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"What's his name?"

"Jayden" she mumbled out around the straw in her mouth as she sipped on her juice

"Jayden huh… Is he stuck on idle?" Daddy alanted to know if the bu out on the corners of the street, basketball courts, or bus stops just hanging or idling around wasting time You can do bad all by yourself honey… You don't need any help to starve to death, his mantra suddenly replayed in her head with his question Mia couldn't help but s Her father always made her smile whenever she was down

"He owns his own business"

"He in pace Brother?" Skip dubiously asked Not tooowning their own business She nodded her head telling him yes he was African-American

"Hmm, okay… Older man?" If the s cahter was into older al activities- naer, either way Skip figured it was tie It had been a while since he had gotten his practice in

"Nope… He's e… maybe a little older… I' her father He needed to check this young Duke out He needed to find out what kind of shady business was he in and if this 'business' was only a front for laundering his dirty money out

"Where's this shop?" Skip asked in a no-nonsenseon her drink and stand up

"Daddy no! Daddy no… He doesn't even like me…" She pleaded Suddenly the flashbacks and bad memories came back to her from her prom Was it really a prom when your date stands you up for fear of his life?

"Daddy not again… please…" She pleaded and her father couldn't help but laughing at her overreaction He knew she was re… I' to check hiround on hiet a sample of his DNA"

"Daddy, please don't… I'm serious… Jayden doesn't even like ht about their last argu off to find someone to lay up with