The Actor's Contract
she says, raising a hand with the solemnity of a judge, “My sister has her own boyfriend. He’s famous and his name is Enrique Blackburn.”
Silence.
Someone gasps behind us.
Another person whispers, “The actor? That Enrique?”
A third person, holding a dog in a sling, audibly says, “No freaking way.”
The fat woman blinks, “Wait — what? Your boyfriend is ENRIQUE … BLACKBURN!” She shouts out the name, and the sound echoes through the airport to boomerang back and slap me on the chest. For a moment, I can’t breathe. And I think I’m gonna faint. Or die.
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