Kendra
"What do you mean? You don't remember me? she asked pointing at herself
"Well it's just that you look like a girl I don't want to see"
"Ahh ah ah so funny Mondragon,but no matter what, we'll keep appearing in front of you"she said smirking
"Stop being clingy"
"You've really changed a lot Mondragon"she said eyeing me
"Of course on like someone who's using her blood for her beauty"I said smiling sweetly
She sneered looking away"stop saying nonsense Mondragon"
"Hey am Kendra"
"What are you up to Mondragon?"she asked walking in front of me
"What do you mean?"I asked sipping my drink unbothered
"You showing up here in New York,collaborating with The Cruz and also the contribution"
"First am studying here, secondly the Mondragons runs four huge companies here and about Baby Brownies,I just felt like"
"Where are your parents?"she asked out of the blue
"What do you mean?"
"Why are they not here,why did they send you"
"Why are you here with your parents, simply because you're not qualified to take responsibilities, and it seems like they have a lot of free times instead of being focused on work,watch your back Rodriguez, something might happen"I said smirked
"You!!"she pointed at me
"Eve,Mum needs you"her brother cut in stopping her. She glared at me and left
"I can't believe it is really you"Elliott said smiling
"It is"
"You know am your biggest fan,I follow you every single place, you've really changed which makes me more interested in you"
"Do you take drugs?"
"Huh?"
"You look worse than before,so disgusting"I said looking away
"Since you're here in New York,why don't we meet outside? You know we should just forget about the past"
"Here"I said opening my purse and bringing out a small business card. I handed it over to him
"Is this your contact?"he asked accepting it
"No it's a very good and skilled doctor,he specialises on human brains, now it's confirmed that you've gone nuts"I said walking away from him
I walked to the bar and refilled my drink
"If it's not our little Mondragon"a voice I never want to hear again
I turned around and saw Old man Rodriguez, "I don't think I know you"
"Of course you don't, the last time I saw you, you were just a little girl,see how big you've grown"
"All thanks to my parents then"
"I see you're really exploring and enjoying New York"
"I think"I said looking away
"Is he dead?"he asked
I looked at him confused"Who?"
"Your dad,is he?cos if he is then my wish has finally come true"I said smiling
I glared at him and said"Why would you think he's dead?"
"I've been searching everywhere for him but can't find him,is he hiding or dead"
"I see you have a lot of free time, you're busy searching for my dad,no wonder I couldn't recognise you with those grey hairs, don't waste your time and energy and focus on your work old man"
"What did you....."
"It's just like giving out something and expecting nothing in return, the one you're looking for is at the corner watching your every step, you better watch your back Mr Rodriguez"I said as I took another sip of my drink
"You mannerless brat,who do you think you are, your parents didn't teach you manners huh"he angrily pointed at me
Few people around us looked at us confused
"Mr Rodriguez is everything okay?"Travis said standing beside me
"Ohh yes,we were just discussing something"
"Are you sure?"Travis asked
He glared at me and said smiling "My regards to my old pal"
He turned around and walked to his family. I closed my eyes breathing heavily
"Are you okay?"Travis asked looking at me
"Excuse me"I left trying to find my way to the restroom
***********
I washed my face, closed my eyes and sighed
His words kept ringing in my head,
'Dad this is too much for me'i sighed cleaning the little tears from my eyes
I checked the mirror to see if I ruined my make up. I tried touching it up a little then a woman came out of the restroom looking at me
I continued doing my make up like I didn't see her, she came to the sink washing her hands
"Ain't you done? ain't you done showing off?who do you want to impress here?"she asked looking at herself in the mirror
"What do you mean"I asked frowning
"When do you start coming out to represent The Mondragon, and now you're here,are the Mondragons running out of business? Am a reporter, what if I tell the whole world that the Mondragons are out of business"
I dropped what I was holding, stood in front of her
"How do you refer to be killed?"I asked
"What do you want to do?"she asked staring at me shocked
"I prefer straight painful death"I said smirking
*********
I left the restroom and walked outside to the back side of the place
My phone vibrated,I opened my purse, seeing a message from Travis that says "where are you now"
I was about to reply when I heard a very loud bang behind me
I turned around and saw extremely shocked and out of breath,my legs lost its strength and I fell down
I covered my mouth breathing heavily