章 10: Chapter 10

Arlo frowned. It had to be a trick of light because those eyes weren’t nearly as dark as the last time Arlo had looked into them. The man Nash was with looked to be about Arlo’s age or maybe a couple of years older, but he doubted he was thirty. Nash on the other hand had to be at least thirty-five. Not that it mattered, but Arlo had a hard time picturing them barhopping together. But then again, what Holly had described hadn’t exactly been barhopping.

“Yeah…” She gestured at him. “You’re albino, right?”

Albino?Arlo blinked a couple of times despite knowing he came across as a bit slow. “I’m…no. Maybe.” He didn’t think he was, most of the time he was white as snow, but there were days when at least parts of him weren’t white at all.

“It doesn’t matter, you deserve the same respect as everyone else. People can be so judgmental at times.”

He smiled. “They weren’t disrespectful, Holly, but thanks for sticking up for me.”