Page 64 of See Me

Enzo:

Look, just take a picture of her and prove she’s alive.

Me:

I’m not taking a picture of her.

Enzo:

Why? What are you hiding?

Ella’s phone starts buzzing on the nightstand. I walk over and silence it before it wakes her up.

Me:

Don’t call her! She’s sick.

Enzo:

Are you at her place??

Me:

How else am I supposed to take care of her?

Enzo:

I don’t like the way you say “take care” of her.

Me:

Stop using quotation marks. You’re making this weird.

Look, I came over here this morning to get my cat and she has a really high fever and I don’t think she should be left alone.

Satisfied?

Enzo:

You have a cat?

And it was with Ella?

Like… you share custody of a cat?

What the hell happened over the last 3 days?

Me:

For fucks sake. Can we talk about this another time?

Enzo:

Does this make me an uncle?

Me:

Jesus christ. I’ll call you later.

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