Page 10 of In a Perfect World
“Good luck with that,” Sonia snorted.“Canada is second behind China in being one of the most powerful countries in the world.They don’t need our apologies or even want them.As for Mexico...girl...”She shot me a look.“If there’s one country that has too much pride, it’s Mexico, and they’ll never forgive America for what it did twenty-five years ago.Why do you think they shoot us on sight whenever one of us is caught crossing the border?Those sonsofbitches are still pissed off.”
Despite the conversation and my mood, I laughed at that.“Yeah, I might know a little bit about pride and stubbornness.”
“It’s in our blood,muchacha,”she teased.
After taking a sip of my own drink, I asked, “Why aren’t your parents bugging you about marriage and kids yet?”
Sonia grinned, her right dimple popping out.“Because then they’ll have to hire and pay someone to do all the things that I do at the café.”
“Stop it,” I chuckled.“They pay you.”
“Not what they’re supposed to,” she pointed out.
“That’s because they gave you your Aunt Margarita’s house when she passed, so you don’t have to pay rent or make mortgage payments,” I countered.
“Which works out well for everyone involved,” she grinned.
Deciding not to ruin our night with my misgivings about life, I asked, “Are you going home alone tonight?’
“That’s the plan,” she replied, still grinning.“However, you never know what’ll happen after a few drinks and some dancing.”
Again, I was doing my best not to envy my best friend, but it was hard not to.Sonia wasn’t one to take anything too seriously, and I really wished that I could be more like her.I was stressing over something that I couldn’t control or change.Though a lot of Americans had fled the country altogether years ago, I didn’t have that option.No matter which country you chose, their immigration policies regarding Americans were just too damn strict and took years, and I wanted to be happy now.
I shook my head before taking another drink of my margarita.Maybe I was the one trapping myself inside an imagined nightmare.Maybe I was wrong, and everyone else was right, and I was just caught up in a pity party that I was hosting alone.
However, as I glanced around the club and continued to see the same person in every man here, I wasn’t so sure that it was just me.I saw my dad and brother in every male here, and that didn’t interest me at all.
“Are you ready to dance?”Sonia asked as she signaled the bartender for another round.
“Absolutely,” I semi-lied as I downed the rest of my margarita in one swallow.
Chapter 6
Kairo~
While my father and his governing body had done a lot to rid our region of crime and poverty, Las Vegas had been left alone when the states had been divvied up, Sterling Acres having acquired California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.So, Sin City still existed in all its glory, and I couldn’t lie and say that I wasn’t a fan of visiting the city from time to time.
