“Pick that up from the floor right now!” — the manager shouted to the waitress, but the entire restaurant stopped when the woman took her apron off and said: “you’re fired.”…..

“S-Sir Laurent… I didn’t know you were here—”

“I saw everything,” Laurent said coolly as he stepped forward. Each footfall echoed like judgment. “And I wish I hadn’t.”

The restaurant fell silent.

Mia stood shaking—but no longer crying.

“Mr. Gozon,” Laurent continued, “explain why you chose to humiliate an employee in front of guests.”