Luis smiled without answering and drove them to the city's real estate transaction center. Bella's capable and experienced secretary, who was actually under forty and very shrewd, was already waiting there.
"Secretary , sorry to keep you waiting!"
Luis greeted her with a cheerful smile, then turned to the puzzled mother and daughter behind him and said, "Take out your ID cards."
They both looked confused, but what was most touching was that as soon as Luis spoke, they both took out their documents without hesitation.
You had to understand that although Maria was new to society, in this environment full of tough cookies, and having been raised by a single mother, she wasn't exactly naive. She might be deceived, but she wasn't that foolish.
Aunt Yana needed no mention; she had lived a harder life than Luis's mother-in-law and was even tougher, with a stronger sense of caution and vigilance than anyone.
