this baptism by fire is not exactly what i had in mind for my first visit to the oval office . '' it was as if those men , those terrible monsters from her childhood , had defeated her . in twenty minutes it would be too late . they 'd only been together for two weeks . pride was n't going to hold her back . jack had snuck back to us , hovering to my right . not on his way to the gathering , though ; these injuries were weeks old . 