[Palais Brongniart]
Jemisha and Chris arrived at the location and he got out of the car first he then opened the door for her and helped her out.
Chris gave the car keys to a valet. "Don't scratch it and don't you dare to take it out for a ride, I have the mileage on my phone."
The man took the key and drove it to the parking lot, and another man gave him a number.
As they walked to the door she showed her invitation and let them pass.
Jemisha heard the whispers but ignored them.
The organizer of the event was none other than the dean from the economic school she received her bachelor from.
"Miss Black, it was so nice of you to come."
'Dean Briston, thank you for inviting me.'
"How could I not, you are after all an prodigy."
'You praise me too much.'
"I also heard you received the same answer to your other application of universities."
'That's true, I have 3 bachelor degrees, the other two are engineering and computer programming.'
The man smiled. "Well you could easily be a doctorate and eligible to be a teacher of any university when your 21."
Jemisha talked a little more and Chris looked around and spotted Jack and Blake.
"Well I have to go, the opening speech will start soon, I hope that you can enjoy this little get together and make some new business connections."
'Thank you dean Briston.'
Jemisha and Chris moved to the next room and set down on the first row.
The room started to fill up and the speech started.
She was listening to dean and after that a few other well respected business man started to speak.
After that ended the dean called her up to the stage.
She got up there and started to speak.
'Well I'm quit honored to be here tonight, I hope you could be nice to me since I'm the youngest.'
Some people started to laugh.
'Well I know what question you want to ask me or wondering why a mere 20 year old is standing at the same level as you all.'
'All I can say is it's a trade secret.'
'Well actually it's not, I'm just too damn smart for my own good.'
She talked a little about how old she was when she found her company what she had achieved and where she was heading with it.
After her speech she bowed to everybody and they all clapped for her.
Not only was she so young, she was well grounded and level headed, she had already out shone half of the people who were there, but they just couldn't help but admire her because her dream was clear and she did work her heart out to get where she was now.
Everybody went to the bare are and mingled.
Jemisha spotted Blake and whispered to Chris. 'Shall I pull the darling act? Or pretend not to know him.'
"You deserve to have some fun, so pull the darling act."
He gave her a kiss on her head and let her go.
Jemisha walked up to Blake and he smiled.
'Blake, darling, how have you been?' She gave him a hug and a kiss.
"My beautiful Rose Black, how I have mist you."
'You little flirt.'
"You seem to have been well my darling Rose."
'Well you know business is busy as always.'
'So I heard you are going to open up shop here in Paris.'
"That's correct, but I also heard you're going to open up a shop here as well."
'True, do you need a security system for your new store?'
"My sweet Rose always seem to know what I need."
Jemisha smiled.
'You know what they say, great minds think alike'
They talked a little more and he then and told her there were 3 man here that would hide the old fox if he were to come to France, he introduced her to them and she worked her magic.
She was polite and feel them out.
"Miss Black is so well spoken for your age, if we may be so rude as to ask from which family are you from?"
'I'm from the Conor family, well I'm trained in the art of mercenary's, I didn't want to fallow in my brothers footsteps and wanted the family to expend their trade.'
Jemisha had already noticed she was being watched and took a glimpse and found a couple was keeping an eye on her.
She looked at them and smiled.
She turned around and went back to the conversation.
"Miss Black we would like to do business with you, is there a time and that that suits you for a meeting?"
'Well how I would love to do business with you… I can't, because you are tied with and enemy of mine, and the reason you want to do business is because your companies are facing a crisis because of it.'
'I'm well aware you need my money to invest in your companies, to survive.'
'Why don't you just cut your losses and move one before you get bankrupt.'
"Miss Black…"
'Business is a war fought with money and your brain.'
'A that also reminds me, don't think of trying to hid the fox in my kingdom because the consequence will be dire.' She spoke in a low and threatening voice.
She turned around and left them.
"Blake, is she by chance the new queen of the European underworld?"
"And what if she is…"
"I think you should heed her warning if you know what's good for you."
