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She turns, but I guide her back to the kitchen. “No. You’re not going in there.”
“Are you ashamed of me? Is that why you won’t bring her to Sunday dinner?”
I run my fingers through my hair. “I didn’t bring her because we’re not there yet.”
“Have you met her family?”
I hadn’t anticipated that question. Shit. “Yeah, but it was under different circumstances.”
Her face falls, and she turns her back to me, opening cabinets, searching for something.
“Ma…”
“You’re embarrassed of us. I get that we have accents and sometimes we might not know a word here or there, but we are your parents. Have your brothers met her?”
Damn it.
“Only because they came to the office,” I say, without thinking. Now she’ll realize I work with her.
“So it’s not serious, but you’ve met her family and she’s met your brothers. What about Blanca?”
Thank God Annie hasn’t met my sister in person. “No, not Blanca.”
“I don’t understand. Why are you hiding her?”
I blow out a breath, really wishing Carm and my dad would hurry the hell up here. I need a distraction. “I’m not hiding her. It’s just you want us all to get married and you know I don’t bring women home.”
“I know. And just so you know, I would never force you to marry someone before you were ready.”
I nod, although her recent depression is like a guilt trip for all her kids. Does she not realize that? “You’re going to meet her today, but just don’t get any hopes. She’s just a woman I’m dating.”
“Fine.” Her voice is curt, and my shoulders sag.
How did today go from a blissful orgasm-filled Sunday to ‘strap me to the train tracks because I’m about to be railroaded’?
