" She watched as my jaw dropped open; I hadn't considered that. "Your policy has a suicide clause. Your family would have lost you, and gotten noth...ng out of it but grief and misery." I flinched. Her comment was dirty pool, and she knew it. Slowly, I began to realize that I'd been so wrapped up in my own problems that I hadn't given serious consideration to how it would affect Elise and the kids. I looked back up at Anya, fighting tears. "Okay, when you put it that way, it doesn't seem. The Service was improving every day that Ken was in charge, and you could hear people starting to talk about a President Ken Stanton, someday..."Mr. Vice President. We need to talk..." Ken Stanton was tall. I looked up to him, and I was a little over six-feet. He was also the owner of an excellent spine. His back was as straight as Oliver North's when he addressed Congress, all those years ago.And talk we did...Sensing my discomfort, the Secretary got right to it. "Everything is buttoned down. Samantha nodded in agreement and allowed Hannah to lead her into the their bedroom. The twins had decorated the room, and it was beautifully done. The king-sized bed had a floral print bed set, which matched the curtains. In the far right hand corner of the room sat a large chest of drawers with several framed pictures of the twins throughout the years on top of it.Samantha stopped in front of the bed and began to take her clothes off, but Hannah stopped her."I want to undress you baby," Hannah. I, being the unscrupulous bastard I am, have recruited this young woman for your use on false pretenses so that I can film the whole weekend and sell the tape over the internet for huge amounts of cash which, by the way, I split with Sheriff Anderson. Sarah is desperate to get pregnant and came to my clinic hoping for a miracle that just isnt going to happen. Whatever else I may be, I am a damn good doctor and I know from all her medical data there is no way in hell she can conceive and hope to.