She shakes her head. “It’s hard for me to believe you now.” I lift her chin, hold her eyes so she can see the truth. “I watched you work. I knew you’d be able to do it when you won that city council race in New Mexico.” She frowns. “That was a tiny race. How did you—” “And the county commissioner in Montana. The secretary of state in Virginia.” “Doc,” she says, the chill thawing from her eyes. “You saw those?”

