Lauren shot the agent in the room an apologetic glance then turned on her sister. “Darcy, no. You can’t be mad at your team.”

“Why not? If they’d been doing their job, I wouldn’t have been taken.” From the corner of her eye she saw the agent flinch. Well, too bad. If they’d been doing their job, she would never have realized that she was at risk.

She’d had Secret Service protection for years and had never considered it more than an annoyance. She’d always known that she and Lauren were technically possible targets, but she’d felt safe surrounded by the grim-faced agents. Not anymore.

“It’s not completely their fault,” Lauren said. “No one was expecting you to be kidnapped.”

Darcy snorted. “It’s their job to expect the unexpected. They’re professionals.”

“I know, but they didn’t mean for anything bad to happen to you.”

“Oh. They didn’t mean it. Then that makes it all right.”

Lauren might technically be the firstborn, but she had the personality of a middle child-always seeing the other person’s side of things. It was a trait Darcy found annoying on occasion, even as she admired it.

“Darcy…,” her sister began.

Darcy waved her off. “Don’t sweat it. They’ll be on their toes now. That’s what matters. So we’ll head off to our separate but equal locations and wait for the crazies to be caught.”

And then what? She’d tried to live a normal life, but it was impossible while her father was in office.

“There was so much to cancel,” Lauren said. “I had two benefits, and I was going to be at a state dinner.” She frowned. “Weren’t you flying to New York?”

“Yeah.” Darcy didn’t want to think about that either.

Lauren groaned. “Your interview. When is it?”

“Monday.”

Being the president’s daughter put her in the unique position of being unemployable in her chosen field. She was a graphic artist with a master’s in marketing. But, as the dozens of companies she’d applied to over the past couple of years had told her, no client wanted to turn down a presentation by someone so close to the president. It could be very bad for business. Rather than put their clients in such an awkward position, she’d been passed over time and again.