There was cheering. Angie was pounding her on her back; everyone was on their feet. But Rita sat alone, paralyzed by a sudden realization. She’d chosen to make a new life for herself here—sliding into it as the path of least resistance, borne along in the wake of Angie’s asylum claim and Kurt and her family’s exile. She’d somehow imagined that she could still be herself, Rita Douglas, aspiring actor and accidental spy. But Erasmus was to be the new First Man, and her other mother was the First Lady of the Commonwealth. “Holy shit.” Rita stared at the stage in horrified realization. Despite
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