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have to go back to work?”
“Thursday. I figured we might need a few days to combine households.” She frowned. “Where are we going to live until we find a place?”
He shrugged. “How big is your apartment?”
“Pretty big. Couple of bedrooms. Plenty of space for two. You?”
“Tiny. I’m still in the place I rented when I finished college, because I’ve always kept myself on a tight budget.”
“Sad. Why have money if you don’t spend a little of it?” she asked.
Tony made a face. “I’m an accountant. We believe in saving every dime for the future. What does your 401K look like?”
Jenni sighed. “I’m a trust fund baby. Do you have any idea how much money I get monthly from a trust fund and will for the rest of my life?”
“That doesn’t mean you don’t need to save for the future!” How could someone be so fiscally irresponsible in this day and age?
“I could live off my trust fund very comfortably, and save every dime I make for the future.”
He frowned, realizing for the first time just how diverse their backgrounds had to be. “I grew up the son of a single mother who struggled to buy me school clothes second-hand every year.” But he’d always had new clothes. He couldn’t complain about that at all.
Jenni sighed. “My mom took me shopping in Manhattan for school clothes every year.” Sometimes she was embarrassed about the affluence she came from, but he needed to accept all of her.
“You’re kidding, right?”
“I wish I was. I always wanted just a regular pair of Wrangler jeans and maybe a pair of cowboy boots. Instead I got skirts and cashmere sweaters. If I had jeans, they were big name designer jeans, not something a normal girl got to wear. I felt so out of place, even in my prep school.” The families there were mostly moderately wealthy, but none of her school acquaintances had the kind of money her family did.
Tony flinched. “And you haven’t told your parents you’re married yet?” He couldn’t help but wonder how that would go.
“Nope. I usually go there for Easter. I’ll tell them I have a plus one, and we’ll see if they notice the ring.”
“You’re joking, right?”
She sighed heavily. “Mostly. It’s not a conversation I’m looking forward to, and I know it would go easier if you were there with me. She’s going to be so mad.” Why she was still worried about her mother’s anger after she’d been on her own for more than five years, she didn’t know.
“Why?”
“She’s had a boy picked out for me since I was a little girl. Her best friend had a boy two years older than me. We were forced together constantly, and we could never stand each other. When I had my coming-out party, he was my escort, and I didn’t want him to be, but I really didn’t have a choice. It was that night we decided whoever married first had to do it in secret so our parents wouldn’t try to get involved.”
“Really?” People had coming-out parties?
“Yeah, really. He was awful. Freddie Applebee the Third. He acted like a third too. He was always telling me I should be grateful for the wealth and position I was born into, instead of wanting to be like everyone else.”
Tony made a face. He couldn’t even imagine being around people like that, let alone marrying into a family who would look down on him. “Let’s never introduce your parents to my mom, okay?”
She shrugged. “I can’t wait to meet your mom. She raised you, so she can’t be all bad.”
He was silent as he drove through Houston, trying to avoid getting killed on the crowded highway. How was he ever going to fit into her life? And how would she fit into his? For the first time, he worried that Dr. Lachele may have made a mistake.
Jenni watched him as he drove, feeling him grow more and more distant. Why would her wealth bother him so much? Most men would have considered it a boon. “Do you hate rich people?” she finally asked when they were just north of Houston.
“I
“Thursday. I figured we might need a few days to combine households.” She frowned. “Where are we going to live until we find a place?”
He shrugged. “How big is your apartment?”
“Pretty big. Couple of bedrooms. Plenty of space for two. You?”
“Tiny. I’m still in the place I rented when I finished college, because I’ve always kept myself on a tight budget.”
“Sad. Why have money if you don’t spend a little of it?” she asked.
Tony made a face. “I’m an accountant. We believe in saving every dime for the future. What does your 401K look like?”
Jenni sighed. “I’m a trust fund baby. Do you have any idea how much money I get monthly from a trust fund and will for the rest of my life?”
“That doesn’t mean you don’t need to save for the future!” How could someone be so fiscally irresponsible in this day and age?
“I could live off my trust fund very comfortably, and save every dime I make for the future.”
He frowned, realizing for the first time just how diverse their backgrounds had to be. “I grew up the son of a single mother who struggled to buy me school clothes second-hand every year.” But he’d always had new clothes. He couldn’t complain about that at all.
Jenni sighed. “My mom took me shopping in Manhattan for school clothes every year.” Sometimes she was embarrassed about the affluence she came from, but he needed to accept all of her.
“You’re kidding, right?”
“I wish I was. I always wanted just a regular pair of Wrangler jeans and maybe a pair of cowboy boots. Instead I got skirts and cashmere sweaters. If I had jeans, they were big name designer jeans, not something a normal girl got to wear. I felt so out of place, even in my prep school.” The families there were mostly moderately wealthy, but none of her school acquaintances had the kind of money her family did.
Tony flinched. “And you haven’t told your parents you’re married yet?” He couldn’t help but wonder how that would go.
“Nope. I usually go there for Easter. I’ll tell them I have a plus one, and we’ll see if they notice the ring.”
“You’re joking, right?”
She sighed heavily. “Mostly. It’s not a conversation I’m looking forward to, and I know it would go easier if you were there with me. She’s going to be so mad.” Why she was still worried about her mother’s anger after she’d been on her own for more than five years, she didn’t know.
“Why?”
“She’s had a boy picked out for me since I was a little girl. Her best friend had a boy two years older than me. We were forced together constantly, and we could never stand each other. When I had my coming-out party, he was my escort, and I didn’t want him to be, but I really didn’t have a choice. It was that night we decided whoever married first had to do it in secret so our parents wouldn’t try to get involved.”
“Really?” People had coming-out parties?
“Yeah, really. He was awful. Freddie Applebee the Third. He acted like a third too. He was always telling me I should be grateful for the wealth and position I was born into, instead of wanting to be like everyone else.”
Tony made a face. He couldn’t even imagine being around people like that, let alone marrying into a family who would look down on him. “Let’s never introduce your parents to my mom, okay?”
She shrugged. “I can’t wait to meet your mom. She raised you, so she can’t be all bad.”
He was silent as he drove through Houston, trying to avoid getting killed on the crowded highway. How was he ever going to fit into her life? And how would she fit into his? For the first time, he worried that Dr. Lachele may have made a mistake.
Jenni watched him as he drove, feeling him grow more and more distant. Why would her wealth bother him so much? Most men would have considered it a boon. “Do you hate rich people?” she finally asked when they were just north of Houston.
“I
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