The Bad Boy & The Mermaid
“Of course, I don’t. And Dad told me not to talk to strangers.”
“I’m not a stranger, Hunter. I’m your friend.” I smiled, “My name is Blue.”
“That’s a strange name. How old are you?”
“I’m one eighty-five. What about you?”
Hunter was shocked to hear that, and it took him a while to recover. “You’d be my great-great-great-great grandma. I’m…I’m…well, five and a half.”
“In human years, I must be around eighteen,” I explained. I don’t know why I was offended because he said I could be his grandmother. “I’m not that old.”