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“It’s late. Shouldn’t you be asleep?”
The apartment was completely dark, except for the light that filtered through the blinds… and the blue light of Johnny’s smartphone, of course. Sitting on the couch, with his nose almost glued to the screen, he barely registered Kate’s groggy voice.
“Huh?”
“It’s three a.m., Johnny... if I knew you were going to develop a smartphone addiction, I would have told you to keep your old flip phone”, she said, getting out of the bedroom and going to sit beside him. “What’s so important that can’t wait until the morning?”
He showed her the phone.
“Robby liked that thing I posted on the Instagram. And he put a comment under it.”
Johnny’s first (and only, so far) Instagram post was perfectly on brand: a screen capture of Iron Eagle showing Doug and Chappy. Under it, Robby’s comment read ‘Cool movie, Dad’. Three simple words, but to him they clearly meant a lot.
“Do I have to reply? Or put one of those little hearts on it?”
Kate looked at him fondly. The last thing she wanted was to embark on a long explanation about social media etiquette in the middle of the night, but seeing Johnny so happy about a simple comment from his son was worth it.
“You can respond with a simple ‘thank you’, or just like it. Either way, I’m glad Robby is interacting with you... Maybe your second post can be tomorrow’s breakfast, food is a very popular theme on Instagram.”
“What, people post pictures of their coffee mugs?”
“If you come back to bed right now, I promise I’ll make the most photogenic poached eggs you’ve ever seen. With bacon. And toast cut in triangles.”
Johnny turned off the phone, tossed it on the couch and practically ran towards the bedroom.
“Deal!”