The first time I met his mother, she smiled and asked, “So, Anna, what do you do?”
“I’m a doctor.
Still finishing my residency.”
Her eyebrows lifted. “Oh. That’s… impressive.”
The way she said it didn’t sound impressed.
Later, I overheard his sister talking to Ethan in the kitchen.
“She comes from nothing,” she stated.
“Are you sure about this?”
“I’m sure,” Ethan replied firmly.
“It just seems fast.”
“It’s not.”
At a family dinner a few weeks later, Ethan’s uncle said it outright.
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