Problem reading number from .txt file into a buffer

The program is supposed to read numbers from a .txt file and write colors to the screen depending on which number is read. My problem is no numbers are being read from the file. Thank you very much for the time and help!
Code: Cpp

Code:

INCLUDE Irvine16.inc

.data
buffer byte 0
fileName byte "pix.txt",0
fileHandle word ?
y byte ?
x byte ?


.code
main PROC

mov ax,@data
mov ds,ax

mov ah,3dh		;opens the file to read
mov al,0
mov dx,offset fileName
int 21h
jc quit
mov fileHandle,ax

mov x,0
mov y,0

mov ah,3fh		;reads a single byte
mov bx,fileHandle
mov cx,1
mov dx,offset buffer
int 21h

mov al,buffer

begin:
mov ah,02h
mov bh,0
mov dl,x
mov dh,y
int 10h

mov ah,3fh		;reads a single byte
mov bx,fileHandle
mov cx,1
mov dx,offset buffer
int 21h

mov al,buffer

cmp al,2
je greenColor

cmp al,7
je whiteColor

cmp al,6
je yellowColor

cmp al,4
je redColor

cmp al,1
je blueColor

cmp al,0
je blackColor


greenColor:
mov ah,09h		;writes needed color to screen
mov al,' '
mov bh,0
mov bl,10100000b
mov cx,1
int 10h

mov ah,3fh		;reads a single byte
mov bx,fileHandle
mov cx,1
mov dx,offset buffer
int 21h

mov al, buffer

inc x
cmp x,20
je lineJump

jmp begin

whiteColor:
mov ah,09h		;writes needed color to screen
mov al,' '
mov bh,0
mov bl,11110000b
mov cx,1
int 10h

mov ah,3fh		;reads a single byte
mov bx,fileHandle
mov cx,1
mov dx,offset buffer
int 21h

mov al, buffer

inc x
cmp x,20
je lineJump

jmp begin

yellowColor:
mov ah,09h		;writes needed color to screen
mov al,' '
mov bh,0
mov bl,11100000b
mov cx,1
int 10h

mov ah,3fh		;reads a single byte
mov bx,fileHandle
mov cx,1
mov dx,offset buffer
int 21h

mov al, buffer

inc x
cmp x,20
je lineJump

jmp begin

redColor:
mov ah,09h		;writes needed color to screen
mov al,' '
mov bh,0
mov bl,11000000b
mov cx,1
int 10h

mov ah,3fh		;reads a single byte
mov bx,fileHandle
mov cx,1
mov dx,offset buffer
int 21h

mov al, buffer

inc x
cmp x,20
je lineJump

jmp begin

blueColor:
mov ah,09h		;writes needed color to screen
mov al,' '
mov bh,0
mov bl,00010000b
mov cx,1
int 10h

mov ah,3fh		;reads a single byte
mov bx,fileHandle
mov cx,1
mov dx,offset buffer
int 21h

mov al, buffer

inc x
cmp x,20
je lineJump

jmp begin

blackColor:
mov ah,09h		;writes needed color to screen
mov al,' '
mov bh,0
mov bl,00000000b
mov cx,1
int 10h

mov ah,3fh		;reads a single byte
mov bx,fileHandle
mov cx,1
mov dx,offset buffer
int 21h

mov al, buffer

inc x
cmp x,20
je lineJump

jmp begin


lineJump:
call crlf
inc y
mov x,0
cmp y,20
je quit
jne begin


quit:
mov ah,01h
int 21h

mov ah,4ch  ; terminate process
mov al,0    
int 21h
main ENDP

END main