Thomas Mendez

Thomas, a character in  Mother of the Year series, is a lawyer and one of your love interests. He is first seen in Chapter 1.

Appearance
Thomas is a man who has swept back brown hair. His normal attire is a white button-up shirt and a blue blazer overtop.

Personality
Thomas is a friendly, outgoing man who is said to be a workaholic at his law firm.

Mother of the Year

 * Chapter 1: New Beginnings
 * Chapter 2: Get to Work
 * Chapter 3: Tough Cookie
 * Chapter 4: Out of the Blue

Your Character
Thomas is one of your love interests.

Soledad Mendez
Soledad was his wife, who died about two years prior to the start of the book. He is still mourning her passing. He is upfront about her death when questioned; however, he firmly believes that she was killed by faulty brakes rather than a simple accident. When asked if he is suing, he answers that there is no standing since a recall notice was issued two weeks before the accident.

Vanessa
Thomas, at one point, had a relationship with Vanessa. It ended at his insistence, and he is rather cold to her afterwards.

Trivia

 * He is shown on the cover of Mother of the Year.
 * He loves hiking.
 * In Chapter 4, he reveals that he’s Mexican-American. People always assume he’s white because of his appearance, but he responds that Latinos don't have to look a certain way.
 * His family came from Mexico in the 1920s. Back then, they were under huge pressure to assimilate to American culture.
 * He shares the same forename as Thomas Waverley from The Haunting of Braidwood Manor, Thomas Hunt from Red Carpet Diaries, and Thomas from Nightbound.
 * He went to prom with Suzanne Thomas, who ditched him halfway for Dave Anderson.