‘Good evening, all you handsome chaps! I have some news for you. Of course you all know me, Easy Eu, your favorite good-time gal. And some of you ma... even know that a particular item has been off my menu of late, much to the chagrin of the ardent buggers amongst you. Which, let’s be frank, is pretty much the lot of you,’ she said, forcing a smile. A handful of gruff chuckles could be heard amongst the men, though the majority of them merely stared with vacant impatience. Although Eugenia had. I had told Powell I wanted to meet this week to discuss our military response, so I called a meeting of the National Security Council for Wednesday morning with this in mind. Present were Cheney, Powell, Condi Rice as the National Security Adviser, the new temporary head of the CIA, and the Chairman of the JCS, Myers, and Josh Bolten. Once we were all present in the conference room, I turned it over to Colin Powell, who promptly turned it over to Myers for a dog and pony show.I was presented. “You are here with me, in my arms, and that is enough.”At that she pulled back and after looking up into my eyes, she pulled me in and gave me a long tender kiss. After breaking off she looked at her watch, and saw it was after 9. “Oh God!” she exclaimed. “I told mom I would only be out for a little bit, she’s gonna kill me!”“Don’t worry, she knows where you are. She came out and checked on us and I think she understands. But it’s a bit late to go out, so how about we kiss for a few minutes,. It did nothing to steady my nerves but did give me time to check my make-up was ok and change into my interview shoes. I kept looking through the window of the office and I could see him moving from room to room, but not enough to see what he looked like as the venetian blinds obscured my view somewhat. 10 minutes later, another text. He was ready. I took a deep breath, stepped out of the car and walked in through the front door, as instructed.I could hear music coming from the board room.