CHAPTER 97:, CONNECTED

"Ah, finally are does the last ones?", Hannah sighed and asked , looking towards mia who just walked out of the entrance with bags in her hands. Placing the bags at the back of the car along with the ones that Hannah had put there mia nodded her head and said ",unless you plan to big more,not that I mind".

Hannah smiled,she had made sure mia didn't do all the work but the girl was adamant in helping her making sure e her refusal fell on deaf ears "shopping for a boutique isn't easy"Hannah said letting out a long sigh and mia agreed with her by saying "who said it was? It's a good thing you have Jason to help you with this ,you would soone be done with all of these sooner or later". Both the women had spent a long time inside the mall.

"Yeah but it's a lot of stress and work,many people wouldn't be able to this,they prefer to ha e other people do their work and that's not how life goes "Hannah stated walking to join mia who stood on the other side of the vehicle"do you want to go anywhere?".

Hannah was ready to take her friend where ever she wants to go, taking mia outside if the mansion she knew the woman would have already have some place in mind"let's go visit my mum "

The car drove on the busy road with Hannah being the driver,she stared at the traffic light that turned red making all the vehicle halt in their tracks. Mia had closed her eyes,she wasn't sleeping but had decided to relax,lots of things were just on her mind and she didn't want to overthink it but she had questions.

She needed to rest herind and her head didn't hurt anymore but there are some questions she needed to clarify.

Onev they stopped in front of the house mia turned to Hannah and said "I know you have something to do right now,work that has to do with your boutique, there's no need for you wait for me I'll ask Ryan to pick me up"

"I can always do thzie work later"but mia shook her head not wanting to be hindrance "I don't want to burden you,the earlier you start your work the better and what I want is for it to be success so don't worry about it" Hannah finally agreed but not before saying "I'll say hi to your mum first" it would be wrong not go greet the woman when she was right in front of her house .

When Hannah left after exchanging greetings with lily and staying for a few more minutes. Mia sat down on the couch with her legs on top of it as she placed them on the space beside her,near the armrest to her right,she held a plate in her hand whilst eating the pancakes her mum had made her. She was yet to say what was on her mind and her lily had already begun pampering her daughter. Even though mia tried to keep what she came here for,the pancakes deliciousness was clouding her senses "this is delicious"mia complimented after pushing a bite into her mouth "I'm glad you like it,if you want anything else I'm here to do that for you "lily declared to see her daughter nod response.

Mia finally finished eating letting her stomach take in and digest the amount of food she has ate today. Mia now had her head on her mother's lap while staring at the TV in front of her,she was watching a documentary about predators in the wild,their methods of hunting which fascinated her.

Mia then open her mouth to speak after a three minutes silence"you've always known ryan even before he helped you right?'

Lily looked down at her daughter,she was able to process her daughter's question quickly but why was she asking out the blue "why are you asking?" She asked her back,it seemed like both of them wanted to clarify things from the other ,mia thought to herself

"I remember the memories from by childhood including that night when you helped Ryan and took him to the hospital"although memories from childhood fade with time,there are some that continued to linger in one's memory and yvso was one of them. Some weren't clear but she remembered how lost he looked when he lost his parents,she had gone through the same pain loosing her father.

Lily hummed, half surprised as she had been expecting firntbisnti happen anytime but what she was glad was that it didn't affect her daughter in any negative way"I did,when I first saw him at first I didn't know, until he mentioned it before I was sent out of the country for treatment,but I knew my daughter was in safe hands "

"No wonder you weren't that worried "mia said with a nod and a small smile.

"did you know his family too?"

Lily nodded"his father and your father were friends and business partners and later I ended up being acquainted with his mother since his and your father and I went to the same college,those are fondly days "there was a thoughtful expression on her face when she said this.

"What about his uncle?" Mia asked again,she was yet to heat about it from Ryan but she was hoping to hear little from her mother after all the woman did mention about being acquainted with his father.

"Oh Charles "lily said after a few seconds of thinking"he also went to the same college as his brother,but he has a different personality and character compared to him,there were some times when I felt him have this passion to dominate,to have power or that he was jealous of his brother's and your father's friendship. The duo were close and didn't let business get in the way of their friendship many were jealous and wanted to get their hands in their power but couldn't and also..."lily drawled and mia looked up at her with raise eyebrows,she was no longer interested in the documentary "and?"

"He had once said he liked me or should I say in love with me "now this was more shocking compared to her mum's earlier statement,he had what?,mia didn't know what to say and opened her mouth only to close it again as she was too perplexed and at loss for words"but I had already have feelings for your dad "

It felt like her brain was processing this slowly,when her mum was talking about Charles she was beginning to understand maybe that's why Ryan didn't like thean but it was getting to a while new level. So much revelation in less than twenty four hours. The question was dies rya know about this ,the families were more connected than she thought