Chapter 107
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When officer Murphy asked to see Eve in private on Saturday January 29th, she became worried. She was at work, she agreed to 7pm. For the rest of her shift, Eve was nervous. Noone seemed to notice, most employees were worried about being fired. Eve had kept Murphy informed, but she knew very little. If anyone from Eve's mosque, or the Sons of Liberty, were involved in anything bad, they weren't talking to her about it. Maybe Murphy learned about this from other sources. Maybe he thought Eve was holding back. After work Eve met Murphy near her house. If anyone asked, she planned to say she was out for a walk and just ran into this cop. A part of Eve hoped he wouldn't show up, but he did.
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Eve: You wanted to see me?
Murphy: Yes, thank you for coming. I wanted to express my gratitude for your help this last month.
Eve: Thanks, I haven't learned much.
Murphy: That is helpful. Identifying which groups are harmless allows us to focus our resources on those who pose a real threat. You should know there's been a change to the lottery procedure. Police officials, even unnofficial employees like yourself, earn more chances. Having been with us for a month, you've earned another chance.
Eve: So, that brings me up to ten.
Murphy: With another chance every month you work for us.
Eve: Thank you, I really do appreciate this.
Murphy: You did your duty, you earned this. By the way, there are rumors that some executives at Ravenwood are helping to fund certain militias. Any word on that?
Eve: Not that I know of. But then they don't tell me everything.
Murphy: Fair enough. Just keep your ears open over there.
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Wednesday Febuary 1st, 900days until impact. In three days it would mark exactly one year since 2/4. Eve examined her chances of getting into an Ark. She had ten chances in the lottery. And if Jessie was right, she'd helped build an Ark, was a police informant, and was learning special skills. Pretty good odds of getting into one of the government shelters. And if Ravenwood kept it's Arks, Eve had good odds there too. But if ELE came, getting into an Ark would mean someone else would be excluded. Being an informant meant hurting her friends, her fellow muslims, even Amy. Just as her black-market activities kept food from others. Nadia had the strength to resist this, Eve did not. Jessie said that every suicide brought Eve one step closer to the Ark. She didn't want to think of human life so cheaply. But she also couldn't completely expell these thoughts from her mind.