Chapter 121

• Her accent is the first thing that I notice. Like Mir or Aunt Alessia, her intonation is much less native and more of…my kind. Her English is also pretty smooth. It’s like she grew up in a completely different country. Her thick, long hair pulled in a loose braid accentuates her dark eyes. If only she wasn’t casing them with those thick-rimmed glasses.
• I pass her a smile. “Thank you for your consideration. Cristy, is it?”
• She smiles back, a little less enthusiastically than her mother. “Cristiana but yes, everyone calls me Cristy. I guess…you can too.”