Chapter 276: Christian

Anything you want.

~Count Rugen in The Princess Bride

Christian finished up his morning chores out at the farm as quickly as he could, practically chucking the hay at a few of the slower moving cows. "C'mon, you guys," he muttered under his breath. "My mamá is already pissy. I can't be late."

Finally, cutting a few corners he could only hope wouldn't come back to bite him in the ass later, he hollered a quick goodbye to Stetson and headed out for his parents' house.

Today was the Big Day. A person could be forgiven for thinking that Nieves was getting married, based on the size of this damn party, but considering Nieves was turning 15, Christian could only hope that marriage wasn't anywhere close to being on the horizon.

He was also quite sure that his mother had gone completely'round the bend. He had six sisters. He knew what a quinceañera should look like. He'd lived through five others.

Today's party was nothing like anything he'd ever seen before.