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ahead. She shook her head and turned the ignition key. The engine’s bass-like roar announced its readiness to leap forward. Swanson eased the straining beast towards the garage entrance just a few yards ahead. The automatic doors began to rise at the click of her remote, and she looked again towards Butler and smiled. He reminded her very much of her father.
    She turned the wheel sharply and floored the engine, the tires screeched and strained as the full power of the engine took them all by surprise. The car rocketed away from the FBI building and hurled its passengers across Washington.
    Butler suddenly considered the prospect of a double bluff and instantly panicked.
    “Have you eaten?” asked Swanson nonchalantly, taking a corner meant for 20 MPH at 60 MPH.
    Butler relaxed mentally, at least as much as the G force being exerted on his body would allow. “Room service wasn’t due ‘til seven!”
    “Excellent, I’m famished and technically you are free.”
    Butler was no fool; the informality and lack of prying eyes was exactly what Swanson wanted. His already excellent opinion of her increased even further. She was a very smart young woman and one that would require him to be on top of his game. The last thing he’d want on his conscience was knowing he had gotten her killed.

Chapter 5
     
     
    20 January 2013 - President Jack King Inauguration day
    Oval Office – The White House
     
    Jack woke up on the morning that would see a new America - an America that had spent four years in almost constant turmoil was coming to an end. He offered a new choice for America, a strong and proud America that rewarded those who worked hard and believed in the founding fathers’ principles. Nobody could deny that the last president had had the unenviable task of trying to recover from the global financial crisis, but one poor decision after another had been more than the public could stomach. Change was needed and President Jack King was the man chosen for the job. It wasn’t quite a landslide victory but not far from it.
    It would be an uncharacteristically quiet inauguration; the twentieth fell on a Sunday and law dictated that the president must be sworn in by the twentieth. An official ceremony would be held the following day.
    President King took the oath of office in a small ceremony conducted by the Chief Justice attended by his wife and senior staff. His speech, safely tucked in his inside pocket, a month in the making, would have to wait until the public ceremony the following day. It was a speech that would never see the light of day. A speech full of hope and determination to work hard, pay down the debts of a wasteful government and ensure the generations to come wouldn’t have to pay for the generations in the past.
    “Mr. President?”
    Jack continued his discussion with the Chief Justice. He had a list of deeply unpopular laws passed by the previous incumbent to overturn as a priority and took the opportunity to discuss his plans with the Chief Justice.
    “Mr. President?” asked Kenneth Lee, this time more firmly.
    Jack turned, expecting to see his predecessor, but Kenneth was staring directly at him.
    “Mr. President, we have a meeting scheduled.”
    Jack looked over his shoulder before pointing to himself questioningly, much to the amusement of those gathered in the Oval Office.
    Kenneth Lee had been Jack’s Chief of Staff from the moment he had entered the race. In fact, Kenneth Lee was the reason Jack King had entered the race at all.
    Before Kenneth had approached Jack, he had taken an almost unheard of governor of Wyoming, America’s least populous state and made him the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. Overnight, the photogenic Wyoming governor was the answer to every Republican’s prayers. Swing voters loved him and with a Hispanic grandmother, another huge block of votes was in the bag. In both ability and stature, he soared above his contenders throughout the televised debates. The