Everything, Somewhere by David Kummer

Author:David Kummer [Kummer, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-04-24T20:00:00+00:00

11

Little Rush

(The Journalist)

Gina rested her eyes for just a split second, savoring the darkness in contrast to her laptop screen. She shifted in an uncomfortable chair that came with the apartment. Her laptop, notepad, and a collection of newspapers from across the country were spread out on the desk. This apartment, while spacious enough, felt more like an oversized hotel room than a living space. Perhaps because she still hadn’t unpacked, even after a month of living here.

The fireworks had finally died off just half an hour earlier, even though July fourth itself had been nearly a week ago. Something about little rural towns like this gave her a peaceful rest. A town where people had nothing better to do for days afterward than shoot off more fireworks, prolong the hotdog celebrations for as long as possible. She didn’t hate this about Little Rush. In fact, she appreciated it. Hoped that tomorrow night, it would continue. Although eventually, she knew, it would all end.

Soon enough, she would leave this town, not likely to ever return. And in her wake? What would her impact be on this motley collection of neighborhoods, and on Bruce Michaels himself? Those questions remained a mystery.

Gina opened her eyes again and re-read the email she’d typed out.

I hope this finds you well, the message to her editor started. I’ve had a chance to talk with Mr. Michaels under the guise of a local reporter. While I couldn’t obtain any concrete answers to my questions, I did manage to piece together a few things. Including the girl.

While he denies any memory and is reluctant to broach the subject, there is no doubt. Mr. Michaels remembers Ms. Suso. Even more, I can confidently say that his purpose in coming to Little Rush has been avoiding the memory of her, perhaps avoiding an investigation exactly like this one. In my opinion, we should press on, dig deeper, and unearth more about this hidden agenda before we move to publication. Discover what else Bruce —she deleted this and changed it to— Mr. Michaels might be hiding.

For all we know, there could be more out there with similar stories. If there are, and if they’re willing to step forward, then we have to include them in our publication. To do otherwise would be both dishonest and a huge detriment to our public image.

The email went on for a few more paragraphs. It dove into more specific details, tidbits that would make for a compelling study on Bruce Michaels as a man, as a monster. As Gina read through them, she cringed at parts and reworded a few sentences. She’d been slightly drunk, she realized while reading the whole thing back. Drunk with anger. Outrage, even. Now, after another two weeks, she found some… not sympathy. Nobody could have sympathy for what this man had suffered, not after what he had done. She just felt like there were pieces missing. Things that didn’t add up.

She wrote something along these lines at the back-end of the email, stressing her desire to push deeper into Bruce’s story.

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