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will say,” Candace said.
    “So?
What’s the problem?”
    “I
don’t know that it is what I want to
do,” Candace replied honestly.
    “Part
of you wants to and…”
    “I love
Jameson.”
    Dana
smiled. “I know you do. What does that have to do with this? You just said that
J.D. will support whatever you decide.”
    Candace
sighed heavily, flipped her glasses onto her desk and took a deep breath. “Yes,
she will. I see that gleam in your eyes, Dana.”
    “Would
you jump to do it if you weren’t involved with J.D.?”
    “I
don’t know,” Candace answered honestly. “I love what I am doing. You know that
is the truth,” Candace said. She could see the skepticism in Dana’s eyes. “I
had the chance last go round for a cabinet appointment. You know that too.”
    “Yes,
but you were worried about Jonah then.”
    “And, I
resolved myself that this is where I wanted to be.”
    “And?”
Dana urged.
    “And,
my life is different again. I like my life right now,” Candace said. She saw
Dana studying her. “There’s still a lot to learn how to balance. I’m not sure I
want to shake the apple cart so soon.”
    “Candy,
the election is two years off. You have time.”
    “Not
really, and we both know it. If I want to do this, I need to make that clear
and I need to start looking at my team now,” Candace said bluntly.
    “You
have to talk to J.D.,” Dana said. “She’s going to hear the chatter and you know
it.”
    Candace
smiled. She was not afraid to discuss the possibilities in her career with
Jameson. She had hoped to get through the holiday before doing that. Jameson
had tried to conceal her apprehension about the big family barbecue . Candace could see the clues to the
trepidation that lingered in Jameson’s mind. If Candace were to be honest, she felt a few jitters when she allowed herself the
time to stop and consider the upcoming event.
    Candace
had immediately clicked with Jameson’s parents. She adored Jameson’s mother,
Maureen. She wasn’t worried about anyone’s approval, but she hoped that the two
families would find some common ground. Family meant a great deal to both her and Jameson. Family gatherings were
stressful in the best of circumstances over many years. This would be the first
go round for the new couple. She wanted to limit the stress in both their lives
until they were on the other side of next weekend.
    Still,
political chatter was bound to start soon. Candace knew that as well. The fact
was that the party was exerting a comfortable pressure on her to consider a bid
for the governorship. She fully expected that they would be turning up the heat
in the coming months. She was a viable candidate with national name
recognition. The governorship of New York would place her as an excellent Vice
Presidential nominee, or if she chose, a candidate for The White House herself.
That had never been her ambition. She was skeptical about a middle-aged lesbian’s viability in such a high
powered candidacy. She could not deny that fact that attitudes were changing.
Six years from now, it might be a different ball game. The Democratic Party
wanted a strong, well-placed candidate when that tide finally sifted. She would
have been lying if she suggested that the idea did not, at the very least,
intrigue her.
    “I was
going to wait until after the festivities on the Fourth ,” Candace said.
    “But?”
Dana asked, sensing a slight shift in Candace’s mood.
    “There’s
no point in waiting,” Candace admitted.
    “Candy…Can
I ask you something? I mean, as your friend, not as an adviser in any
capacity?”
    “Of
course.”
    “Are
you afraid that this….possibly taking a different course will scare J.D. off?”
    “No,”
Candace answered immediately. She wasn’t. “That’s not it at all, Dana, ” Candace noted the inquisitive expression
on the younger woman’s face. She laughed quietly. “I know you may not understand
this….I like the downtime. It’s nice to just come home and