River Haven

Chapter 9

The next morning in River Haven, the city paper's headline read, " McMahon Heir Kidnapped By Montgomery Asylum Escapee."

"A man in a mask?" Paul joked as Renee tried to explain what she had seen the night before.

"Yes. And there were two girls that got kidnapped, not just Alexa McMahon." Renee said.

Paul continued laughing to himself for a moment.

"Listen, Young.. People in this town don't really give a crap about anything unless it involves a McMahon or a Kahn. And because of recent events, obviously the Reigns'. SO when we publish a paper, we publish to sell. No one's wants to read about the other girl that got kidnapped, they want to read about the prom queen." Paul tried to explain.

"Journalism is supposed to be about getting the truth out there, Paul.. It's about selling papers." Renee told him.

"It is for me." Paul told her.

Renee shook her head in disapproval and began to leave.

"What about you, Renee? Do you wanna put your truth out there?" Paul asked.

"What do you mean?" Renee asked as she turned around.

"Why'd you leave town? Why'd you come back? Did something happen in D.C. while you were gone or did something happen here in River Haven before you left? What are you hiding?" Paul asked.

Renee froze for a moment as she began to get uncomfortable.

"Not everyone wants the truth. They just was a juicy story." Paul said with a smirk on his face.

Renee left his office in a rage, passing by Phil on her way out.

That morning at River Haven high school, Sasha was getting books out of her locker when Alexa walked down the hall. Everyone greeted her with sympathy and comforting smiles. Sasha rolled her eyes and shut her locker. But Alexa walked straight through the crowded hall and approached Sasha.

"How's your arm?" Alexa asked.

Sasha gave her a confusing look.

"What are you doing?" Sasha asked.

Alexa let out a small laugh.

"I'm just checking in on you. Last night was a lot.." Alexa said.

"Yeah it was but I don't need you to check on me. Why don't you go find someone else to feel sorry for." Sasha said rudely.

Alexa looked at her uncomfortable, not realizing she has over steping.

"Right, um okay.. Sorry, forget I said anything." Alexa said awkwardly as she began to walk away.

Now Sasha was realizing how rude she was being.

"Wait." Sasha said.

Alexa stopped and turned back to face her.

"You wanna get out of here?" Sasha asked.

Alexa looked at Sasha with intrigue as she let out a slight smile.

At city hall, a crowd began to gather around the press as Brandi Rhodes began to give a speech. She stood on the steps of River Haven city hall with Cody by her side.

"Good morning, citizens of River Haven. I wanted to thank you all for coming out today. Last night was very disturbing for a lot of us. I know most mayoral candidates would probably come out here and tell you all that everything is going to be okay and how they will fix things if they are elected. But not me.. I'm not going to do that today." Brandi began.