"Donna." Josh said as he entered the office on Monday, then he remembered
Donna didn't work for him anymore. "Mom. what's her name ALICE?"
"None of them are here." A voice said behind him.
"Excuse me?" Josh said turning to look at him.
"None of the women are here in this part of the building, the assistants, the aides, the interns. Neither are Ms Cregg or Carol, Henry is going to do the Press Briefing this morning."
"Answer the phone I'm going to find out what's going on."
"Yes Mr Lyman."
~
"Sam where the hell are Bonnie or Ginger?" Toby yelled.
"Not here obviously." Sam replied.
"Missing people too?" Josh asked.
"Anyone of the female gender."
"You don't suppose they got abducted by aliens do you?" Sam asked. Josh and Toby looked at him. "Maybe not."
"CJ's not here either." Josh informed them.
"What the hell is going on?" Leo asked as he stormed into the bullpen. "Not a single female staffer has checked in this morning."
"Has anyone seen my wife, daughter or Mrs Landingham?" The President asked.
"No sir. They're all not here." Josh replied.
"Mr President." Charlie said coming up to him. "I think you should read it."
"Charlie can it wait? We're trying to find out where the women are." Leo said.
"That's what this fax is about. It's from the First Lady."
"Let me see." The President snatched it from him. "Jethro. " He read out loud. "I feel that the Sisterhood is unappreciated so I have taken them all out to breakfast to show my appreciation. We'll all be back by 11, but until then you'll have to take care of yourselves and keep the country running. Abbey."
"She took them all out to breakfast?" Leo questioned.
"That's what it says." Jed replied.
"Can she do that?" Toby asked.
"It appears she has. Mike?" He called to one of his secret service agents.
"Yes Mr President."
"Where are my wife, daughter and everyone else?"
"I don't know sir. But I can find out if you give me a minute." Jed nodded. "This is Johnson, give me a twenty on FLOTUS, Book bag, Flamingo and Rolling Stone."
"Rolling Stone?" Toby questioned.
"Donna." Josh supplied. "As in 'a rolling stone gathers no moss'."
"They're at a hotel in DC sir having breakfast with the female staff, Dr Macnalley and Congresswoman Wyatt." Mike informed them.
"What hotel?" Leo asked.
"Agent Connors or any of his team or Miss Bartlett's protection detail won't reveal that information sir."
"Get me Ron Butterfield now." Jed yelled. "Charlie, page Dr MacNalley that I need her back here now. Toby call your ex-wife. Sam page CJ, Josh called Donna." Jed instructed.
"Mr President, I'd recommend against that." Josh said.
"And why would that be?" Leo asked.
"Mr President, they're obviously rebelling, trying to show us that we can't cope without them. Sir, we run the country if we go after them and order them back it will show the press and everyone else who really has the power in the White House. If we just let them have their little breakfast everything will go back to normal. They'll be back in less than four hours; we should be able to keep things from falling apart."
"Josh, you could keep things together in your office without Donna for an hour let alone the whole White House." Toby said.
"Toby do you really want to tell CJ that we can cope without them, she'd lord it over us until forever. Let the Sisterhood have their outing, not mention it and let everything get back to normal."
"Leo?" Jed asked.
"I hate to say this but I agree with Josh."
"We'll go with Josh's plan and hope this doesn't turn out to be like his secret plan to fight inflation."
"Farm out all the male interns to cover the phones. Get to your meetings on time. Work around the situation."
TBC
"None of them are here." A voice said behind him.
"Excuse me?" Josh said turning to look at him.
"None of the women are here in this part of the building, the assistants, the aides, the interns. Neither are Ms Cregg or Carol, Henry is going to do the Press Briefing this morning."
"Answer the phone I'm going to find out what's going on."
"Yes Mr Lyman."
~
"Sam where the hell are Bonnie or Ginger?" Toby yelled.
"Not here obviously." Sam replied.
"Missing people too?" Josh asked.
"Anyone of the female gender."
"You don't suppose they got abducted by aliens do you?" Sam asked. Josh and Toby looked at him. "Maybe not."
"CJ's not here either." Josh informed them.
"What the hell is going on?" Leo asked as he stormed into the bullpen. "Not a single female staffer has checked in this morning."
"Has anyone seen my wife, daughter or Mrs Landingham?" The President asked.
"No sir. They're all not here." Josh replied.
"Mr President." Charlie said coming up to him. "I think you should read it."
"Charlie can it wait? We're trying to find out where the women are." Leo said.
"That's what this fax is about. It's from the First Lady."
"Let me see." The President snatched it from him. "Jethro. " He read out loud. "I feel that the Sisterhood is unappreciated so I have taken them all out to breakfast to show my appreciation. We'll all be back by 11, but until then you'll have to take care of yourselves and keep the country running. Abbey."
"She took them all out to breakfast?" Leo questioned.
"That's what it says." Jed replied.
"Can she do that?" Toby asked.
"It appears she has. Mike?" He called to one of his secret service agents.
"Yes Mr President."
"Where are my wife, daughter and everyone else?"
"I don't know sir. But I can find out if you give me a minute." Jed nodded. "This is Johnson, give me a twenty on FLOTUS, Book bag, Flamingo and Rolling Stone."
"Rolling Stone?" Toby questioned.
"Donna." Josh supplied. "As in 'a rolling stone gathers no moss'."
"They're at a hotel in DC sir having breakfast with the female staff, Dr Macnalley and Congresswoman Wyatt." Mike informed them.
"What hotel?" Leo asked.
"Agent Connors or any of his team or Miss Bartlett's protection detail won't reveal that information sir."
"Get me Ron Butterfield now." Jed yelled. "Charlie, page Dr MacNalley that I need her back here now. Toby call your ex-wife. Sam page CJ, Josh called Donna." Jed instructed.
"Mr President, I'd recommend against that." Josh said.
"And why would that be?" Leo asked.
"Mr President, they're obviously rebelling, trying to show us that we can't cope without them. Sir, we run the country if we go after them and order them back it will show the press and everyone else who really has the power in the White House. If we just let them have their little breakfast everything will go back to normal. They'll be back in less than four hours; we should be able to keep things from falling apart."
"Josh, you could keep things together in your office without Donna for an hour let alone the whole White House." Toby said.
"Toby do you really want to tell CJ that we can cope without them, she'd lord it over us until forever. Let the Sisterhood have their outing, not mention it and let everything get back to normal."
"Leo?" Jed asked.
"I hate to say this but I agree with Josh."
"We'll go with Josh's plan and hope this doesn't turn out to be like his secret plan to fight inflation."
"Farm out all the male interns to cover the phones. Get to your meetings on time. Work around the situation."
TBC