01-13-2018, 08:41 PM
Sofia was silent for a while, but Evelyn held her gaze with determination of her own. The splinters in the Senator's facade were growing, though. The angry crimp to her eyes softened in consideration and she wrung her hands like deliberations were ongoing. Evelyn refused to let Sofia see the desperation swirling her own mind.
Finally, Sofia dropped into a seat and tossed her hands, "That is a dangerous game you play, Evelyn. If the wrong person found out--"
Evelyn cut her off with the lift of a finger, "First of all, this is no game."
Her voice was hard as granite. She did not play around. "Second, you will have to respect my decision regardless of who finds out. Did you tell Arnold what you saw?"
The accusation in her voice was carefully tempered, like a mother waiting for a child's confession.
Sofia swallowed nervously, "Well, we were together at the time. He was there too."
Evelyn's lips pursed angrily. Now the Secretary of State already didn't like her. He argued against her inclusion on this trip. He was Dawson's appointment, after all. The President was a far right conservative and staunchly anti-CCD. His Secretary of State was more neutral, otherwise Congress would have never approved the appointment, but he was still Dawson's pick. Evelyn would have to think of a way to handle him now.
"They've waited on us long enough. Let's go down to breakfast. I don't want to see a moment of hesitation or wariness on your part when you see Ascendancy. He cannot be aware that there are any fractures in our relationships. We must be unified. It is going to be difficult to leave here with a signature on his document at all, but as you pointed out, I have his ear. You'll need to defer to me even further now, and somehow we have to communicate as much to Arnold as well."
Sofia, feeling like she was caught in a trap of her own making, nodded. The two women composed themselves and descended to the breakfast room shortly after.
Evelyn was all smiles when she entered the room. Her eyes roamed first to Ascendancy, naturally, then to Arnold. He didn't seem pleased. Finally, she lifted a perfectly curved brow upon meeting eye to eye with the three men in black. She herself wore a navy blue suit with a lavendar silk shirt.
All eyes shifted to her. She smiled beautifully. "Good morning,"
she said.
Finally, Sofia dropped into a seat and tossed her hands, "That is a dangerous game you play, Evelyn. If the wrong person found out--"
Evelyn cut her off with the lift of a finger, "First of all, this is no game."
Her voice was hard as granite. She did not play around. "Second, you will have to respect my decision regardless of who finds out. Did you tell Arnold what you saw?"
The accusation in her voice was carefully tempered, like a mother waiting for a child's confession.
Sofia swallowed nervously, "Well, we were together at the time. He was there too."
Evelyn's lips pursed angrily. Now the Secretary of State already didn't like her. He argued against her inclusion on this trip. He was Dawson's appointment, after all. The President was a far right conservative and staunchly anti-CCD. His Secretary of State was more neutral, otherwise Congress would have never approved the appointment, but he was still Dawson's pick. Evelyn would have to think of a way to handle him now.
"They've waited on us long enough. Let's go down to breakfast. I don't want to see a moment of hesitation or wariness on your part when you see Ascendancy. He cannot be aware that there are any fractures in our relationships. We must be unified. It is going to be difficult to leave here with a signature on his document at all, but as you pointed out, I have his ear. You'll need to defer to me even further now, and somehow we have to communicate as much to Arnold as well."
Sofia, feeling like she was caught in a trap of her own making, nodded. The two women composed themselves and descended to the breakfast room shortly after.
Evelyn was all smiles when she entered the room. Her eyes roamed first to Ascendancy, naturally, then to Arnold. He didn't seem pleased. Finally, she lifted a perfectly curved brow upon meeting eye to eye with the three men in black. She herself wore a navy blue suit with a lavendar silk shirt.
All eyes shifted to her. She smiled beautifully. "Good morning,"
she said.