Typical politician. One night he stayed, left the place a mess.

Still, that’s what she was paid for – get the room ready for the next guest.

Only the Minimum Wage though. Suppose she should be thankful to him for upping that in the last budget.

Useless though, the lot of them. And now, another election. She certainly wouldn’t vote for him, probably wouldn’t bother voting at all.

She picked up the single empty glass – no scandal to be found here.

Then she saw it. A satchel, stuffed with documents.

She started rifling through pages. Her eyes widened. Suddenly, the fate of the country was there in her hands.

Written as part of the Friday Fictioneers challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields (more details HERE). The idea is to write a short story of 100 words based on the photo prompt (above).

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