Summer Makeover

Summer Makeover (2021) Kelly Fox

This is a cute story about returning to the real world after the pandemic.

Cal spent his pandemic hiding in his cabin, working and working out. But he has to present at a big conference, so he really needs to stop looking like a wild man.

As I make my way back up to the house, I catch my reflection in the sliding glass door and startle. Hell, is that really me? My hair, a combination of black, silver, and white, now falls past my shoulders when it’s wet. I haven’t shaved in over a year, so my beard comes down to the middle of my chest.

God, I look like my grandfather.

It’s possible that I let things go for a little too long.

Gregory is also in town for the conference, but he’s stopped into his aunt’s beauty shop to help her out for the day. Since he graduated from beauty school and then worked that to pay for his engineering degree, he finds it relaxing.

Maybe it’s odd that an astrophysicist would spend his weekend before a big conference doing hair, but it has always satisfied my need to create.

But what is it with this poorly dressed wild man?

Rating: 7/10

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