Evette Chase

**Evette Chase** is a US Senator from Washington and Whitney's mother.

## History

### Dropping Whitney Off

Evette took time out to drop Whitney Chase, her daughter, off at college. When her phone rang, she initially ignored it, but when she found out that CNN was calling, she took the call. When they arrived at Whitney's dorm, Evette had her bodyguard close the dorm door so she could talk to Whitney and her roommates privately. She told them that because she was a public figure, it was important for Whitney not to be photographed in any compromising positions. Evette then said goodbye to Whitney and left.

### Whitney's Stream

When Whitney called Evette crying, saying that she had been suspended for two games, Evette asked for a meeting with Gertrude Woods, Whitney's coach. During the meeting, Woods explained that Whitney had gone into the men's locker room while streaming herself and had recorded several players in the nude. If the 17-year old goalie had been there, it would have legally been the creation of child pornography. Evette then turned her attention to Whitney, saying that would have been a huge scandal for her. Whitney said she was just trying to highlight the inequality between the male and female players. Evette told her they'd talk about it later and ended the call.

### Parents' Weekend

Evette came to Essex for the parents' weekend. She attended a brunch at Katherine Johnson house, where she schmoozed the guests. At the brunch, Whitney told her mom she had something to talk to her about, but Evette had a busy schedule and asked if they could talk about it on Sunday. Whitney told her mom not to worry about it, so Evette thanked her for being flexible.

That evening, Evette went to have dinner with Whitney, her roommates, and her roommates' parents. When Whitney's father didn't arrive on time, Evette decided to go in without waiting for him. The dinner started off awkwardly when Evette faced off with Leighton's dad, who disagreed with her politically. As they ordered, Henry Murray said he would be treating them all, but Evette said she had to insist they split the check as any gift she received over $50 could be considered a bribe. When Whitney came back to the table after leaving to take a call and said that her father wouldn't be making it to the dinner. When Evette saw Henry making a comment about that to his wife, she called him out for making her daughter feel less than because her father didn't show up and forced him to apologize.

After dinner, Whitney thanked her mom for standing up to her, but Evette noted that Henry was right about her father being a deadbeat and someday, Whitney would have to see that he wasn't worth the pedestal she put him on.

### Visiting Whitney

Evette was on her book tour when she learned that Whitney's soccer coach was fired for sleeping with a player. She decided to stop in to check on Whitney. She told Whitney she found it suspicious that Whitney didn't tell her herself, but Whitney just said it was over and denied it when Evette asked if it was her. Evette asked who it was because she wanted to make sure that player was okay.

Evette met with Willow, who talked about how the affair with Dalton started and how it had affected her. Evette offered her support to Willow. However, Whitney later admitted to her mother that the player in question was actually her. Evette was angry at herself for making Whitney feel like she couldn't come to her. She asked Whitney to come back to her hotel room so they could talk about it more.

### New Trimester

As the new trimester started at Essex, Evette called Whitney to check in with her. Whitney told her she was taking biochemistry and biophysics, which Evette thought was a bad choice. She told Whitney to take easy classes and promised to get her a job once she graduated. Whitney didn't like that and hung up on her mother.

### Food Workers' Strike

Kimberly called Evette when the Essex College Food Workers went on strike. She wanted Evette to come out and show her support. Evette agreed because she needed to visit Whitney anyway.

When she arrived on campus, Evette went first to see Whitney, whom she surprised with an NIH internship for the summer. Whitney was disappointed, as she wanted to get her own internship. Evette agreed to tell them Whitney wasn't interested.

Evette then met with President Lacey, who showed Evette all the superficial things they'd done in the name of improving mental health. She told them that nothing they were doing would actual address the mental health crisis. With the money they'd put into those useless efforts, they could afford to give their food workers a raise.

Next, Evette went to the protest. Kimberly had prepared a speech for Evette to read, but Evette decided it was too long and instead just pulled out a quote she liked to record a video. This video helped pull support to the cause, but things took a turn when Evette's assistant told her the quote was from a slave owner and people were attacking her on social media for using it. Evette tried to leave, but Kimberly persuaded her to stay and allow people to see her addressing the issue immediately as she spoke to the crowd. Evette apologized and admitted she should have checked the source before using the quote. Then she said once she helped the food workers get what they were owed, she would work to get the slave owner's plaque removed from the campus.

Evette met with President Lacey again. After the meeting, she told Whitney he was scared and had agreed to the union's demands. She also apologized for trying to help Whitney. She said she understood Whitney wanting to do things for herself. But she also said if Whitney changed her mind, she could help.

## Notes and Trivia

* She went to Stanford, where she majored in African American Studies and Women's Studies.

## References

1. ↑ Welcome to Essex
2. ↑ That Comment Tho
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Parents Weekend
4. ↑ The Truth
5. ↑ The Short King
6. ↑ The Essex College Food Workers Strike