Chapter 5Nix tore open a package of dark hickory laminate flooring. He’d painted the walls in a sage green, and he loved the combination. The green calmed him and matching it with the dark hickory would be great for a bedroom—he hoped.
Steeling himself, he put in the earbuds and opened the reading app. Half an hour, he could endure half an hour of reading. Maybe.
Why had he agreed to do this? Why did he care if he disappointed Jules or not? He was doing this to impress Kyle, but he could do that with a few bogus reviews. He didn’t need to torture himself.
Fuck it. It was half an hour of his life. He could give Jules half an hour. The poor bastard was probably some old ogre who was all alone in the world. He opened PictaBook and went to Jules’ profile. It didn’t say where he lived, how o
