Chapter 32

"Give me a second, let me think," Mikayla said.

"I'm a patient man," Cael answered playfully from the other end of the line.

"Three things I like about you...okay, I'm ready. Ready?"

"Ready," he answered.

"Number one, you are the most self aware and self accepting person I've ever met. I keep wondering what I'd do if I were in your shoes.

I can't imagine what I'd do if factors I couldn't help about how I look affected my life so much. I think I would crumble."

"Well...it wasn't that big a deal. I wasn't interested in interacting with people either."

"Even so, there must have been lonely moments."

He made a non-committal sound in his throat but she carried on.

"I love that you recognize and understand why it was so and despite all of that, you still accept yourself for who you are."

He hummed. "That's an interesting view of things. I've never thought of it like that."

"Wanna hear the second thing I like about you?" She asked.

"Shoot," he said.

"Okay, number two, I love that you're