Secrets

Angelica

“Do you always work on your days off?” I asked, trying to shift the topic back to her current life. When she raised a brow, I realized we had already talked about that. I feigned ignorance nonetheless.

She straightened up. “I would rather be anywhere than at home.”

Seeing my expression, she quickly explained, “don’t get me wrong. I love my family very much. It’s just…our views are quite different and it’s been making us fight a lot.”

“Oh,” I didn’t know what to say. “Have you tried talking to them about it? We can’t all have the same views all the time, right?”

Her laugh was the proof I needed to know whatever difference she was talking about was not a matter of when she wanted to move out or her career path.

She disappeared into the dressing room and when she returned, she must have decided it was okay to talk about it with me.

“I don’t want to marry for the family business.” She started, looking down at the dress in her hands. “But they took care of me, you know. The