Chapter 19

Mia stares at him with warmth in her eyes. She reaches out to squeeze his arm in consolation.

"I am certain people wanted to be your friend. Everyone just had shit to deal with. But hey look at you, no freckles, no girly hair, and no glasses. Guess who got a free makeover from life?" Emily says with a laugh. 

"Hahaha, I have forgotten you have a peculiar sense of humor. And yeah, life did a thing on me but I had a hand in it too, you know. I exchanged the glasses for contact lenses and my barber does a good number on my hair." 

"I can see that, you look good."

"You, she thinks I look good."

"Don't let it get over your head. Alfonso's pride has made me withhold compliments from you hunks." She speaks with a twinkle in her eyes while she passes all the goods she has purchased to the cashier to get scanned and paid for.

"Who is Alfonso?" Jacob wonders.

"You do not know Alfonso. So, you don't speak with the boys either." Jacob shakes his head