Why was Booth admitted into the presidential box?

[Gene C]

(04-06-2015 03:48 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I'm not convinced that Booth was in love with Lucy. And, he had already placed her in a difficult situation on Inauguration Day, if he had decided to do something drastic at that time. Any means to an end.

There goes the premis of my new book where Booth escapes from the Garrett's farm, goes to Spain to win Lucy's hand, get's rejected and ends up as a rejected, love stricken, retired house painter in Enid, OKlahoma, where he then joins the circus.