“I’m not sure,” she said. “Maybe if I stand really still, nobody will see me.”
Jesse Plemons squinted and grinned. He did that thing he does where only his top teeth show. “I saw you,” he said gruffly.
Suddenly a word balloon dropped above them, and the rest of the scene dropped out. It was just the two of them and the balloon and Tom’s handwriting:
I JUST MET THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
The indie Christmas song crescendoed.
Jesse Plemons had never looked so quietly full of feeling.
That British actress with the big head had never looked so lovely.
Then the tempo of the song shifted up, and the trailer started shuffling manically through more scenes from the movie. The Guy and Baby—the two actors—were framed in panels that sped across the screen. Cherry recognized a few classic moments from the comics and a few memes.
The music got louder and more circular.
Then the title—more of Tom’s handwriting—dropped in over all of the color and movement:
THURSDAY
And the screen went black.
Then, just when you thought it was over, Baby’s face appeared again. In extreme close-up.
She winked.
Cherry closed the laptop.
Chapter 71
Today 6:03 PM
Hope
Cherry, there you are! We see you!
Joy
I don’t see her!! What channel are you watching???
Hope
I’m not watching a channel. I’m watching some sort of social media streaming thing. Honny sent the link.
Faith
Cherry, you look so pretty! That dress!
Honny
Where’d she find a dress like that in her size?
Hope
Some dressmaker she found online. She bought it for work.
Joy
