Chapter 9
“—THE COUNCIL HAS AGREED to a delay of the vote until receipt of the economic impact study, so we’ve got a bit of a reprieve until the report comes back.” Cam’s announcement to the twenty or so members of the Chamber of Commerce scattered on the bleachers of the community center was met with grim focus.
Norah could work with that. What she wasn’t sure she could continue to do was work with Cam. He hadn’t pushed, hadn’t guilted, hadn’t even alluded to their brief relationship. But compartmentalizing what she felt for him was taking more than half the energy she needed to be devoting to the campaign. She could usually lose herself in the work, but seeing him day in, day out was slowly driving her mad.
Realizing he was done introducing her, Norah took his place up front, already
