Chapter 66
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Zack and Eve spent wednesday and thursday seeing the sights. They went to the Lincoln memorial, the air and space museum, Ford's theatre. They decided to hold off on the white house until the reception on friday afternoon. On thursday Eve also bought a new dress for the white house. She found one that was both modest and sexy. That night they ate dinner at a nice restaurant. At one point Zack went to use the restroom, and their waitress approached Eve, and spoke quietly.
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Waitress: I heard you're going to meet president Mason tomorrow.
Eve: Yeah, it's really cool.
Waitress: My daughter worked on an Ark, but she got hurt. Now they might be excluding her from the lottery.
Eve: I don't think they'll completely cut her off.
Waitress: I have her information in this letter. Please, tell the presidnt. All she wants is the chances she's already earned. I have to go. Don't tell anyone that I did this.
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That night, at the motel, Eve read the letter from the waitress. Her daughter, Kristen, was 18, had worked on an Ark since febuary. Kristen was injured in an accident, was currently in a wheelchair. According to her mother Kristen might be excluded from this Ark due to her disability. They wouldn't take people who couldn't take care of themselves. Eve thought about this. President Mason said that ten percent would be chosen for special skills, the other 90 percent would be chosen by lottery. Kristen didn't have special skills, but she'd earned more chances. Eve thought about Manny, she'd given money for his family, but his injury might keep him from earning more chances. Zack had advised Eve against reading this letter, maybe she should've listened. Worse were the pictures of Kriten, as a child, with her mother. The idea of this woman being excluded, for an injury caused while working on an Ark, sickened Eve. Then again, maybe Kristen's mother was exxagerating, just worried about her child. Either way, Eve would tell Mason about this tomorrow.