Inger Is a Franchisee of Honey Bear Restaurants,LLC Their Contract

Inger is a franchisee of Honey Bear Restaurants,LLC Their contract gives Honey Bear the right to control virtually all aspects of Inger's op?eration,including the hiring of employees.One of the employees,Joris commits a tort against Kiley,one of Inger's customers.Kiley files a suit against Honey Bear.Honey Bear is most likely

A) liable because Honey Bear exercises control over Inger's operation.
B) liable because Kiley was Honey Bear's customer.
C) not liable because Inger is responsible for the employees.
D) not liable because Kiley was Inger's customer.