Chapter 39

The Vancouver headquarters of the Untainted Party were located on the twenty-third floor of a bland downtown office tower, whose only distinguishing feature was that it was the only real estate in the city more expensive than House Pacifica's. They had offices in the provincial legislature building in Victoria, British Columbia's capital, but when Parliament wasn't in session, like now, or they had meetings or fundraisers here, it was important to have a base in Vancouver, the largest city in the province and the financial center.

The business suits fogged up the elevator with their disapproval when I got on. I was still in my turtleneck and leggings, my dark wavy hair in a messy, sweaty ponytail.

I seethed my way up to the Party's floor, ignoring a haughty thirty-something who was headed up to the investment banking firm one floor up. Entitled and possibly sociopathic, I "accidentally" elbowed him with more force than necessary getting out of the crowded elevator.