Mr. Tan

Teenage Alexis Bethany Hathaway who is reunited with her nonchalant mother and her verbally abusive husband after her loving grandmother's death. Once she discovers that she is pregnant, her mother tells her she has a certain amount of time to get a job, if she's still unemployed then she has to get out. Once at the end of her rope with time running out, she begs the owner of a popular juke joint in her Cleveland, MS neighborhood to give her a job despite her age. When things go from bad to worse in her broken home, she decides to leave on her own despite the fact that she has nowhere else to go. She finds solace in her surly and somewhat reclusive boss Mr. Tan. While he reluctantly takes her under his wing, he discovers her beautiful singing voice and tries his best to shelter her from so much, including himself. Eventually, a relationship blossoms between them with many possibilities in store.