Quarantine swipe

Everything went to shit

I woke up at the sound of my phone ringing, my screen was filled with texts.
I grabbed it, half asleep and tried to open my eyes to see what the fuzz was all about.
Then I started reading all the texts

Hilda: did you see the news?

Mom: sweetie please come home
Mom: Andy??

Boss: we need to talk, see you at my office at 10, wear a mask

I felt worry invading my body.
What the hell happened?

I turned the tv on and changed to the news chanel and when I saw the headline I was shocked.

New York City on lockdown, everything will be closing tomorrow.

The newsman was suggesting that people went to buy everything they needed for a month, and to not get out of our homes.

"The number of cases are increasing and there are no beds in hospitals, they are full, the number of deaths are increasing by day" as I heard the newsman speaking fear consumed every part of my body, my stomach began to ache with nervousness.

I heard my phone ringing again

"Hi mom" I said.

"Are you watching the news" she asked.

"Yes mom" I heard her crying

"What are we going to do?, please Andrea come home" she said sobbing

"Mom don't cry, everything will be alright" I said trying to calm her.

My mom lived in New Jersey, that's where I grew up, my dad died when I was 15, and since  then It had always been me and her. I studied at NYU and kept living with her, because she didn't wanted to be alone, but after I got my first job I decided to rent an apartment of my own, I couldn't live with my mom forever, and although I love her very much and we were really close I needed my space. After my dad died my mom relied on me, she became like this dependable woman and I had to do everything for her. Cook, clean the house, be a good daughter, student, housekeeper, chef. I never had time for boyfriends or relationships.

After I calmed my mom, I took a quick shower and prepare myself for work.
I put on my disposable face mask, entered the office, and went straight to my boss's office. I couldn't help but to feel nervous about what he was going to tell me, about what was going to happened next.

I knocked on the door
"Come in" I heard his deep voice.
I stepped into the room with my heart pounding through my chest.

"Take a seat" he said firmly pointing his hand to the chair in front of him.
I took a seat and watched him eagerly waiting for what he was going to say.

He looked weird.

"Andy" he looked me in the eyes and sighed "as you can see, tomorrow we can't come to the office anymore so I'm in very difficult position here" he said  looking at his hands, he looked sad, and then he dropped the bomb "I'm going to have to freeze your job and all of your team as well"

I didn't say anything I just stayed m quiet, waiting for him to tell me it was a joke. But no. It wasn't.

"What does freeze mean?" I asked intimidated.

"It means that I'm gonna have to let you go, but just for a little while" he said.

"What?" I couldnt believe it

"I can't afford your salary, neither one of any director"

"Everyone Is frozen, the firm is frozen, there will be no work until further notice" he said like he was in pain "So please note that when things get back to normal you will return here"

I couldn't help but to feel so mad. I was one of his best workers here. I was loyal, hard working and I had left my life here. What an asshole. I wanted to scream at him.

Aaaaahhhhhh!!!!! My mind scream and in my imagination I stood up from my chair, looked him in the eyes and said to him "you're and ungrateful prick"

But for my unfortunate soul I didn't dare to do that. So instead I stood up, gave him a nod with my head, like saying thank you and left his office without saying anything. Because if I opened my mouth, fire was coming out. And as much as I wanted to tell him the worst things I couldn't, I couldn't close the doors here in this firm, because I did wanted to come back.

Maybe it will be just a couple of weeks, I thought to myself .

So as I was walking out of the building I called Hilda to trash talk about my boss.

As soon as she answered she said "how about we kill him in his sleep?"

"How about if we cut his expensive suits" I stood quiet then said "no better, let's steal his suits, sell them, and with that we can cover our salaries for the next six months"
Hilda laughed

"That's a good idea"

"What are we going to do now?" I said with uncertainty of what was coming next

"Nothing, we can't do nothing, we just wait until this passes by, I'm sure it's just going to be a few weeks" she said and I sighed defeated.

"Hey, at least we can drink wine" she said and I laughed while a tear escaped my eye.

"Does Harry and Ernest got fired too?" I asked "sorry frozen" I laughed at how stupid that sounds.

"Harry was frozen" Hilda said with a laugh "but Ernest wasn't"

"God forbids that our precious boss lives without an assistant"
Hilda and I laughed.

When I got home, I pressed the elevator to my new apartment that I had no idea how I was going to afford now. 
I unlocked the door and looked to my beautiful apartment, to my expensive and gorgeous new furniture that I just bought and just started sobbing, crying, screaming.
I was a mess.

What now??

I put on my most confortable sweat pants, a delicious Sherpa hoodie and my slippers. I pour myself a glass of wine, dragged my sluggish legs to the couch and swallow my glass of wine as if it was water.

The sobs and the tears kept coming and so as the glasses of wine until I fell asleep in the couch.

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