Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Spin
Brian Williams knots up a striper of ebony and lilac for this evening's newscast. "Where is she?" her husband hissed, jaw clenched, as they introduced him. He left the wings and walked out onstage, waving and smiling in the spotlight. During his speech, she got on her cellphone again, trying to reach their daughter. "Mailbox full," the recording told her unhelpfully. Moments later, there she was, but...what on earth had she done? "Like it?" her daughter said, running her hands through her short, choppy hair. "I know it's a little...edgy. But I was ready for something different. So I told her, yeah, go ahead and go for it. That's when she dyed it black and added the purple streak. Awesome, right?" As the candidate turned to welcome his family to the stage, they held hands and stepped out.