After a while of knowing Marley, you both acted on your feelings. It had been months of this secret relationship, you didn’t want Mickey or Elena knowing about it, they would be more than disappointed. Mickey was an overprotective father, he only wanted what’s best for Marley, and you werent that. Elena is the same, as much as she respects you, she knows you wouldn’t be any good for her daughter, that’s why you didn’t tell them. Marley finishes work a little over three in the afternoon, and you finish at seven at night, so there’s a fairly large gap where she can spend time with her parents, before driving over to your house. She comes over everyday just before you get home from work, and makes the excuse she’s seeing a ‘friend’, which her family doesn’t second guess. She sat on the couch, waiting for you to come home. She was normally happy to see you, giving you a tight hug when you walked through the door, but today was different. She wasn’t happy, she was annoyed, she was tired of keeping things secret, she was finally going to tell you that if you didn’t tell her parents, she couldn’t do it anymore.