The wife was right behind me!
Oh my God! I wasn't just panicking. I was in a full-blown panic. This was where my life with an unpromising future would end, but I was willing to fight to get out of my financial problems.
"The wife?" My aunt Mirta repeated, confused.
"The wife? Ah, yes, Catalina is a good wife." I would wash my mouth out with soap when I got to my apartment for the utter nonsense I was saying.
My aunt smiled with satisfaction. I, on the other hand, tried not to look at Nikolai, who glanced at me occasionally, discreetly.
"You should accept Esteban's proposal," my aunt added, in a louder voice, so everyone could hear. "A man like that doesn't come around twice."
The proposal threw me off. I dropped the fork because I couldn't keep pretending. I really didn't know what w
