Gina said.
When Christian arrived, everybody smiled. LaLa smiled too, although the tension in her face was there.
They all stood up, welcoming him, with Gina first giving him a hug and a peck on the cheek. LaLa was next, hugging him quickly and then releasing. Christian, too, didn’t linger with her. But then he shook Crader’s hand gustily, and he hugged Dutch with a hug that did linger.
After the hellos and how are yous were completed, and Christian’s drink order was taken, they all settled back down. Christian ended up on the sofa beside LaLa.
“You look nice tonight, La,” Christian said and LaLa wanted to die where she sat. Didn’t he realize how difficult their encounters were becoming for her? She never even cheated on her past boyfriends before, but she found a way to cheat on her own husband. And to have the man she cheated with complimenting her and breaking bread with her,, with her husband right there, wasn’t something she could abide. Although Crader knew she had cheated on him, she was reasonably certain that he didn’t know who she had cheated with. But it still felt like rubbing it in his face to her.
“Thank-you,” she said uncomfortably to him.
Dutch, however, rescued her. “Where have you been keeping yourself, young man?” he asked.
Christian stopped gawking at LaLa and turned to Dutch. “I’ve been in DC mostly, sir,” he said.
“I told you that you’re welcome to remain on the White House staff when Dutch officially steps down,” Crader said.
“Oh, please, Crader,” LaLa said. “I’m sure Christian wants to move on with his life.”
“Oh, excuse me,” Crader said. “I didn’t know working in the White House was such a lowly career move.”
Christian laughed.
“But Dutch beat you to the punch anyway, Cray,” Gina said. “Chris is going to work for him.”
Crader looked at Dutch with that tell me it isn’t so look. “At Harber Industries?”
Dutch smiled. “That’s the idea, yes.”
“Set him free, Dutch,” Crader said playfully. “Set the boy free! Everywhere you go, he feels he has to be loyal and follow you. Enough of that, already. This young man is ready to sow his wild oats. He’s ready for his independence. You’re ready for your close up, Mr. DeMille. Aren’t you, Christian?”
Christian chuckled at the line Crader used from the old Sunset Boulevard movie, but it didn’t deter him at all. “I go where the president goes,” Christian said.
“See,” Gina said, pleased. “He doesn’t want to be free!”
“Ah!” Crader said and laughed.
“The truth is, though,” Christian said, “I was over in New York earlier today.”
Dutch hesitated. He knew who was in New York. “Were you?” he asked.
“Yes, sir.”
“Oh, okay,” Crader said. “A little break for yourself. Good for you.”
“Actually,” Christian went on, “I went to see Jade.”
Crader looked at him. “Jade? Jade’s in New York? What’s she doing in New
Dutch snorted. “What else is new?”
“But who feeds them that shit this fast? Certainly not Birdie. That man is a moralist, a saint compared to us.”
“But that doesn’t make his staff saintly,” Dutch replied. “Not to mention the airport staff in Australia or who knows. You’ll go crazy trying to trace leaks.”
“DC has taught me that much,” Crader said.
And then the doorbell rang.
“Expecting more people?” Crader asked Gina.
“Yes, Christian’s coming.”
“Oh, okay,” Crader said, but LaLa’s demeanor physically changed. Gina saw it right away. “Haven’t seen that young man much at all this past month.”
Franklin appeared from around the foyer and announced that Christian Bale had arrived.
“Send him through, Franklin,” Gina said.
When Christian arrived, everybody smiled. LaLa smiled too, although the tension in her face was there.
They all stood up, welcoming him, with Gina first giving him a hug and a peck on the cheek. LaLa was next, hugging him quickly and then releasing. Christian, too, didn’t linger with her. But then he shook Crader’s hand gustily, and he hugged Dutch with a hug that did linger.
After the hellos and how are yous were completed, and Christian’s drink order was taken, they all settled back down. Christian ended up on the sofa beside LaLa.
“You look nice tonight, La,” Christian said and LaLa wanted to die where she sat. Didn’t he realize how difficult their encounters were becoming for her? She never even cheated on her past boyfriends before, but she found a way to cheat on her own husband. And to have the man she cheated with complimenting her and breaking bread with her,, with her husband right there, wasn’t something she could abide. Although Crader knew she had cheated on him, she was reasonably certain that he didn’t know who she had cheated with. But it still felt like rubbing it in his face to her.
“Thank-you,” she said uncomfortably to him.
Dutch, however, rescued her. “Where have you been keeping yourself, young man?” he asked.
Christian stopped gawking at LaLa and turned to Dutch. “I’ve been in DC mostly, sir,” he said.
“I told you that you’re welcome to remain on the White House staff when Dutch officially steps down,” Crader said.
“Oh, please, Crader,” LaLa said. “I’m sure Christian wants to move on with his life.”
“Oh, excuse me,” Crader said. “I didn’t know working in the White House was such a lowly career move.”
Christian laughed.
“But Dutch beat you to the punch anyway, Cray,” Gina said. “Chris is going to work for him.”
Crader looked at Dutch with that tell me it isn’t so look. “At Harber Industries?”
Dutch smiled. “That’s the idea, yes.”
“Set him free, Dutch,” Crader said playfully. “Set the boy free! Everywhere you go, he feels he has to be loyal and follow you. Enough of that, already. This young man is ready to sow his wild oats. He’s ready for his independence. You’re ready for your close up, Mr. DeMille. Aren’t you, Christian?”
Christian chuckled at the line Crader used from the old Sunset Boulevard movie, but it didn’t deter him at all. “I go where the president goes,” Christian said.
“See,” Gina said, pleased. “He doesn’t want to be free!”
“Ah!” Crader said and laughed.
“The truth is, though,” Christian said, “I was over in New York earlier today.”
Dutch hesitated. He knew who was in New York. “Were you?” he asked.
“Yes, sir.”
“Oh, okay,” Crader said. “A little break for yourself. Good for you.”
“Actually,” Christian went on, “I went to see Jade.”
Crader looked at him. “Jade? Jade’s in New York? What’s she doing in New
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