In Love With Jeff
“I am head over heels in love with you,” Jeff would call to tell me every morning around 6:30 AM, “Oh are you awake?”
“I’m awake now,” I would tell him, “and I am so in love with you my heart is swollen to the size of a beach ball.”
It was all part of our morning routine.
“Did you take your Lactulose or your morning meds yet?” I would ask him
“No, I forgot, I’ll take them right now,” he would tell me. On the other end of the phone, I would hear rustling noises. Jeff was grabbing the lactulose and then opening his mini-fridge where he kept the Coca-Cola. He used Coca-Cola as a chaser for his nasty tasting Lactulose that he hated so much. I could hear gulping noises, then a disgusted noise followed by a desperate chugging of Coca-Cola.
After that, I heard the rattling of pills and more swallowing noises.