Becoming a Light - Episode 2
By: Kelly McDonald “That’s what makes me different,” Representative Hastings said. He was speaking to a small crowd who had gathered at the courthouse in his district to discuss county issues, including a new bill, being proposed in Congress to give relief to first-time homeowners. “And I’ll use that difference to secure the help you need.” There was little clapping as the few spectators dispersed. “What do you think of him?” A woman in the front row asked her husband as they walked out of the conference room. “He sounds different.” Her husband griped. “But what will he be saying when his party wants him to toe the line? He talks a pleasant talk about wanting to help us with our housing challenges, but we’ve heard that kind of talk before. I wonder what he’ll do when his cronies find out what he promised to do for us.” Trevor Hastings listened to the interchange between the woman and her husband until they walked into the hallway. Although his political party was in the minority ...
