Chapter 144

“Remember your promise that if Vincent was innocent of wrong doing in the fiasco you suffered through in Iraq, you wouldn’t come out against him, or for another candidate,” insisted Mrs. Rosen. “Vincent will be resigning his position soon to devote full time to campaigning.”

“We promised to not be publicly critical if he had no involvement in Steve’s troubles in Iraq,” recalled Gwen. “We’ll stick to that promise.”

“I suppose that’ll have to do for now,” acknowledged Mrs. Rosen. “There are at least five other likely candidates here tonight. They’ll all try to get you to support them. Your support is critical and they all know it. Please don’t come out for another candidate. If you must, then please let us know as far ahead of time as you can so we can prepare our campaign, although I have no idea how we’d manage that. You two own this town.”

The Rosens drifted away to chat with other politicians. Soon other presidential hopefuls were courting Steve and Gwen. In the