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Sienna was adamant. “There’s absolutely no way I can do that, Mother. If you’d ever been in the work world, you’d know that.”
Angela felt the stick right up in her ribs, the pointy end jabbing her heart.
Sienna was nothing like her mother. They’d both gone to college, but where Angela had taken a month off for a European vacation, Sienna had gone straight to work. Where Angela had never used her teaching degree and instead married right after returning from that trip, Sienna had never had a long-term relationship. Through Teresa, Angela knew her daughter dated, but there’d never been a serious man. Sienna wanted to meet her career goals before she considered marriage and children. Angela wasn’t sure Sienna even wanted children.
Sienna started, looked up. Angela could almost feel the kick Teresa had given her under the table.
“Why don’t we do this…” At least Sienna didn’t say MOTHER in capital letters. “Let me get through this interview, see where everything settles, then you and I can talk.”
Angela answered with enthusiasm, as if her heart hadn’t been trampled. “That’ll be wonderful. We can talk about it later.”
She smiled, though she was afraid that “later” would bring an even more explicit rejection.
