My Son's Death, His Sympathy Vote

ranged everything. A new life, a new identity, a quiet place to work in D.

trip orchestrated by Ethan' s team to show a "period of healing" after the "tragedy." Ethan, of course, wasn't there. He was away at a high-level political retreat, plann

was a bi

r for the sky. I left a note on the small wooden table on the porch. It was short, filled with the rambli

on the edge of the dock. Beside it, I

wing a path Matthew's contact had marked for me. A nondescript ca

The media frenzy was immediate and intense. They found the note. They found the coat. T

ion, mapping out his path to the governor's mansion. An aide, pale

thew told me about it later. Etha

hand dismissively. "She's trying t

rities Confirm Suicide of DA Ethan Scott's Estranged Wife. They used the word

anchor confirming my death, my photo on the screen next t

his face draining of all color. He had been so sure of his power, so certain he could contr

planned for

ed by a ghost. He had won his endorsement, but he had lost the one person who knew the truth. He thought he was free. He