Funny You Should Ask

Chani Horowitz learns from the editor of Broad Sheets magazine that Hollywood actor Gabe Parker’s public relations team wants Chani to do a piece on him that mimics a successful profile she did 10 years ago. The first Broad Sheets piece went viral, launching Chani’s career, and she feels she’s been both profiting and running from that article for the last 10 years. Because of that profile, Chani is repeatedly asked if she slept with Gabe. She always answers, “Nope, nothing happened […] Don’t I wish, though” (3).

The timing of the 10-year revisit would benefit both their careers. Chani has a new book coming out, and Gabe is trying to make a comeback with a remake of The Philadelphia Story after his career tanked due to his alcohol addiction and a fight with a director that got him fired from the Bond franchise. Chani still feels hurt that shortly after their weekend together, Gabe flew to Las Vegas and married his Bond co-star, Jacinda Lockwood. Hoping for answers to questions that have persisted since that weekend 10 years ago, Chani agrees to the second interview.