Providing a Good Deed

Twenty-Five.

Alessia in the pic.

And just in case some of y'all don't know... Alessia is definitely black! I know that whole "blue-eyed" thing caught y'all off guard.

Alessia is played by Denise Vasi, she's mixed. Caucasian and African American ladies and gentlemen.

Alessia
Sitting down at my desk, I tried my best to focus on the work ahead of me.

Seeing Izan last night did a whole lot of damage to the point where I couldn't concentrate on anything. Not only that, but Ina's birthday was in 2 days and I was distraught.

I was drained emotionally.

I found out this morning that Izan intended to stay with Jamie and Seth for a while, until he's able to get his own place.

"Alessia."

Snapping my head up, I looked over to see Mia; my assistant. "Yes Mia?"

"Some one is here to see you. She's a mother to one of the girls you mentored back in November."

"Bring her in."

I don't recall having any appointments today, or anything. Slightly scrunching up my face, I checked my laptop to make sure I didn't have a meeting with anyone.

I didn't. I was all clear for today.

Minutes later, a lady was escorted in.

Jada's mom, I thought to myself noticing their similar and without a doubt features.

"Hello, how are you?" I questioned. She smiled slightly. "I'm fine. How are you?"

Nodding, I sighed. "Getting through the day."

She laughed softly, agreeing.

"I just so happen to come here to talk about my daughter, Jada Brown?"

Nodding, I moved some of my paperwork off to the side. "Yes, Jada. What about her?"

"I would think of her to talk highly of you, but she doesn't."

Staring at her was all I could do. "Excuse me?"

I laughed slightly. "Wait, hold on? You didn't even give me your name." I folded my hands on top of my desk.

"Veneta."

"Okay, Ms. Veneta. Jada is a interesting young lady. In the past 5 weeks of mentoring her under my care, I felt as if I did one hell of a job. A good one at that. Her actions had improved, and she blossomed into the young lady I knew she could be."

Veneta looked me up and down, unamused by my approach. "Jada used to come home everyday complaining about your mentoring skills, so you're telling me a different story."

"I'm not. If anything, Jada is telling you differ-"

"Don't try and say my daughter is a liar because I believe everything she says. She has never given me a reason not to trust her, so you're lying to me."

Scoffing, I shook my head. "Ma'am, I'm not going to continue to talk if you're just going to keep on interrupting me."

"You can talk MA'AM, I'm just telling you that my daughter isn't a liar."

"Okay, Veneta. I understand that. I told the girls that I loved them every single day and time they stepped foot in and out of this building. I've been kind to Jada, I've taught her plenty of things in which she didn't know before."