White House Counsel Richard Royster is having an affair with First Lady Ashley Reid against Washington's persistent rumors and hearsay gossip. The complexities in Royster's professional life, including doubling as a secret agent at NSA, plus the ultimate surprise with direct acquaintances were caught off guard completely by his sudden untimely demise. The reasonable Washington insider credible conclusion is that he was murdered to keep his silence. A man who knew too much at the right time and ruffled the feathers of the wrong types at the worst possible time.