I’d like to say this jolted me awake. Made me realize I wasn’t hurting someone who didn’t matter. But it didn’t. As Gio said this, I was too busy thinking about the fact that I really needed to shave. I needed to track down my dodgy barber and get a haircut. I needed to practice what version of Javi I wanted to present to the world. But first, before all of that, I needed to make sure Gio would be there sitting next to me on television. Saying the right things. Making the ruse work.
