"This is some goddamn bullshit."<br/><br/>Rinne leaned on the front of her desk and glared down at the screen that illuminated the scathing words on the newspaper website. She surprised even herself with how indignant she'd become over the less-than-flattering article written about Marcus, a move that would have seemed unfathomable months ago. As things heated up between them, her disdain for his campaign platform died away and gave rise to an enthusiasm that certainly wouldn't have existed without their torrid affair.<br/><br/>"Sorry, what was that?" a voice called out behind her. She spun to face them -- another intolerable coworker who was hot on her case; she was starting to feel like her relationship with their collective candidate was becoming more and more transparent. Her former superiors looked at her suspiciously enough when she scored the promotion, but her unforeseen surge in interest was enough to trip a few wires.<br/><br/>"Oh, uh. It's...I mean, did you read the MSNBC account? Not surprising from that bunch of hacks, but still..."<br/><br/>The man eyed her, his dislike of her quite evident on his face, and spun to walk away without another word. She made a face at the back of his head and quickly started pecking out a text to Marcus. She felt like a high school teenager sending him messages sometimes, but it was so hard to contain her giddiness.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">Just read the MSNBC recap. To be expected, but no less full of shit. Ever think you'd hear me say that? Pretty sure Frederick or Gregory or whoever the fuck he is working here hates me. Already orchestrated the designers to put out a few pretty attacks on Facebook/Twitter to counter the story and have our writers putting together something witty. Got it covered, boss.</span>