Closing the Gap

"The Choi-Park invocation," he said.

"Yes," she said. "Eleven months. I read the file on Tuesday morning and sent the invocation the same afternoon."

"Graves mentioned it at council," he said. "He said the framework is working."

She looked up. The specific expression — not surprised, not performing. Taking the information in.

"Yes," she said. "It is."

He sat in the chair beside the desk — the chai