His friends arrived using a chopper. He watched how it landed in the clearing. He waved at them, and as they walked towards him, he felt a sense of happiness. Back in New York, he barely had friends. Aside from Estefan and Ale, he didn’t trust anyone back then. Ale lived in the same city, but he hardly saw or spoke to him. Ale would suddenly show up at the hospital and bring him hotdogs. They would just sit on the gutter in the parking lot and eat there. But since he joined The Black Sparrow, he gained friends… who turned into family in such a short time. So when they visited him in Sta. Cruz, he felt joy. “Oh, you might start crying. It’s just us. And of course, I’m the most handsome,” Estefan bragged as they got closer. He smirked. “That’s just hunger talking. Start cooking the barb

