Chapter 7
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Eve considered what Jack had said. Her parent said they would have to consider whether to let he go to the party. On Monday Febuary 7th it was 1259 days until impact. By friday it would be 1256 days. Zack seemed more worried about Kendall. Kendall was an alcoholic, been sober for over ten years. Zack feared this would push her to drink. Eve hoped her mother could stay sober for her family. She hoped the whole thing was a hoax. Eve didn't follow politics much but knew some things about president George Mason. The 47th president, in the beginning of his second term. George Mason served in the war in Afganistan, got captured and tortured by the Taliban for six days before he escaped. He was elected to congress in 2010 where he quickly became an advocate for American withdrawel from that country. The democratic party knew they would lose seats in 2010, they hoped putting a war hero on the ballot would minimize their losses. When Mason was nominated for president in 2028 he chose his primary opponnent Kimberly Allen as his vice-president. Thus Kimberly Allen became the first female vice-president of this country. Eve would've liked to have voted for president Allen in 2036. As Eve watched the news she saw there were some positive aspects to this crises. A number of sheriffs in the United States publicly announced they would no longer enforce laws evicted people from their homes. They apparently decided not to hurt people, or incur God's wrath, when they were within spitting distance of st Peter. Israel and Pakistan were reaching an agreement towards building Arks together. Israel had the technology to build shelters, Pakistan had the mountains to build shelters in. Although these countries had fought a war less than ten years ago ELE threatened both countries. In the African nation of Sangala the Bawa and Askari ethnic groups, normally enemies, were working together. In Columbia far-right and far-left groups were coming together to build shelters. Eve hoped Jack was right about ELE being a hoax. She wasn't as cynical about president Mason. Maybe it was his master plan for world peace.