Chapter 5

I’d never paid much attention to grooming and such, apart from the basics, but what Anderson had said made sense, and when I saw myself in the mirror at the end of it all, I almost didn’t recognize myself. As for my hair, he’d taken me to a salon to give me an overpriced haircut—in my opinion—which did things to my face that I didn’t think were possible.

Gone was the ordinary, uninteresting face I grew up with. And my green eyes seemed brighter, somehow…Still, I might look a sight better than I had before, but I was the same Alister I’d always been.

And now, it was Monday, and Anderson had gone off to work, wishing me luck and leaving me to face my judgmental coworkers alone. God, I hoped I didn’t spill anything on my new clothes today.