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“What the hell is this?” I ask, anger turning my voice bold. “Are you insane?”

“I’m not insane,” she responds calmly, as if my answer wasn’t a rhetorical one. “Rewrite that draft in your own words, and publish it under your name. You always said you wanted to be a journalist, it’s time for you to become a real one.”

“Journalist?” I crumple the paper harshly, turning it into a rough white ball, and throwing it on top of the desk. “These are lies! You don’t care about the truth… You just care about… I don’t even know what you care about, mom! I don’t even know you anymore.” I stare her down for a few tense seconds, and then I give her my obvious reply to her request. “I’m not doing this.”

“You have to, Penny. Or else you might find yourself out of a job.” Her words feel like a precise jab to my stomach, but I recover from it in a heartbeat. A threat? I know exactly where she can shove these threats of hers.

Without a word, I get up from my seat and start making my way out of her office. I open the door and, just before leaving, look back at her from over my shoulder.

“Guess I’m out of a job then,” I say, and then slam the door behind me.





24





The New York Daily Journal





Papa Don’t Preach!





Gossip Central on Page Eight. From the Desk of Vicky Durner - All the gossip you never even knew you needed to know!



A somber salutation to you, Gotham.

Why somber?

We've reported on Magnus Davion extensively over the course of the last few months.

But all that comes to a close at this point.

In the past, the antics of Mr. Davion were boorish, immature, and that of an overgrown man-child.

His actions that are now being alleged are that of a menace to society.

They disrespect all women. They hurt us as a society. And they cut close to home as well.

Over the last 24 hours, a lot has changed at the New York Daily Journal.

We've had to let go of a celebrated staff reporter, Penny Wright.

And yes, Penny is the daughter of our fearless leader, Rhoda Wright. She gave Penny a job on the Gossip Desk, writing under the Vicky Durner pen name right out of college.

And it turns out that Penny has been trading sexual favors for shading the coverage of Magnus Davion to be more positive.

That's right.

You read that correctly. Penny Wright has been engaged in a sexual relationship with Magnus Davion.

But if you're trying to figure things out in your head, let us go ahead and make that very clear to you.

You're not wrong. Magnus is indeed Penny's stepfather.

He was married very briefly to Rhoda Wright. Penny was younger at the time, but it looks like Magnus and his stepdaughter are taking the relationship to the next level.

Or are they?

Who chaperoned this relationship? We're saying eewwww at the age difference. Magnus is several years older than her. He used to be married to her mother.

Does she call him Daddy in bed?

That's right. We asked the question. Are these two individuals mentally ill? Do they engage in fantasies that are taboo and forbidden? Is that what gets them off?

We're asking these questions, New York, because we know that you're asking them too.

And they deserve to be answered. Because at the end of the day, Magnus Davion is building the Equinox Tower. Do you want to get in on an elevator designed and built by a man who likes receiving head from his daughter?

Right. If that question makes you wince, it's because it's supposed to.

Clearly, this man does not have the same morals that the rest of society does. If he's so cavalier about engaging in sexual relations with his stepdaughter, who's to say if he holds the same value on the sanctity of life.

Maybe he doesn't really care whether that elevator works or not as long as he got paid. Those people that get trapped and suffocate to death? Magnus Davion may not even care. We don't know if he does or does not. But clearly he's not normal.

It's high time Magnus Davion was removed from the positions of power he occupies.

This paper has already taken steps to remove his stepdaughter, who's most likely sexually brainwashed by him.

It's time to put our heads together and undo his vile influence.

We'll report more as we find out.

Till then, keep your ears open, New York. We'll be listening.





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Magnus





Fucking Rhoda. She really had to go and fucking stab me in the back, didn't she? And, not happy with it, she had to go and throw Penny under the bus as well. Her hate knows no fucking boundaries. Of course, Laurel’s fingers are all over this as well. These two are like two peas in a fucking pod. No wonder, though, after the way my marriage to Rhoda ended.

I throw the Daily Journal on top of my desk and get up from my chair. I pace around the office, trying to think of a way to minimize the damages. Oh, yeah, make no mistake about it: the damages are happening as I speak, and they’re going to be fucking huge. Right now, the directors on my board are probably in a panic, and these fucking bastards don’t play well under stress.