That Golden Woman

the long version

***To all appearances the Gallaghers were the beautiful couple of the year.*** Glamorous young Nickie and the dashing Senator, Peter Gallagher, a Presidential hopeful, made society pages everywhere. **Peter's family was wealthy and powerful**, and the Gallagher ***image was all important.*** When ***Peter began to stray***, Nickie became aware of it and an arrangement was made. ***The price was one million dollars. Nickie would not create a scandal.*** ***And so the Gallaghers continued to be beautiful...in public.*** ***Nickie thought she had learned about power.*** But she found she was only a beginner when she met the internationally famous ***shipping tycoon, Stavros Saraops...***