The Window Seat Sometime in November 2021 The receipt came in from Hubei. It was sticky and splotched with brown-dried blood, reeking of pangolin guts and fish innards: a multi-sensory specter of follies past. The text on the receipt was still legible, but the Old Man’s mind was not. Staffers with situational awareness knew the best way to gauge the President’s mood was through his wife; what they saw there did not augur well. She flashed them the usual correct smile, but her blue eyes were daggers potruding through a hilt of mascera as she guided her husband towards his seat. Most of the Cabinet nodded as she walked by and gave a salutory “Dr.” to her as she passed. Fauci was pleased that his seat was on the other side of the room. Adressing a glorified schoolteacher with his title was even more degrading than giving it to a veterinarian or general practitioner.
The Window Seat
The Window Seat
The Window Seat
The Window Seat Sometime in November 2021 The receipt came in from Hubei. It was sticky and splotched with brown-dried blood, reeking of pangolin guts and fish innards: a multi-sensory specter of follies past. The text on the receipt was still legible, but the Old Man’s mind was not. Staffers with situational awareness knew the best way to gauge the President’s mood was through his wife; what they saw there did not augur well. She flashed them the usual correct smile, but her blue eyes were daggers potruding through a hilt of mascera as she guided her husband towards his seat. Most of the Cabinet nodded as she walked by and gave a salutory “Dr.” to her as she passed. Fauci was pleased that his seat was on the other side of the room. Adressing a glorified schoolteacher with his title was even more degrading than giving it to a veterinarian or general practitioner.