Kendra Pov
I opened the car door for her and she got in immediately
I drove to a restaurant very far away without saying anything
"Common let's get something to eat"I said removing my seatbelt
"Ma'am?"I heard a little voice. I looked at her and say a nervous and confused look
"I'm sure you're hungry, let's get something to eat first,they also have the best ice cream there"
She looked at the restaurant "How do I get off"
"What?"
"The car, how do I open it?"
Are you for real? "Like this"I showed her and opened the door for her
"Thank you"
Immediately we entered the restaurant,a waitress rushed over to us and took us to a private room
"Hey,sit down"I pointed at the chair. We sat down and her asked her to place her order
"Any is okay with me"she replied looking away
"Why don't you choose something you like?"
"I've only eaten snacks not else,so I'm not familiar with what's on the menu"
I looked at her and sighed"Chicken Pizza,ice cream waffles and a chocolate cake with milkshake for us, Kindly add rice"I said to the waitress
"What's your name?"I asked looking at her
"Roxanne"
"Roxanne what?"
"Just Roxanne, don't know where I'm from"
"So who gave you that name?"
"One night,an old woman mistook me as her granddaughter, she kept calling me Roxanne and refused to leave me until her daughter told her I wasn't Roxanne her granddaughter,so since then,I called myself Roxanne"
Our food arrived and I told her to dig in "How old are you?
"Eight"
"Do you know who I am?"
"Yes I know you well,I see you on television everywhere,road signboards, poster and Ads"
"So you don't have any guardian?" I asked and she shook her head"So how do you feed yourself?"
"I beg, I'm cute,so who will refuse me"she looked at me smiling
"You're indeed cute and you have a cute smile"
"Thank you,why did you help me?"
"Because I wanted to,no one should get punished for what he or she didn't do"
"So you saw everything they happened"
"Every single thing"
"Thank you"
"It's nothing really"
"You know I get humiliated like this everyday,no one cared,no one came to my aid"
"Then it's all over, nothing like that is ever going to happen again, you speak English very well how?"
"From the public school nearby,I stay outside the classroom window, trying to grab whatever the teacher is teaching, and sometimes anytime I see someone teaching a little child something from a book,I get close to learn"
"You're one smart kid,tell me do you want a home?"
"Who doesn't?"
"Somewhere you can call a home, your home, your family"
She looked at me and smiled"Yes I do but only in my imagination"
"What if I adopt you,I can take you with me"
"No please, I'll just add to your problems,I don't want to be a burden to anyone"she shook her head eating
"Do you think I have any problem? You're not going to be a problem nor a burden,I will take you in as my younger sister forget the fact that I'm just knowing you"
"I have a cousin in Los Angeles, she's right and I'm sure you guys will be found of each other, she also needs a girl sister like you"
She looked away and sniffed"Hey"I got up and walked to her seat,I bent down and raised her head,wet cheeks with red eyes
"Common, don't cry okay?"I cleaned her tears with my hand
"Why are you being so nice to me?"
"You don't deserve this kind of life Roxanne, you deserve better like everyone other girl child, you deserve a home,a family, nice clothes and Barbie room, good friends, just because you started this way doesn't mean you'll end like this. Give me the permission to change you"
"I'm a big fool if I say no to this" I chuckled"What's your answer?"
"Yes"she smiled at me. I held her hands and asked"What's your name?"
"Roxanne"
"No, Roxanne Mondragon,okay?"
"It sounds nice"she smiled happily
"What's your name?"
"Roxanne Mondragon"
"Excuse me young lady, what's your name?"
"Roxanne Mondragon!!"she said laughing
I hugged her tight and released her when she said"My clothes will dirty yours"
I looked at her clothes and smiled"Finish eating, we have shopping to do"
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We entered the car and I started driving, with the help of the map,we got to the mall
On our way to the mall,we saw a live broadcast saying "MONDRAGONS FINALLY TAKES OVER CHIRO OIL AND GAS"
Roxanne laughed reading it which also made me laughed
"I didn't take what you said seriously"
"Always take the Mondragons word very serious"
I got a call from my phone which was connected with the car. My secretary calling
"Yes?"
"It is done ma'am"
"Yes I know,seen"I hung up immediately
We arrived at the shopping mall which was already empty I bought the whole place for us use for the meantime
"Girl child clothes "I looked at Roxanne and told her to pick whatever she likes even though is everything in the mall.
