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The waitress brought their food and gingerly placed it on the table

"He owns a shop in the ured that if she didn't tell her father about Jayden, he would ood on his threat and pay Nita a visit That would be just too e for her

Mia and her fatherfor their car when abruptly a spectacle caught her eyeher stop in entleing suit stuck in theto cross the street

"I'll be right back…" she said as she took off running out of the parking lot heading for the intersection Skip watched with concern as his daughter cautiously held up her hands getting the oncoed across the streetit safely to the median to Mr Ellis

"Mr Ellis…" She called out his name and he looked up

"You know me?" He asked in his confused manner

"Yes, I'm a friend of your son"

"You know Markus?" His face lit up at hearing that someone knew his son Mia didn't knohether to say yes or no to hi his ently explained to hily took her hand and walked back with her across the street to the car

"Who is this?" Her father asked after she had gotten Mr Ellis into the backseat of the car

"His father"

"Good, I get to ?" Mia couldn't help but rolling her eyes at her father's words She knew she had told him that Jayden owned a shop in the same mall that her shop was She knew that this was his way of testing to see if she knehere his house was

"Now you promise not a word" Mia reminded her father as they parked the car in the lot

"I'ree what his relationship ith Mia

"Daddy!"

"What?" Her father asked innocently with a iving him the evil eye and stuff" She pouted