Part 6: Public Legacy
"You're reading a book? Don't you ever do any work?"
Didi marked her place before giving the man in the doorway a cool smile. "Don't you ever knock?" She flipped the book around so he could read the cover.
"Play by Play," he read out. "A top ten bestseller never. Any new insights into our leaders in love?"
"I'm pretty sure neither of them was in love."
"So cynical," he berated. "What do you say the affair was about then? Power? Money?"
"I don't know." She shrugged. "Roslin's life was work. Adar was at work. Circumstances drew them together. Boom."
"Unfortunately I rarely boom with my co-workers."
"Wonder why. Anyway, Palacios praises Adama a lot in the book. Says he was the man behind the woman."
"There always is one."
She rolled her eyes. "Claims he was a catalyst for everything. She dismisses the teachers' strike, the Union negotiations, the cancer, even Adar's marital status as reasons for the relationship breakdown. Claims Roslin would have resigned quietly, and maybe even kept sleeping with Adar, if not for the trip to the battlestar."
"She did make history upon her return."
"Yes. Adar was impeached, forced to resign, and later committed suicide."
"Roslin had withdrawn completely from public life well before then."
She flicked to a section she'd highlighted. "Although Laura Roslin was never officially President of the Twelve Colonies, I believe one day people will realise she is the mantle on which all subsequent presidents should be judged."
"Ms Palacios was so profound."
"It made me wonder. Our current president is worried someone might start making comparisons? What are we really investigating here?"
"We just keep digging until we hit rock bottom, as my dear mother used to say."
"Mrs Lampkin was also profound," Didi murmured as Romo left her office.