Hidden Secrets

Chapter 2

Hidden Secrets – Chapter 2

Denise Jonas was the last person at Nellie's Southern Kitchen on this cold wintery night. All her employees had left, and all she had to do was lock up. As soon as she got home, her plan was to take off these annoying painful high heels of hers and have a glass of wine before heading off to bed. It was sometimes hard and tiring to own and run a restaurant. Her husband had left for home over an hour ago already. Denise and her husband didn't live very far away from the restaurant. They had bought a nice house in the city over from the restaurant a couple of years ago.

Denise was just locking up the restaurant, when out of the corner of her eye, she saw what looked like someone lying next to the front of the door, shivering from being out in the cold snow. "Hi, can I help you," Denise asked as she went up to the person in the snow.

"Oh no, I am fine," Hallie said.

"What are you doing out here in this cold, can I take you anywhere?" Denise asked. She would be willing to take this young girl somewhere warm if needed.

"No, I am just waiting for my shift to start in the morning," Hallie said quietly.

"Oh, you are the new waitress," Denise said as Hallie nodded.

"I am sorry, I will move and not be in the way of your restaurant," Hallie said quietly.

"Do you have any place to stay tonight?" Denise asked the girl.

"Uh no, but that is fine, I will go find somewhere else, I am sorry," Hallie said.

Denise couldn't believe what was about to come out of her mouth next, but she would feel awful if something happened to this young girl and she didn't at least offer this as an option to this young girl. "Well do you want to stay with me and my husband tonight?"

"Uh you really don't have to do that, I am fine out here," Hallie said quietly as she started shivering from being so cold.

"You are freezing cold, if you don't want to stay with us, at least let me take you somewhere warm," Denise said.

"Okay, I will come stay with you tonight," Hallie said quietly. She was cold. Plus, the woman who owned the restaurant was nice.

"Come on let's get you warm," Denise said as Hallie quietly got up and followed her to the nice car that she owned.

Hallie was freezing cold from being out in the snow for so long today. She wasn't sure what she was supposed to do when the nice lady unlocked the car door. Should she run, or should she get in?

"Are you getting in honey?" Denise asked the young girl, who was staring at her car, almost as if she had never seen one before.

"Oh, uh yea, sorry Mam," Hallie said as she got in the car, and held onto her backpack for dear life.

"I don't know if I introduced myself, I am pretty sure you met my husband and our manager. I am Denise Jonas," Denise said as she got her seatbelt on.

"Hi, I am Hallie," Hallie said quietly.

"Hallie, what do you like to do?" Denise asked the young girl.

"Uh nothing really," Hallie said. Hallie had never been asked this question, so she didn't know how to answer it.

"Well Hallie how old are you?" Denise asked. Denise was just thinking of questions to ask her. Plus, to Denise, she didn't really look older than 10 if that.