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“Is the doorbell is working?” Christina asks.
One possibility: the Ring doorbell hasn’t rung in weeks because of the pandemic.
Another possibility: the Ring doorbell is on the fritz because of me. I may look like I can code, but the truth is I’m an analog dude in a digital world.
“I’ll check.”
I step outside to inspect the Ring. Looks like Cylon hardware to me. But I don’t know much about these droids. My guess is it’s out of juice. I ring the Ring to check.
“I think the battery is dead,” I say, as I step back inside. “It has a battery, right?”
Christina nods. A couple months back, she installed the Cylon to at the door. Then she set-up a Bezos spy ring inside the house. The Cylon reports to a spy called Echo that sits on my desk, and stares at me all day. It’s awkward…
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