Amanda Wakes Up by Alisyn Camerota

Author:Alisyn Camerota
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2017-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Solid Sources

Charlie and I strolled along the sidewalk in the fuzzy postbrunch idyll of an August Sunday, trying to ignore the headlines blaring out of newsstands about the presidential race that continued to heat up. After the intensity of my workweeks, with the voices on each side getting louder and angrier, I spent weekends in a dreamlike fog—until it was time to kick my brain into high gear again on Sunday nights. I lolled past the boutiques in SoHo, which were already segueing from sundresses and sandals to sweaters and vests, and paused in front of one to admire a pair of gorgeous over-the-knee black suede boots—the kind that even Meg couldn’t justify buying for our work wardrobes. Someday soon, when Jake renegotiates my contract at an anchor salary, whatever that is, I might buy those boots. Or I might not. Maybe I’ll save my money to upgrade my apartment, someplace with an elevator and a view. You’re gonna make it after all. I sang it in my head. Boy, was Mom happy lately. “Finally, a progressive female presidential candidate who shares my vision!” she’d say. “All she has to do is win.”

• • •

My phone was already ringing when I got to my desk after the show Monday morning.

“I found the housekeeper,” Laurie said.

“Oh, my God. Tell me!”

“Her name is Martina Harrow and Fluke bought her a very nice home in Arizona.”

“How’d you figure it out?”

“Well, it took awhile. Turns out the house was bought sixteen years ago, so the timeline matches. There’s no evidence of a mortgage. It was bought in cash, and the purchaser used an LLC, which was named ‘Successful Man, Inc.’ and registered to the address of Fluke’s office in Bel Air! How fucking dumb is this guy?”

“Oh, my God! So did you get her to talk?”

“Uh, not yet. She’s hung up on me three times. But I’ll get her.”

“What’s your plan?”

“BNN’s lawyers say between the nanny and these real estate records, we can go with it. So we’re crashing something together for tonight. I gotta go.”

“Listen, Laur, after you guys break it, do you think I could get those real estate records from you? I could hit Fluke with them when he comes on this week.”

“Of course,” she said. “You’re the only network that has access to Fluke. You gotta nail him.”

“Done,” I said.

• • •

That night, Laurie and Gabe broke the housekeeper story, though they didn’t use her name and didn’t get her on camera, and the next morning I walked into the Wake Up pod, where Fatima and a bunch of PAs were hunched over a monitor, watching video that I assumed was BNN’s report.

“What’s the deal?” I asked, tapping Fatima on the shoulder.

“Oh, hey, Amanda,” she said, keeping her eyes glued to the screen. “Have you seen this stuff? It’s amazing.”

“I know!” I said. “I think BNN is trying to get the housekeeper to talk!”

“What?” Fatima said, turning toward me. “Oh, you mean that BNN stuff? Yeah, we can’t touch that.

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