Vacation tales 2

The revelation was met with utter silence. Sir Allen held Henry’s gaze, Mary on the other hand stared intently at Ashley, her thoughts wandering off. Arnold poured himself more wine.

Eric folded his arms across his chest. “Bullshit!”

Henry turned to look at Ashley, a smile crept up on his lips. “Yes, we are" he whispered, he turned to look at his family. "We are together”.

Ashley tried desperately to appear normal and not blow up her cover but there was nothing normal about what she had just done, telling everyone she was in a relationship with her boss, out of the blue. It was a spontaneous response. The dinner with Henry’s family was a rollercoaster of emotions. He had made it known to her that he had issues with his family but she didn’t know the hatred they had for each other was deep-seated. She truly understood him when he said he needed to drink after every encounter with them. From all the banters she was picking up hints of abuse. Henry had been abused by his family, she co