My Shadow

A Life Less Ordinary

Mia
I am cooking up a storm when one of the patrons wants to compliment me on my food. I wash my hands and head to the dining room to get this compliment. I see bodyguards separate and allow me to see who they are guarding and the woman he is with. Good lord she left half her clothing at home. He stands to greet me and I am like looking at his well formed chest, I finally get a good glimpse of the Adonis before me. He said that his meal was the best he had eaten in the last year and he would like to discuss opening a Mia's in New York serving the same menus. I must have blushed when he said that and he gives me his number and wants to get together as soon as possible to talk about the possibility of a number of Mia's all over the US. His date was getting very annoying and trying to get his attention away from me. I excuse myself to go back to cook and go to the woman's washroom to wash and use the facilities. I notice that I had flour on the side of my face. Leave it to me to meet an Adonis like this. I check out his card and it's Gideon Cross. I don't mind giving him a call and he said to call very soon so we can get together. He said to give him a call in the morning early. I know I heard a huff from his date and she asked if they were still going to his place, he told her that they were never going to his place considering her poor attire. I heard him instruct his men to make sure she got home safely and take her wherever she needed to go. A loud angry female voice got everyone's attention as I got to the restroom. Unfortunately the woman decided to follow me into the restroom and she waited for me to come out of the stall to have a talk with me.

Ashley Amos
I watch as the chef heads to the ladies room and I excuse myself and go handle this man stealer. We were going to spend the night together and I had plans to assure we would connect for life. No birth control and no condoms and very fertile and I am set for life with a Cross heir. I thought dressing like this would get his engine revved up, but he wasn't happy when he saw the dress I am wearing. Well I saw the way he looked at Mia and I am staking my claim now. Mia is not very big and I know that I can take her on and scare her off. So I tell her that she needs to leave my man alone. That comment she laughed at and said Gideon is definitely not my man. She told me that he is a confirmed bachelor worldwide and he doesn't like his dates looking like a hooker ready to be mounted at any moment. She went on to tell me this would be my first and last date with the man. I block her from leaving and she just smiles and says if you don't move out my way I am going to move you out of my way. I took a swing at her but she blocked the hit and punched me in the nose. Blood started pouring out, I hadn't realized there was another person the restroom with us until I heard the woman says hands behind your back now and she cuffed my hands.

Theresa Prescott
Mia did you really need to punch her in the nose, the solar plexus would have worked just as well. Now she's going to bleed everywhere. Seriously you could have just let me defuse her before it came to blows, your family is going to be livid about this.

Mia
I need to use my self defense skills and sorry but I think a broken nose will leave more of an impression than hitting her solar plexus and that just temporarily hurting her. A broken nose will be a lasting reminder not to mess with me no matter my size. Right Ashley the EMTs and a policeman are escorting her out. I am answering the cops questions along with Prescott. Prescott pulls out her phone and shows the cops the video she recorded of Ashley accosting me and swinging at me and I retaliate by hitting her nose. My arm has a big bruise starting on it so photos are taken of it. With my face in the photos so she could say someone else's arm was in the photo.

Ashley
Gideon told me to lose his number and start dressing better than a hooker. He had one of his guards go to the hospital to assure that I don't escape. I can't believe that little chef broke my nose. They got the blood stopped and my nose is definitely broken. They need to go in and operate on it to fix the cartilage and the bone.

Gideon
I apologize to Mia and ask if she is okay? She is having ice packs on her fist and her arm is bruised from stopping the punch from Ashley. This is my fault for bringing Ashley here to begin with. Ashley threatened to sue Mia and I laughed when I heard there was a video proving Ashley threw the first punch after verbally assaulting Mia. It was good her bodyguard was there to record it all. Right now that bodyguard would lose her job for not protecting her charge from getting hurt at all. I guess Mia told her to record everything and she would handle Ashley because she was sure Ashley didn't have a weapon hidden anywhere. She didn't have enough clothing to hide anything under that clothing. Her purse barely held a tampon and lipstick was a stretch.