CHAPTER 105: UNEXPECTED VISITOR

"It looks like she made it from a colorful rainbow yarn ball, as if she took the skins off all The Muppets and stitched them into one sweater. The black collar and cuffs make it even more vibrant, and it seems about four sizes too big for me."

"I should've made it smaller; I forgot you've lost so much weight," she chatters. "I finished putting it together last night. Let's see!"

From across the living room, my dad and Jesse are trying not to laugh, and I offer her a forced smile.

"Thanks, Abuela, it's really nice."

"Well, it's so cold here that I thought you could use a warm sweater."

I cautiously say, "Yes," and take the sweater from her. Mom smiles from the kitchen, and I know my family finds this amusing. I pull it over my head, and the scents of mothballs, Ivory soap, and her perfume that makes me feel like I'm suffocating hit me.

It's so oversized that it nearly reaches my knees, and the sleeves are longer than my fingers. It's huge and slightly scratchy.

"Oh, that's perfec