Chapter 13 - Zak

Staring at my face in the mirror, I carefully run the straight-edge razor along my jawline, scraping off the last of the beard that I have there. I’d been growing it out for the past few months and enjoyed the fuller, more rugged look that it gave to my face. Brandon also seemed to enjoy the feeling of the hairs running along his skin whenever I kissed him or…did other things. However, this morning I found two gray hairs in it and it has to go.

I wouldn’t normally say that I was vain, but Goddess, I'm only 42 years old. Surely that’s too young to have gray hairs! Devin, who’s here for the ceremony, laughed his ass off about it and has teased me mercilessly about it all day. So it’s coming off before Chris and her friends get here.

Of course, we know Fati and JoJo, being extremely close friends with their parents, Gael, Meredith, and Hakeem. And Summer has spent time with us throughout her entire life, Chris and Jared spending time with her and her mother as well. Charlie di