THE party ended sooner than it was supposed to after what happened. Mr. and Mrs. Santiago asked everyone to leave and thanked them for coming. They apologized and made light of the situation by saying that Nica was unstable because she had just been let go from her job.
Mindy and I kept exchanging glances as we were told to start cleaning. The family all went inside as I saw Miss Caroline sobbing uncontrollably. Her husband was nowhere to be found. I didn’t see the young master either.
We got busy cleaning, and when we were done, the maids sat together in the kitchen and ate. We were all so hungry that we were all quiet as we ate. Mindy finished eating first and said, “Do you think Mr. Tyrone really got Nica pregnant?”
Mindy meant to ask me that, but her voice was so loud that everyone
