Needless to say, I parted ways with that fucking agent once a friend eyeballed the contract for me and informed me I was well and truly fucked.
I’m aware of Garcia standing off to the side, out of the shot, but in my peripheral vision. He stands with his feet shoulder wide, arms crossed, and a stony look on his face that could easily be him channeling Carter Wilson. I know there’s a connection between the men, something about Garcia’s older brother serving in the Army with Wilson, but I haven’t had time to research it yet.
It’s on my to-do list. I want as much deep background as I can get.
“Ms. Evans, you’ve already said you would be continuing down the same path regarding education reform as your predecessor, Governor Taylor, and even enacting more programs that will help with graduation rates…”
I sense her relax a little during our interview as she realizes I’m not going for the gotcha.
I’m no idiot. I want these people to like me. I’m not happy with this network, but if I can drag them kicking and screaming back toward more centrist political views, even a little, I know our numbers will climb.
Right now, we’re hemorrhaging viewers, especially in swing-state Florida. If the results of this election, which resulted in wins for a record number of Independent and third-party lawmakers across the state, doesn’t shake the network up, then nothing will. Especially when looked at in perspective that more voters than ever are either registering as Independent, or switching from D or R to I. So much so that there is now a very large and vocal grassroots movement to end the state’s closed primary system. They have a good chance of getting a ballot referendum passed and adding it to our state’s constitution.
Yes, I said “our”. Because I’m a native son of this batcrap crazy peninsula, which makes it even more imperative that I don’t piss off this fledgling administration before they even take office.
Now if the network will actually let me do my fucking job, instead of trying to force me into bullshit tabloid territory, I might have a chance to redeem their brand, if I can get enough of the other anchors on my side. I’m not the only one tired of their bullshit, but I’m also not the only one with a non-compete clause.
We’re all on a sinking boat. Unless I can get them to start bailing with me, we’re all going to drown.
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The Determination Trilogy by Lesli Richardson, a standalone spin-off set in the world of the Governor Trilogy, coming December 28, 2018.
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Author Lesli Richardson, who is better-known by her more prolific wild-child Tymber Dalton pen name, lives in the Tampa Bay region of Florida with her husband (aka “The World’s Best Husband™”) and too many pets. She writes a wide variety of heat levels and genres, from mainstream sci-fi all the way to scorching ménage.
The two-time EPIC award winner and part-time Viking shield-maiden in training loves to shoot skeet and play D&D with her friends. She’s also the bestselling author of over one hundred and fifty books and counting, including The Reluctant Dom, The Great Turning, Cross Country Chaos, the Bleacke Shifters series, the Governor Trilogy, The Great Turning Trilogy, the Suncoast Society series, the Love Slave for Two series, the Triple Trouble series, the Coffeeshop Coven series, the Good Will Ghost Hunting series, the Drunk Monkeys series, and many others.
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