"Are you jealous of your sister now? If you wanted me by your side, maybe you shouldn't have assigned me to hers in the first place."
What she said was true—
I was the one who had her follow Ada in the first place.
But thinking about it now…
Having Carmen follow me everywhere, just like she now followed my sister ..
I found the idea downright amusing.
"Come to think of it, I suppose you fit better beside Ada now. Besides, plenty of women have barged into my life lately..."
There was no place for Carmen among them.
"It's been a long time, Frey... Since those days when our biggest problem was dealing with that old fossil Leonides."
"You haven't changed a bit since then."
"But you have."
Carmen turned to look at me.
She had lived for a long, long time ... long enough that a few years weren't nearly enough to change her.
But for me, the past few years had changed everything .. Whether for better or worse.
"There's no need to hold back anymore, boy.
