|Katherine|
Thankfully, the conversation soon veered into safer territory—talk of recent travel, a cousin’s engagement, and something about a property dispute. I let their chatter fill the silence in my head.
Time slipped past unnoticed. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I clung to the hope that after all this, Javier and I might finally get a few quiet minutes to ourselves. Just long enough to talk, to breathe, to figure out what came next.
But that hope shattered the moment Tita Rebecca clapped her hands together with a smile too wide to trust.
“I’m sorry!” she said, eyes sparkling with excitement. “I just got carried away when I heard Javier would finally be introducing his wife.”
My stomach dropped.
“So,” she continued, “I invited my other son and his wife. And… well, apparently
