The Boyfriend App
“Ohh, please don’t cry, pa. If you cry now, I’ll cry, too, and then we’ll both be a terrible mess.”
“You’re right, you’re right,” Mr. Lapuz says and gets ahold of himself. “But of all the things I’ve left unspoken… if there’s only one lesson you can remember, I want it to be this… Someday, a boy will come and sweep you off your feet. He will claim to be a prince and only you can know whether he’s real or fake. But always remember this: YOU'RE a real princess. You always have been, to me and to your ma. You’re our little princess. And all boys should treat you as one or… or… we’ll have them garroted. The Spanish taught us that, you know. The garrote.”