Chapter Three
After Brian had introduced me to everyone at the garage Dom suggested that he should take me to go and meet Mia at the store (which he also owned).
We pulled up into the car park of the small grocery store and got out of Brians car and started to walk over to the counter where a pretty woman stood behind reading a magazine, "hey Mia i'd like you to meet someone" Brian said when we got to the counter and Mia looked up and smiled at him and then looked at me, "hi i'm his sister Charlotte but just call me Charlie, i'm the smarter one" I said and held out my hand for her to shake but instead she just stared at me for a while until suddenly she ran from behind the counter and hugged me tightly "I love hugs Mia but I can't breathe" I said jokingly and laughed.
Mia stopped hugging me and said "i'm sorry its just Brian said he had a sister I just didn't think i'd ever get to meet you, he didn't even mention that you was coming" I laughed "haha yeah that's because he didn't know I was coming I decided to surprise him" I said smiling, and she laughed and said "well surprise or not i'm so glad that you came", "i'm glad I came to, i've missed my big brother" I said and hugged Brian around the waist.
After talking to Mia for a bit I decided to take a seat on one of the stools at the counter and Mia asked if I wanted anything to eat or to drink and I said i'd have a corona because that's all they had alcohol wise and a chicken and mayo sandwich. I had finished my sandwich and was half down my bottle when I heard car engines approaching, so I just assumed it was the rest of the guys from the garage turning up, I was taking a sip of my beer when someone sat next to me, so I looked sideways and saw it was Vince "hey" I said after having a drink, he looked at me and said "are you even old enough to drink?" I laughed loudly and replied "sorry officer would you like to see my ID, for your information i'm 24 that's three years over the legal drinking age".
Then finished my bottle picked up my backpack that I had put on the floor and turned to Brian and said "anyway bro i'm going to get going I still need to book into a hotel and try to look for a job, so I can get my own place", Brian looked at me and then at Dom who stepped forward "why don't you come and stay with us Charlie, there's a spare room and you can help Mia out here at the store?" he asked me, I thought about it for a few minutes and replied "fine but just until I find a job to earn money and get my own place, thank you".