Chapter 26: Bluff Master
"Who the hell are you supposed to be?" Jamie's father asked rudely as he looked Ari up and down as if trying to size him up.
Ari knew exactly what he saw: a slim young man of unknown age dressed in a black turtleneck, an oversized black hoodie, slim-fit black jeans, and black boots.
Slightly curly black hair hung around a face covered with a green and brown hard shell snail-shaped full-face mask with protruding green horns.
It was not exactly an image that commanded respect, but Ari always thought it was how you carried yourself that mattered, so he stared directly into Jamie's father's blue eyes as arrogantly as he could.
"I'm Ari. A client whose work you just destroyed. How do you plan on repaying me for the money and effort spent on it? I'll have you know it was very expensive." Ari lied boldly without looking at Jamie.
[Oh?]
[Has the lying show begun yet again?]
[I'm all ears.]
[👂👂👂👂👂]
Ari ignored the system and Jamie's shocked face while focusing on Jamie's father.
He knew how it felt to be in situations like this, and he didn't want the other boy to think that he was pitying him for a situation that was clearly out of his control.