“Fine. But remember, I got you to watch the show.”
“Yeah, I have a feeling I’m going to be giving in a lot when it comes to you.”
I gasp. “You say that like it’s a bad thing.”
“Believe me, it’s not. It’s a very, very good thing. Now, shut up and press play.”
“Bossy, bossy,” I tease.
“And you love it,” he says, and I wish I could see his face right now.
I bet, if we were in front of each other, he would have winked at me, making me all mushy inside.
I smile as I respond, “I do.”
13
Day 13
April 8
I’m watching the president’s daily briefing when I start cracking up and immediately pick up the phone to call Drew.
“Hey there,” he says, instantly melting my heart.
“Are you watching?” I ask once I recover.
“Not again …” he whines. “You can’t get me addicted to another crazy show.Tiger Kingwas enough for a lifetime of mindfuckery.”
“Ha-ha-ha. Don’t even lie. You were just as drawn into it as I was! But no, I meant, are you watching the president’s daily briefing?”
“Oh shit. Is everything okay? What happened? Are we under attack or something?” He panics, and I can tell he’s getting up to turn on the television.
“No, silly! Nothing like that. But a reporter asked if the president would consider pardoning Joe Exotic!”
“He did not …” he says in disbelief.
“Oh, yes, he did!” I chuckle. “I guess one of his sons made a comment that he was on Joe’s side, so the reporter wondered if the president was too.”
“We’re in a pandemic that’s literally shutting down our entire world, and someone thought it was a good idea to ask that?”
“See! Everyone is addicted to this show.”
“Yeah, but come on. Please don’t tell me Trump went along with the question.”
“No.” I sigh. “He said he wasn’t familiar with the show, so he didn’t know the full story.”
“Thank God!”
“Oh, stop.” I giggle.
“What else are you doing with your day?”
“You’d be so proud of me! I fixed my sink all on my own.” I hold my head up high with a big smile even though no one’s around to see me.
“Look at you! What was wrong?”
“It was clogged. I took apart the U-thing under the sink, and when that didn’t work, I snaked out the line.”
