Food Fight

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Author: Anne Penketh
Tags: Suspense, Romance
slightly - cut the sugar content in its flavoured milk. He came to rely on Susan to chair video conferences with the American staff and the rest of the DeKripps empire.
    “Got to keep them on message, Susie,” he would say, before heading out to a meeting on the Hill. “People need to realise we weren’t waiting to be told what to do. We got there before them, as any responsible company should.”
    At the end of her first month in DC, Barney invited her to join a select group in the DeKripps box at baseball.
    It would mean missing her first Pilates class, something she’d forced herself to join, but such professional invitations were loaded with obligation.
    “I should warn you that I’ve never been to a baseball match before,” she told him. “I hope I won’t let you down.”
    “You just did, Susie. It’s not a match . It’s a game . Don’t worry, you’ll be fine. You might even enjoy it.”
    She doubted it. All she knew was that it was the end of the season and the Washington Nationals had been on a winning streak despite languishing at the bottom of their division. They followed a sea of red into the stadium in the balmy September heat. Everyone seemed to be wearing bright red with white numbers on their backs.
    “See that number 11 shirt? Zimmerman?” said Barney. “That’s Ryan Zimmerman, the third baseman. The face of the franchise.”
    Barney had covered his shock of grey hair with a red baseball cap with a curly W on the front, and wore a pair of aviator sunglasses. Susan wondered whether she should have changed out of her suit into something less formal. Just as she was beginning to feel out of place in her heels, they reached the box overlooking home base and found a small number of chairs had been set out.
    “Congressman Wilde, thank you for coming,” Barney said, holding out his hand to a corpulent man with bad breath and dark greasy hair.
    “How do you do, Congressman,” said Susie as she greeted the Representative from Iowa.
    “Congressman, this is Susie Perkins from DeKripps London. She’s strategizing with us, but only she knows what that means.”
    “We’re expanding the brand,” said Susan. “Top secret, of course.”
    “You from England? I just love that accent,” said the Congressman. He grabbed and pumped her hand while his eyebrows leapt with enthusiasm. She glanced at Barney for help, but he’d already moved on to another guest.
    She smiled. “Yes, I’ve been working with Frank in London.”
    She could almost touch the fetid air from his mouth, as though dredged from the Anacostia river, and struggled not to turn away.
    Why did she mention Frank? Nobody would know him here. She added, “I do cereals. And ice cream.”
    “Great,” the Congressman said, leaning forward. “I’ve got a pack of Buried Treasure in the office.”
    She smiled again, reaching for a strand of hair and twiddled it under her nose to avoid the stale blasts.
    “So you’re from London?”
    “No. Not really. I’ve moved around a bit. Southern England really. University in Brighton, if you know it?”
    “Naw.” A bucket of chicken wings appeared, and he helped himself to two. Susan declined, thinking she didn’t want her hands to go where his greasy fingers had been. Then abruptly, he turned his back on her, and began calling to a new arrival.
    The box was filling up. There was room for about a dozen people, and Susan was introduced to a couple of young Congressional staffers and a woman from the federal regulator.
    She’d done her share of corporate hospitality with Frank, and had always enjoyed schmoozing clients, but tonight she was unsure of herself. It was nothing like the banter over champagne and strawberries at Wimbledon. She understood the guidelines on lobbying in Washington were strictly defined. Behind them was a bar, and most of the guests were drinking beer. They set their glasses down and placed hands on hearts as a soloist began The Star-Spangled Banner.
    The game was
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