Chapter 5
The rest of her first week seemed to fly by and Kelsey barely had a chance to breathe. When she wasn't dealing with the press, she was going over the plans for the President's upcoming trips
to London and Chicago. C.J. and Kelsey had decided that Kelsey would travel with the President to Chicago. After work hours were spent with Toby going over her testimony for the
hearing. By the time she got home most nights, all she wanted to do was crawl under the covers and sleep. But, mom was arriving on Saturday afternoon and she had to make certain
everything was ready for her.
So, Saturday morning found Kelsey sitting at her desk returning phone calls and reading through the annual report on National Parks, which the White House had received Friday afternoon.
"What are you doing here?" a male voice asked.
Kelsey put down the report and looked up to find Toby standing in her doorway.
"Trying to get through this report and failing miserably," she replied.
Toby walked into the office and stood opposite her. "I thought your mom was arriving today."
"She is. Her flight doesn't land until 3. So, I thought I'd finish up a few details before heading out to the airport. Why aren't you at temple?"
"It ended an hour ago so I'm here to work on the President's speeches for Chicago."
"Sounds like we're a couple of workaholics."
"Always have been," remarked Toby.
"Well, I should probably get back to this report and you have some speeches to write…"
"Yeah."
Toby turned and started to walk out of Kelsey's office. He reached the doorway and turned to face her.
"Do you want to go over your testimony?"
Kelsey breathed a sigh. "Anything to escape this!" she replied pointing at the report.
For the next 2 hours, they worked non-stop on her testimony. Toby drilled her with questions he thought the Congressmen might ask. She was getting the knack of answering the questions
with a consistency that Toby liked.
At about 1:30 Kelsey glanced at her watch and realized what time it was.
"I've really got to go if I'm going to make it in time," she remarked.
Toby glanced up from his computer screen.
"Okay, we'll work on this Monday evening, if that's all right?"
"Shouldn't be a problem. Mom knows how important this hearing is."
"Is she planning on attending?"
"I haven't asked her yet."
"You should," he replied.
"We'll see how she feels on Friday morning," she responded and then headed out the door.