Near Death

I decided to visit Mia, but she came to me first. I had no idea how she managed to find her way to the Shangri-La from her school. When I saw her standing outside my hotel room, I almost had a heart attack. She wore her pink school bag and grinned up at me. ‘Hi, Miss Finnegan.’ ‘Mia!’ I looked up and down the carpeted hallway. She was the only one there. ‘How did you get here?’ ‘Class ended early. I asked Daddy’s driver to send me here.’ I breathed out. ‘Does Kieran—does your daddy know about this?’ ‘Uh-huh.’ She nodded. Still, I texted Kieran to let him know Mia was with me. ‘I’ve missed you. Did you miss me?’ The girl smiled. ‘Um, sure.’ I was a little unused to the change in attitude. The last time we met, she was crying and hiding in Kieran’s arms because I almost killed her. I checked the time. It was just past noon. ‘Have you had lunch?’ She shook her head. ‘Okay. There’s a sushi restaurant on the sixth floor of the hotel, and a pizzeria on the seventh. Which one do you prefer?’