CHAPTER 23

  "You're dating someone else?" Jack asked.

  Mia didn't reply, not knowing what to say.?

  "What is his name? Is he good to you?"?

  After a few seconds of silence, Mia spoke. "Yeah, he's good to me. His name is Colton." She replied, mentally slapping herself.?

  "When next are you going to see him?" Jack asked.

  "What?" Mia asked, not sure as to what her father was driving at.?

  "When next will you be with Colton so I can talk to him. I'm not in New York, you wouldn't let me come down there either so this is the best I can do. Have a man-to-man conversation with him over the phone."

  Mia facepalmed knowing the trouble she had brought upon herself.?

  "Either tomorrow or next tomorrow. I'll give you a call when we are together."

  "Good. I can't wait to talk to him."

  "But you know you don't have to, Dad," she said, hoping to convince him.

  "I have to. It's my responsibility. I can only be at rest knowing he's a good man."?