As she walks away I grab absentmindedly to my right hand side and pick up the remote and hit pause. Gloria stops in her tracks, and I raise an eyebrow.

“You good Gloria?”

No response.

“Yo? What’s wrong?”

Still nothing. I get up and walk over too her.

“Are you ignoring me?”

I walk in in front of her. What the hell? It’s like she’s frozen. I wave my hand in front of her face, snap. Nothing. I look in my hand and see the silver remote. I bring it up and look at the screen. ‘Paused’. I look at Gloria again.

“You have to be trying to prank me...”...