CHAPTER 11

I CAN BE WHOEVER YOU WANT ME TO BE

“Good morning sunshine! Birds are singing, the sun is shining, and we are in Hawaii baby!” I hear Alena's voice booming through my room followed by the sound of curtains being opened, the brightness goes straight to my eyes, I squeeze my eyelids tightly and pull up the blanket until I'm completely covered “come on my little vampire, we have a tight schedule and the time is running out, you must have breakfast at lightspeed because we have a yoga class in thirty minutes, then a long session at the spa, by the time this relaxing morning is over you won't even remember your name.”

“Al, it's too early,” I snap in irritation.

“Ah, ah, missy, we have an agreement,” she says as she abruptly pulls the sheets off me.

“I don't remember making any agreement with you.”

“You have implicitly done so by agreeing to all this, so chop cho