Mike Boudet

It was clean.

And for Angie, it was a start.

Angie carried her weight, helping her uncle and contributing in any way she could.

They were family, but she didn't want to be a burden.

Her uncle didn't put any pressure on her about finding a job or contributing financially.

She was still young.

But one eventuality worried him.

Of course, Angie accepted her uncle's rules.

She settled in, started to learn English, and found a job at the local Hispanic meat market called Chepe's.

Chepe is Spanish slang for Jose.

It's like calling a place Joe's for those monolingual people out there.

And it wasn't long before she proved her uncle right and met someone.

She followed the rules and told her aunt and uncle she was just starting to get to know him.

Their relationship would build, and the family would finally meet him.

But not long after that, she broke it off.

She said there wasn't another guy.

What bothered her was Jose's indecision and his reliance on his mother.

He was a bit of a mama's boy.

Angie wanted something more.

Angie had large aspirations in life and had the work ethic to achieve them.