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shining white linen fabric of his shirt. He carefully flicked every last one away.
    Back to the task at hand. He found the number he'd been seeking in his phone, held it up to his ear as it rang.
    "Hello Aaron," he said, as soon as the call connected. "Got a minute? I need a favor from you."
    Patiently, Tanner exchanged a bit of small talk with Aaron Perkins, chief of staff for Senator Harrison Reed. Reed was one of the longest-serving Democrats in the Senate, but he tended to stay under the radar most of the time, not rising up to address many of the hot-button issues of the current media cycle. Reed also gave off an almost paternal air to everyone he met, like a gentle father swallowing his vague disappointment in his children. He'd be the perfect source of an introduction to Alicia and her disorganized campaign.
    "Well, that's actually part of why I'm calling," he jumped in as soon as he sensed an opening in the conversation. "Aaron, I'm looking to take a step away from my current duties. And I had my eye on Alicia Stone, the new senator out of Colorado."
    He paused for a moment as Aaron made a rather off-color comment, forcing himself to chuckle politely. "Yes, that one. The looker. I mean, I won't say that it's not at least a small part of how I made the decision!" He waited again as Aaron laughed again.
    "But here's my problem, Aaron," he went on after the laughter subsided. "I've got a lot of connections on the Republican side - which could certainly prove useful to Alicia, you can't deny - but not so many on the Democrat side. I know that Alicia's got a big bill on her mind, and I want to offer my help."
    Another pause, and this time Tanner frowned as he listened to Aaron's incredulous comments.
    "I do so have a heart!" he retorted. "And listen, this is my chance to prove it to you. I've been thinking about..." he searched his mind for the best word to use. "Legacy, Aaron. Don't you think about the legacy that you'll leave behind?"
    Tanner grinned to himself at the response from Aaron. That had definitely been the right word to choose. All Democrats, even their most hardened campaign staffers, ate up this bullshit like it was candy. Too focused on plastering their name on something in the future, not thinking enough about getting power today. Their perennial weakness.
    "Exactly, I'm glad that you get it," he cut in after he'd let Aaron go on for a bit. "And Alicia's bill could be my chance to do something big. I've got quite a lot of favors built up, on both sides. And just because the RNC has been calling me in a lot as of late, that doesn't mean that they own my allegiance. I just want to help move things forward, make sure that everyone gets what they want." Inside his head, he made a little gagging noise at this softness. How could anyone really believe in this shit?
    But Aaron evidently did. Just as Tanner had anticipated, the man's tone softened, turning affirmative. "Great," Tanner slipped in, not wanting to spend all afternoon on the phone as the chief of staff recounted all the little inconsequential things he'd done to try and secure his own legacy. "So could you get me a meeting with Senator Stone?"
    He sighed. "No, not with her staff. Come on, Aaron, don't bullshit me like that. We both know that she's brand new here. She's got nothing for staff, at least nothing permanent. She's barely even set up shop here. She's still going to be scrambling. Hell, that's half the reason that I picked her."
    Finally, Aaron came around. "Great. Tomorrow morning, yes, my schedule's fairly open. Just send me the details, and I'll squeeze it in." Tanner rolled his eyes again at Aaron's next off-color crack, but didn't let his annoyance show in his tone. "Hey, I'm only squeezing it in there if she gives me permission! You know how picky they get about making sure it's all consensual!"
    Tanner moved the phone slightly further from his ear as Aaron guffawed. Yes, the boys' club attitude in Washington was still alive and well.