Chapter 111

Ten days after Jordan’s wedding, Gwen and Steve traveled to Washington to appear before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The media coverage, both as they entered the Capitol Building, and as they testified was intense. The committee chair was a lady Senator from California. She introduced Steve and Gwen and then allowed the vice chairman an opportunity to speak.

He wasted no time questioning the validity of whatever Steve and Gwen would have to say. He insisted that there was no way they could know what the intelligence community was trying to accomplish, nor how they were going about it.

“In fact, aren’t you here to campaign for the House of Representatives, Ms. Anderson? You’ve made a career and a great deal of money from exposing yourself in movies and in risqué music videos. Why would anyone even take you seriously?” finished the pompous senator as he looked down on Gwen from his position on the podium in front and above her.

“Senator, you’re engage