“I’ll agree to the haircut with no complaints,” she said the next morning when she greeted them. Then she held up a finger as Alicia started to speak. “If we go by the Rutherford Ranch skate park first. I want you to see a little more of my world before I get all into your makeover world.” “Fair ...
Maribelle had been with the Cruz family since Alicia was a baby and was less an employee and more a bonus abuela. “Whoa, whoa, who’s coming to breakfast?” Alicia asked as she surveyed the counters and the ever so slightly frazzled Maribelle. It had been only three weeks since Alicia’s older broth...
And the closer they got to Sarita’s quince, the more stressed—and difficult—Alicia got. With two weeks left till the big day, she began to focus only on the quince. For her internship, she was supposed to be working on a liaison request for a telenovela production company for the Office of Film a...
Adding to the stress on Carmen, it was also Spirit Week at C. G. High. Along with Jamie and Alicia, Carmen helped the Reinoso cousins unleash a new campaign that sent the whole school into a fervor. The new campaign featured posters that stated: 2 queens are better than one! Vote for Patricia AND...
This meant that, despite the fact that Alicia, Carmen, Jamie, and even Gaz were dressed to the nines in their favorite outfits, they were still having trouble getting inside. “Join the line, my friends,” said a tall guy who looked not unlike an FBI agent in his dark gray pinstriped suit. It was o...
Because the truth is, I couldn’t predict the future if my life depended on it. I thought Brian loved me and wanted to be with me forever. NOT. I thought I’d totally blown my modeling audition and I’d never see or hear from Leslie Chesterfield again. NOT.Leslie Chesterfield called me that very sam...