Chapter 272: Christian

BOOK TEN: BLOOM OF LOVE

As you wish.

~Westley in The Princess Bride

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End of May, 2020

"We have to get El Trono, Mamá," Nieves Palacios said, the whine in her voice grating on her brother's nerves. "Everyone at school will make fun of me if we book Café Rubio instead. They're just a bunch of old men. I told all my friends we're gonna have El Trono. We can't change it now."

Christian Palacios flicked through Instagram mindlessly, his irritation growing by the second with his youngest sister.

It was bad enough that she was spoiled rotten. It was even worse that he had to sit through yet another quinceañera planning meeting.