Savage News by Jessica Yellin

Author:Jessica Yellin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2019-01-22T15:50:27+00:00

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The next five minutes were chaos. With no video, Natalie was forced to sift through the voices screaming in her earpiece. She tried to deliver salient information about what had just happened. Relief flooded her when she learned that she had not, in fact, participated in broadcasting the death of two people. The captain had aimed not for the chopper but for the camera, shooting it out of Luques’ hands. By shooting him in the wrist. The helicopter pilot reported that there was a lot of blood, so he was flying Luques to the hospital.

Since New York wasn’t interested in that part of the story, Natalie signed off and unplugged her earpiece. Her body felt clammy and her mouth felt dry.

Matt helped her down off the step stool, his face split by a huge grin. “How do you feel?”

“Like I’ve just taken part in something unclean,” she said. I pressured a man to risk his life, for nothing.

She was headed to the bathroom to splash cold water on her face when her phone rang.

“Natalie, my girl, that was phenomenal. High stakes. Real tension. Totally diverting. Felt fresh. Well done!” It was the Chief. “You are surprising me, Natalie. I’m very happy with your work.”

“I’m so glad, Chief,” she said, feeling not so much glad as opportunistic. She decided to seize the moment. “Sir, do you think it’s possible we could report the rest of the story from St. Tropez? I think—”

“Oh no need,” the Chief interrupted with a chuckle. “We spoke with the Mayor of St. Tropez. The First Lady isn’t there.” He paused. “I stuck with the story because I had a feeling it’d be great TV. Good thing I did. I suspect your VOP is going to be in the stratosphere today.”

Natalie looked at the hotel TV where ATN was rerunning video of the yacht with the Breaking News banner “FLOTUS on DiCaprio Boat?”

She felt her surprise shift to anger. The boss knew FLOTUS wasn’t on the boat, and he made her play along with the cameraman anyway? This was a whole new class of pushing the limits. Not only ethically, but personally. They’d put her credibility on the line and Luques’s safety. They’d set her up, used her, let a man get shot—

“Sir, are you saying—?”

“My dear, I have to jump,” the Chief said. “You’ve got to watch what our boy Ryan is about to do!” And he was gone.

Natalie’s mind was spinning.

“Holy shit!” Matt yelped and Natalie watched him stab the remote control through his antibacterial plastic baggie. He and Dasha began staring like zombies at the TV. Natalie shifted her gaze to see what they were looking at.

On air, Ryan was standing in front of the protesters outside the embassy and—

Natalie blinked to make sure her eyes weren’t lying.

“Is he—undressing?” Natalie asked slowly.

Matt and Dasha were too mesmerized to respond.

Ryan’s hand had moved from his top button to the second, and third, and was now unbuttoning his shirt to reveal his chest.

“They say only women are sexualized in our culture.

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