this chapter is a little different , kind of told from how Harrison sees the First family! Shorter chapters but i hope you're satisfied with this chapter ending
I was always an observer, even when i was young i would rather watch how people were than talk to them so i guess watching over The First Family was the best job for me until Liv came into the White house and unlike Emmy's mother she wasn't fake or mean. She was trying so hard to be the woman America wanted, to be a mother to a child that wasn't hers. But she was trying her hardest to love her husband. She didn't blame him for their marriage. She hadn't opened up about details but it wasn't him forcing her into the marriage. She was an excellent first lady, always helping the needy or actually stopping to ask people how their day was going. She knew everyone's names even the aide's but her biggest joy was Emmy you could see it anytime they were together
(Break)
"Libby?" Emmy called as she ran out of her classroom towards Liv. It was her first week back at her private school since her mother had left and school had resumed. Everyone in the white house could see the change in the little girl since Liv had came into her life. When her mother left she barely spoke to anyone other than her father, she would spend hours in her room or have horrible tantrums that all stopped when Liv came.
"Hi Em" Even in a creme dress she hoisted the five year old who had mud all over her ballet flats onto her hip
"Hi Harry" she waved from Liv's neck, i waved back "Huck usually picks me up"
"I thought since you had such a good week at school we could go get our nails painted"
The five year olds eyes lit up at her step mother "really?"
Liv chuckled "yep, you ready?"
"Wait! Do you want to see my drawings?"
"Sure" Liv nodded and followed the little girl into the classroom after we cleared it as it only held her teacher.
"Mrs- Madame, Ma'am" the middle aged woman stuttered
"Please call me Liv" she extended her hand " you are?"
"Jacobs , Summer Jacobs"
Liv nodded "My husband sends best wishes on your pregnancy" Liv lied as she eyed the teachers swollen stomach
"Wow, thank you"
"Look, momm- Libby" Emmy slipped though Liv noticed she bent down to the desk and examined the drawings.
"These are really good Em"
"I had Emmalynne last year and she is improving VERY well" offered
"I'm glad to hear it, we should get going Em" Liv took one of the drawings slipping it into her purse "nice meeting you "
(Break)
"Guess what" Liv asked as she carried around a tired looking Emmy from the Oval office later that night.
"Chicken butt" emmy giggled loudly to herself and asked to be put down when she saw run by. Huck followed the little girl down the hallway
"Do you have new information?" She asked as she moved into the hallway. So far all we got on Rowan Pope was that he was command of a secret organization that had him with people in high places.
"Your father is dangerous Liv, i think you should stop looking into it"
She gulped "dangerous how?"
I handed her the file of a case for a classified case which was called Remington.
Apparently her husband and her father knew each other long before this marriage was even thought of.
"You say the president doesn't know about it but maybe this is why.. Maybe he's blackmailing someone close to Cyrus"
"No, they're friends" she paused "it has to be someone close to Fitz"
"So what's the plan?"
"Find out who he's blackmailing then we go from there"
I nodded and escorted her to residency "thank you for everything Harrison, i am more than grateful"
"Of course Liv"
I wanted to tell her she didn't owe me anything, she was one of my closest friends and according to her i was her only friend in Washington. We had become close after New York which seemed to not be sitting well with some people at the white house
(Break)
"Sir?" I came into the Oval, Amanda had paged me over by the president's request and i was trying to keep my cool. What if he knew about us looking into Rowan.
He was sitting behind his desk. He waved me in to sit on the couch as he was on the phone.
"Sorry about that" he sat across from me and offered me some scotch, i shook my head
"Sir, is something wrong?"
"That depends" he took a strong sip of scotch
"On?"
"On if you're screwing my wife" he stared at me, he wasn't joking. His eyes had glazed over as if he was actually bothered by the idea "you two seem awfully close and i would like it to stop"
"No your wife is not cheating on you. You are cheating on her" i stated firmly
"Excuse me? Is that how you speak to your commander?"
"Sir, right now i'm not speaking to the commander chief. I'm speaking to my friends husband." I stood up "My friend who is so scared of her father she married you, she takes care of your daughter like she was her own. Did you know she sings Emmy's favourite disney song to get her awake every morning? If she can't she makes Kate do it, she is by your side 24/7 when you need her to be but when she needs you you are busy screwing your secretary. Wasn't your father like that too?"
He stood up now fuming "watch it Harrison"
"I'm sorry sir but you hired me to protect her but lately the only person i need to protect her from is you" i walked out of the oval and into the hallway. I was shaking, my hands were shaking. I had no romantic feelings for Liv but i cared about what happened to her and if her husband was anything like what i just witnessed to her in private i was worried.