That was all bullshit. She was just scared and it was time to admit it. Surely she could gauge a time and call. If Dom couldn’t answer, he wouldn't,...and she would leave a message. It was a phone call, for heaven's sake, not an international arms treaty. The really scary thing, she mused as the numbers floated by, was that she could probably fall in love with him. Lani knew she tended to overanalyze things and was trying very hard not to do that with Dom; in fact, she found herself doing the. It would use the same contacts that had sent me to him. He did.The government quietly but quickly swooped in and took them into "protective" custody for their protection from unknown parties. I wasn't comfortable with that but it was what we expected. The husband reappeared three months later without his friend or their partner.This is his story as told through Doc.My name is James Battle and I almost married Janine Walker. We have been together for two years. My age is twenty-seven and hers is. I swung back to Brewster. “How much do you figure he will need to raise? The last elections the average Senator spent $10 mill. This is going to run at least $25, maybe more. I am not coughing up that kind of cash, not by a long shot.”“I’ve been talking to Reince and a few others. Right this instant I can guarantee $10 mill from the RNC and some lobbying groups, and I haven’t even started looking at soft money yet. I am telling you, Carl, this is winnable!”“What about a primary? Who else is. The day was spent cuddling on the sofa, Keira only slightly mollified. She'd been deeply hurt by my threat to stop seeing her, not because of my threat, but the fact that I hurt her. She saw it as breaking the promise I'd made and it took a full day of apologies and kisses and hugs and loving touches to bring back a weak smile and a soft laugh.I hated that Saturday.For the next four weeks Keira's text messages were just as frequent, just as witty, and just as funny. She'd taken to ending each.