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�Anytime�s good as long as it�s three o�clock today,� Josh said before going off to meet with the President Elect.
Once Josh was out of the room Ronna turned to the guys. �Five-ish?� she asked, her voice getting a strange squeaky tone to it the way it tended to when she heard news that scared her.
�That might just be Josh being Josh,� Bram said hopefully.
Otto nodded. �We need a second opinion. Donna will tell us the truth about what life in the White House is like.�
�Agreed,� Bram said, picking up the phone to call Donna. �You should still get on that appointment, though,� he added to Otto who was standing around waiting for the result of Bram�s phone call.
�Right,� Otto said before rushing off to find the contact information for Congressman Grayson.
�Put her on speaker,� Ronna said, not wanting to stand that close to Bram.
Bram did as Ronna asked and a few rings later Donna answered. �Donna Moss.�
�Donna, we need your honest assessment of the kind of hours we should expect to be working come January twentieth,� Bram said.
�Twenty-four seven,� Donna replied without a moment�s pause.
Bram�s eyes grew wide but Ronna held out hope that Donna was playing with them. �No, seriously,� Ronna said.
�I was being serious. For the next four to eight years you will be working around the clock. I suggest purchasing chargers for your cell phones, pagers, and laptops for your home, your car, your desk, and one for the bag of things you�ll keep in the office for when you need a change of clothes and whatnot. Make sure you have enough suits to last you a full month without going to the cleaners because you won�t have time to go anymore often than that. Do Christmas, birthday, anniversary, and all other shopping whenever you get a few hours off because you won�t be able to do things like that when their time actually comes. Spend a few days with your families and friends over the next ten weeks because you won�t be seeing them again until we�re out of office unless you are incredibly lucky. Be prepared to eat nothing but take out and always make sure that the coffee pot is full and hot and strong enough to stain your teeth with one sip. And, above all else, make sure you are reachable at all times because national emergencies almost always happen at three in the morning and if you can�t be reached you had better be dead in a ditch somewhere because there is no other excuse that will be accepted,� Donna said. �What brought on this display of curiosity?