Casino Prince
Alex jumped in quickly, saying, "Ms. Emerson, don't bother looking. He's not even half as handsome as a regular dude. No cool scars, just plain ugly. You won't give him a second glance."
Her hand hovered in the air for a moment before she pulled it back.
20 minutes were up.
In the last moments before everything went dark, I mustered all my willpower and said, "Mom, I swear off chocolate forever..."
Fiona's eyes narrowed, panic-stricken as she pushed the hair from my face. The second she saw my features, she let out a gut-wrenching yell.
"Cole! Cole!"
Alex was stunned. So was everyone else.
"Ms. Emerson... his name isn't Cole, is it? The guy who brought him said his name's Chester..."
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