Chapter 7.2

"How's your new part time job?" Carnation paused peeling the apple because of her mother's question. She turned to face her and smiled. Today was her day off, so she decided to assist her stepmother in caring for her father.

"I'm doing great," she said sparingly, trying not to say anything she shouldn't. If she isn't careful with her words, she might say something that makes her stepmother doubt her. Her family should be kept in the dark about the nature of her work. They may despise her or, in the worst-case scenario, abandon her.

"How about our hotel colleagues? 'Don't they bully you there?" Carnation's lips curled into a smile. She returned her attention to peeling the apple and said, "I've never had an encounter like that, tita. I don't think the people at the hotel are like that." Admittedly, the people at the hotel are fine, for what she remembers. Well, she didn't know everyone yet and she hadn't met the other girls yet.

"That's good then."

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