Fury From Within

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The senior congresswoman from Pennsylvania anxiously tapped the senate podium's angled microphone, verifying its acoustics for the third time since her one-on-one meeting with the President—a meeting where he had overtly threatened her life.

Her hands trembled as she shuffled her notes, deciding it best to lay them on the podium. She knew the Presidents threat had to be taken seriously due to his former directorship at the CIA. The President had informed her that she would be signing her own death warrant if she went public with her claims.

Washington hardball — just the way she liked it.

Eye contact with her husband in the visitor’s section provided some sense of reassurance via his boyish smile. She mustered a slight nod in response.

“Ladies and gentlemen of the worldwide press,” she said nervously. “I would like to thank-you for attending my impromptu news conference.” She looked about the room, amazed at the full turnout on only an hour’s notice before continuing. “I don’t want to keep you from enjoying the rest of this beautiful day. As I stand here today, it is with a heavy heart that I disclose certain facts to you. Facts so sensational that the governments of both Russia and the United States will ardently deny what I am about to tell you.”

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