Jack had spotted the couple who was keeping an eye on Jemisha the whole time and walked up to them.
"Father, mother why are you here?"
"Well how could we not? We were a bit curious about our newest addition of our family."
'I finally have a daughter I always wanted, how can I not come and see her when she is in my backyard.'
"Mother your technically in her backyard."
'Ohh… what happened.'
Jack sighed a little. "Where have you two being the past year?"
'The Amazons.'
"You're looking at the queen of the European underworld, Black Rose. Last year she took out the Serale and while she was busy with that, she sended out Jake's man to take their revenge and killed the king."
"Humm… she is indeed smart, blind your enemy and attack them from behind."
Jemisha saw Jack and walked up to him and hugged him from behind.
Chris kept a close eye on her the whole time from a distance but what he saw next, wanted him to make a move but he was stopped by Blake.
"What are you doing?"
"Don't intervene if you want to keep your life, those two are her adoptive parents Jasmin and Richard Conor."
"They are well trained and considered the most powerful assassin and mercenaries of their time."
Chris held back and just watched from a distance.
"Baby Rose, are you alright?"
'Hmm I did what you advise me to do, I'm fine now.'
Jack patted her head and smiled.
Richard grabbed Jemisha by the face and had a good look of her eyes.
She looked at him sharp but calm, what they three of them didn't noticed was that she had reached for her knife and had it under his chin.
"Father you should let her go now…"
"Don't interfere while I'm assessing this girl."
Jack saw her eyes change from sharp and calm to, cold and murders.
"Humm, your eyes…"
Jemisha didn't hesitate and made a light cut in his hand and he let go of her.
He wanted to hit her but she blocked his incoming attack.
She pushed him away from her and kept her distance from the three of them.
She looked at them warry and took up her defense.
'I don't have a family… as of today I'm just a rose without a name.'
She walked away and left the Gala
Jasmin was furious at Richard. 'I don't want to see you for a while, thanks to you my daughter walked out on us.'
Jack already ran after Jemisha and tried to stop her.
"Rose!"
Jemisha stop and looked at Jack with tears in her eyes.
'I already lived a life in abusive family, I don't want that a second time.'
Jack pulled her in a hug. "Rose… my dear baby Rose, I know father can be harsh and threatening but he only wanted…"
'I don't care what he wanted to know, he could have asked!'
Jemisha was angry and just wanted to get away.
Jasmin came out side cursing. 'Man are such *ssh*les, always think force will work as a form of discipline.'
"Jasmin!"
'Piss off Richard, you really have done it this time, you had to drive away our daughter like that!'
'I hate you and I don't want to see you!'
"Jasmin, sweetheart, I'm sorry."
Jemisha felt threatened again and tried to get out of Jack's grip because she really didn't want to be around them any longer.
But Jack held her firm. "Don't worry baby Rose, Chris already called for reinforcement."
She calmed down a little and grabbed on to Jack.
Jake got a text from Chris and told him what had happened.
He arrived at the Gala venue and saw his mother being pissed, his sister fearfully and anxiously clinging to Jack .
He walked up to his father and punched him right in the face.
"You really have some nerve to do that to our baby sister Rose! What the hell is wrong with you!?"
"You're lucky she only cut you mildly, if she had a gun, you wouldn't be standing and begging mom."
"We already told you she has PTSD, and her previous family abused her for 3 years before she was saved by Jack and the others. We know only so little about how her life was and you had to trigger her, drive her in a cornered like that! Her mind was finally starting to stabilize but you… you had to do something like that!"
"You had to make her think she is not welcome and is no family member, you pushed her so far that she rather be a nameless person than a beloved daughter and sister!"
"Mom just divorce this trash and let's live together just the 4 of us."
'ENOUGH!'
'Just stop…'Jemisha pushed herself away from Jack. 'I already know I have no place in the world, no matter where I go.'
Blake and Chris had heard her yell and her word's.
Chris felt like his heart just broke.