The Wake Up

by Angela Panayotopulos

The button on the remote control jammed and stuck at one channel. The screen flooded with the trumpet symphony that accompanied the beginning of the news. Lexi and Sofia groaned.

A universal feeling, I’m sure.... 😂

“You want everyone nosing around in our business? Other girls beg to have their boyfriend to themselves. Do you know what things I am exposed to every day? The deaths and grief I’ve got to face and handle? Do you know the patients and nurses who throw themselves at me, in their despair? But what do I do? I spend all my free time with Lexi. I try to find time for Lexi. I make Lexi my priority. And what does Lexi do?”

Oh, that cringing refrain... Run, girl, run...

I need a woman by my side, not a child.”

Spot on! Do they have a school to rehearse their chants?