TWENTY-FIVE
"I am flabbergasted," said Olivia.
"Me, too," said Tia.
Both women stared across the table at Rachel, each paused in astonishment with their drink in their hand.
"I know. I never knew her to be interested in any man, let alone Jorge," Rachel said.
"Well, he's a nice man. Kind to animals," Olivia said. "But how can he afford to take her out?" Olivia was expensively dressed in a green tailored pantsuit. Money was not an issue in her world.
"That was my thought," Rachel said.
"Maybe Eneida paid," Tia suggested. "We are in modern times. Women ask men out. Women pay. Sometimes. Certainly not me."
"Or me," Olivia seconded.
"Maybe they didn't go out," suggested Rachel. "Maybe it was a relationship of common interests? I don't know."
"He fell in love," Olivia said.
"Yes," Ti
