She noticed the pause before he answered, but it didn't matter to her. Everyone had secrets. "That's interesting." she said brightly. "I do college classes online, since my work usually takes me all over the place. I'm part of my family's business. We're entrepreneurs, or a sort." She smiled. Her family dealt with buying property and selling them to the kind of people who couldn't put a name on a lease. She wasn't really into the whole business, studying for zoology, but it brought money in and she was able to see the world, so she was happy.