Chapter 26

Miss Neala appears from the back room through a vibrant and emerald green curtain that looks like thick silk. She’s tall like Jason, broad-shouldered, and sports a sloped, sharp looking nose. Anyone who has visited her place of business can agree that she has the frame of Rob Gronkowski of the Patriots, a handsome jaw line, and piercing blue eyes with flecks of green. Tight end comes to mind as Jason visually takes the woman in again, more handsome than pretty. Her cheeks are swirls of pink and she wears a silver-gray eyeliner and fake eyelashes. Bright magenta lipstick covers her narrow lips. An ankle-length purple and rose caftan swings at her feet as she closes in on Jason, arms open. Tiny bird bones that make up a necklace hang into her narrow cleavage that a masterful plastic surgeon has created for her.