The Apoka Collective

The Hand Job

by Rip Peterson

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Neither the President nor his staff wanted anyone seeing me leave the White House with the President or anyone else on the staff. No one knew who I was or anything like that. They felt having a random person walk out of the White House would cause too many questions.

And the press were watching like hawks because apparently, they didn’t know if the President was going to leave on his own accord.

I was sitting in the Oval Office while they discussed it.

There were mentions about the Capitol and certification. I didn’t pay much attention mostly because it’s not like I could do anything besides watch movies.

But they planned a distraction.

The President would give a speech.

Something would rile up the crowd. They would riot and then I would be slipped out of the White House.

And that was how I ended up in Florida living at a country club.