Chapter 358
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Eve went back to the White House with Marissa's response. Mason didn't seem suprised. Even with 35 days until impact, they had good reason to fear the mob. Still, they might recruit some volunteers, that was progress. President Mason offerred Eve a cigar to celebrate. It was her first, stronger than she expected. Eve ended up vomiting before she could even finish. She was embarassed, but Mason tried to help. He helped Eve clean herself up, apologized for his carelessness. It seemed just a bot odd, having him being tender towards her. But George Mason was still human, despite his faults. He just had a lot to deal with, trying as best he could to protect the human race from ELE. Eve brushed her teeth, wanted to look beautiful, for him. She once had a crush on this man, and there was something sexy about power. Mason's lust for beautiful young women was legendary. And on this night, Eve Thompson and George Mason made love.
After they made love, Eve felt weird. She'd never expected to be the president's mistress, especially this one. But people were ften having sex with each other just to sleep through the night. He needed this as much as her. Eve didn't expect this would happen again, she hoped it wouldn't. For now, she did want to help him sleep. George Mason's hero was Abraham Lincoln, he sometimes watched the old Spielberg movie about Lincoln in the White House movie theatre. So Eve told him a story.
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Eve: Once there was a man named Abraham. He saw a terrible injustice in this country. Human beings were selling other human beings as property. These slaves were beaten, raped, even killed, with no hope of legal protection. Abraham vowed to fight slavery. Even with no money he taught himself how to read, educated himself, became a lawyer. After many years of hard work, Abraham became president of the United States. He tried everything to free the slaves, even buying them from their owners to free them. But the slave-owners wouldn't budge. They used their blood money to start a new country, dedicated to greed and white supremacy. Abraham had to make sme difficult choices, peace for his country, or freedom and justice for the slaves. Abraham used his best judgement and declared war on the confederacy. Hundreds of thousands of Men, women, and children died. But it worked, slavery was abolished. So in the end, Abraham became a hero.