Thread: The Purge [Nevermore x Fruit]

Chloe Kern F Chloe. There was a sigh after her boss muttered her name. He looked up from his monitor and meet her eyes. I can't publish it like this, you know that. Its.. speculation. Jeff removed his glasses and held them in his hand as he awaited the woman's response. I do know that , she bit her lips before answering him, I'll.. try and get some evidence, sir. But its a big exclusive, if we don't-. She couldn't finish her sentence before the old man interrupted her. Other newspapers will beat us to it. Unsanctioned Purging he read the title on the piece in front of him, Its a very big story, Chloe, I get it. It could change the general perception of how effectively the government is regulating this madness. I appreciate how important this is to you but I can't run a story based on gossip. At least have your lead go on record, try and find a witness, anything. The story needs credibility if its going to the American people. Ughhhh.. She had known exactly how the meeting would pan out even before she approached him yet somehow he left her disappointed he left her with more work to do. Work that Chloe didn't believe she could do because no matter how much she'd pleaded, Mrs. Harper adamantly rejected going on record with her statement, because People will go come me . Not only that, but the older woman had no tangible evidence to offer the journalist as to support her claims. Jackson's Facebook status was online at 900 AM on the 22nd, a few hours before his body was found near a lake. That's all she has. She said at least twenty times as if she was spreading a gospel . If that meant the man was alive at 9 in the morning then his death was homicide, and there was no way it was a legal purge. When she called the police, the detective sent to her never took her claims seriously. Perhaps I should do the same.. Traffic had always been exceptionally heavy the last few hours before sanctioned time, yet Chloe had never anticipated to only be able to get back home a mere two hours before the world would succumb into chaos. Its been five years since the very first Purge, but waiting never got easier. The last few hours before the Purge, she'd always feel uneasy. She'd think of everyone she knew everyone she had seen that day, and everyday since since the previous year's Purge, and wonder how'd she feel if she woke the next day and found out they had died overnight. Then she'd ponder on the possibility she, herself, would die during the Purge, and how others around her would react. The first hours after the Purge period, every year, Chloe would quickly learn that someone she knew had died overnight. She'd wonder if, given the chance, she could have saved any of them. Five people in five years In 2012, it was Amanda Collins, and in 2013, Gerard Fay. 2014, Ashley White. 2015, she lost Courtney Bloom, and last year, she lost Ian Walker. Every year, it was someone closer. Amanda was her neighbor. Gerard and Ashley were her friends from college. Courtney was a childhood friend she had known since middle school, and ended up becoming her college roommate. And Ian was her fiance. People will come after me , Elena Harper's voice played in her mind like a cassette tape, and like a chemical reaction, Chloe spontaneously broke into panic. The journalist started panting, her mind frantically trying to assess the widow's claims. Her eyes shifted from one corner to another as she questioned her own moral compass. She's probably going to be fine she hissed to herself, like a criminal trying to justify her crimes, but what if she doesn't? , the saint in her argued. The debate lasted for close to an hour, and at 650 PM, Chloe was behind the wheels.