Chapter 21
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On Monday April 11th president Mason introduced an act to Congress, the America stability act. It would allow the president to institute wage and price-freezing. Eve didn't understand all the specifics, but it was designed to prevent inflation and exploitation during this crises. The house and the senate were debating this and expected to vote on this bill by the end of the week. Mason said he had tried a hands-off approach, but that wasn't working. Some feared this would lead to him siezing more power. Adam promised to help Eve through this. He joked he was probably a distant relative of James Hellar, last year's republican nominee for president and currently the secretary of defense. With his connections, it might help. Wednesday was Adam's 15th birthday. Eve had already given Adam his gift of a Phillies game, but she still wanted to do something. Like a cake, or they could go to a movie that night. Eve used to look forward to her and Adam's birthdays. But the countdown now stood at 1196 days. On Adam's birthday it would be 1194 days. It was hard to look forward to any day in the future at this point. Every day was one day closer to the possible end of the world. Eve tried to hide it, but her anger at the whole situation was steadily growing. Her parents weren't as comforting as she might've hoped. But as long as she had Adam and Cujo she could survive.