Chapter 28

He gently braided the hair at the sides and then packed it into a ponytail.

He removed his phone from his pocket and opened his camera showing me the braids.

"You really do know everything about hair"

"My mother taught me"

He was looking at me, I could see his sadness.

"She would be proud"

He smiled slowly allowing his lips to move farther up his cheeks.

He bent lowly to talk into my ears.

"Your friend didn't ask about your eyes?"

"She noticed, she'll ask when we're alone. I can bet on that"

"She's a good friend, hold her tight"

I smiled and nodded.

"My suggestion worked better than Chris suggestion, I'm going to withdraw marks from him"

"Okay"

I looked around Jason's arm and caught three eyes on us.

"What?" At my voice Jason turned too.

Pérez coughed and looked at his watch, Chris became interested in his coffee and Lena pretended to dust the table which was already clean.