This snippet is the third in the Thoughts series - just short drabbles from different povs. This one is from Jed's perspective.

Even now after all we have been through, I am certain of the integrity of this office. With gentle hands, I hold the power it controls; I relish the authority with unending command. Yet, while I serve my country, give of myself and of my family, I am losing the person I cherish most. Not to my position, though it has played its own part, but to a woman.

She is a friend, a daughter, a staff member, and in all titles I hold her in the highest regards. But I also know she is a lover, my wife’s lover, if not in body, then in heart. I can see how they interact, how furtive glances and soft hellos represent more than friendly banter. From where my hand rest on the small of her back, I can feel Abbey’s temperature rise when C.J. walks into the room. They have formed an attraction, a connection that spans the influence I possess.

I trust my wife; I trust my press secretary. I try to trust myself.

I'm still working on it.