A Desperate Claim

"Anyway, I’ll take the car then," Stella said as she was about to push herself up from her chair.

Halfway through, she heard his voice. "Your father is a shoemaker?"

"What?" She stopped her movement halfway, looking at him blankly.

Doesn’t he know about this already? Why would he ask about this again? What does he want?

She was just thinking when the car started moving.

Is it even worth it to mis