My brother’s girlfriend called me a “stinky country girl” at her engagement party… not knowing that I was the owner of the hotel.

raised her hands. “It was a joke. She’s too sensitive.”

That word again.

Whenever someone avoids responsibility, they blame the one they hurt.

“I’m not sensitive,” I said. “I’m aware.”

Then I turned to Andrés.

“I don’t need you to defend me because I have money. I need to know if you’d defend me if I had nothing.”

He looked down.

That silence hurt more than continue reading …