Look! Grampa's in the paper!
'War hero Philip Schuyler loses Senate seat to young upstart Aaron Burr!'
Grampa just lost his seat in the Senate
"He did?" Angelica asked. "I never thought Father would lose Senate seat."
"He did," Esper confirmed.
Sometimes that's how it goes
Daddy's gonna find out any minute
I'm sure he already knows
"Did he?" Madison asked.
"Unfortunately," nodded Esper.
Further down
Further down
"Let's meet the newest Senator from New York..."
New York-
Our Senator!
Burr!
"See?"
Since when are you a Democratic-Republican?
Since being one put me on the up and up again
No one knows who you are or what you do
They don't need to know me. They don't like you
Excuse me?
"People... don't like me?" Alex was shocked. Esper sighed sadly, taking his hand in her own. "Love?"
"A lot of people don't like you, but only because they're jealous," Esper replied with a soft smile. Alex nodded before focusing on the screen.
Oh, Wall Street thinks you're great
You'll always be adored by the things you create
But upstate
Wait
People think you're crooked
And Schuyler's seat was up for grabs, so I took it
I've always considered you a friend
I don't see why that has to end!
"Why does it have to end?" Burr asked, Alex shrugged.
You changed parties to run against my father-in-law
I changed parties to seize the opportunity I saw
I swear, your pride will be the death of us all
Beware: it goeth before the fall
"He's not wrong," Jefferson nodded before thinking back to the letters that were published between Burr and Hamilton after Hamilton's death. "But I think it's more accurately directed towards yourself, Mr. Burr." Burr stayed silent, wondering what Jefferson meant.
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Tale of A Widow
FanfictionThe characters from The Lion and His Lioness, as well as some characters from For Once We're At Peace, react to Hamilton: An American Musical (but it's not the one we know, it's the play from the book, with Esperanza Washington-Hamilton in place of...