She tried some few clothes which suits are very well I think she was shy to pick more clothes but I told her to take more anything that you likes.
Remove to the shoes place I should pick and whatever she likes including boots, sandals.
"Are you sure about this Kendra? Like you just met the girl"Aunt Kelly said through the phone
"I'm sure about this aunt, please tell Kourtney, I'm going to talk to Uncle Kris later,get everything prepared for tomorrow"
"Okay okay, take care"
"Bye"I hung up and saw Roxanne wearing a nice purple dress
"Wear that for now, take the old clothes and throw them out"I told the sales girl
"Do you like the dress?"
"Yes I love it"she smiled brightly which also made me smile
"Come let's go get teddy bears". We went to the teddy bears section and she choose a very big teddy bear
"This one is okay"she said
"No girl child has just one teddy bear,pack all of them"I commanded the girls
"What? All of them?"Roxanne asked shocked
"Yes, you deserve all". Kourtney has a lot I mean a lot of teddy bears at home,so if she is part of the family she has to have lots of them too,so as to avoid any dispute later on
"They can't fit the car, they're too much"Roxanne said immediately we stepped outside with guards carrying all we bought behind us
"I'm not gonna put them in the car, the guards are taking them to that truck over there"I pointed at a truck not too far from us
"Where are they taking them to?"
"Home"
"Ain't we going home now?"
"Not yet,salon"I replied smiling
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"Please what hair style do you want or hair cut"the hairstylist asked her
"Umm"she touched her long unkept black hair confused
"What about a wolf cut, it's my favourite"I asked her showing her a sample
"It looks nice,I want it"
The hairstylist gave her a neat perfect wolf cut, she looked way different than before, she's more beautiful and modest I couldn't stop looking at her
"Do you like it?"she asked me
"Of course,I love it, just take a look at yourself "
"I know,I look different but I love it"
"Okay"the hairstylist said smiling
"Wait"Roxanne said looking at me then the hairstylist"Can I get a little blonde? like just little maybe at the scalp tip"
"You want blonde?"I asked surprised
"Yes, just like you,we shouldn't have different hair colour "
"But it doesn't matter"
"I want it,can you do it please?"she looked at the hairstylist
"Okay okay"she finally got what she wanted and was very happy
We entered the car and she couldn't stop looking at herself in the mirror
"Are we going home now?"
"No the Apple store"
"You wanna get apples?"
I laughed looking at her"iPhone, where they sell only iPhones is called an Apple store"
She nodded like she understands what I said
We got to the store and entered inside, a man immediately approached us and took us to the iPad section
"Pick what you like"I said to her taking my seats
"Ohh I see this in most children hands, it's like a phone"she widened her eyes looking around
"Yes,every child deserves an iPad,choose your colour"
"Pink"
"Get the latest type"
They wrapped the new iPad and handed it to me. I gave it to Roxanne telling her it's hers now
I noticed she stopped walking and turned back only to see her crying
"Hey"I rushed to her "What's wrong?"
"I've only had this in my dreams,who sent you?"
"Roxanne"I hugged her caressing her hair "It's okay,I told you I'm gonna change your life, take the Mondragons word very serious"
"Thank you very much"
"It's okay"
"I'll repay you"
Immediately I heard that I laughed shaking my head "The only way you can repay me is getting the best result when you start school, always coming out first okay?"
She nod smiling
"Let's go home, and arrange our things for tomorrow"
"Where are we going to tomorrow"
"Los Angeles,my home, I'm on holiday"
"Ohh"
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"Ding Dong" we rang the door bell and Cassie opened the door immediately
"Hey welcome"
"Hi Aunt Cassie"Roxanne waved. Cassie looked at me shocked
"Me?Aunt Cassie?,o my God I'm blushing"I rolled my eyes entering inside
"I see you've made dinner already"
"Yes"
"Roxanne let's go freshen up"
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"Wow, it's nice"Roxanne said eating
"Thank you"Cassie replied
"I can't wait to try your food Sis Kendra"
"She's a terrible cook"
"Cassie! I'm not okay? You'll try it soon"
"You'll purge". I hit Cassie in the shoulder as we all laughed
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"Let's watch movie till we fall asleep"we walked to the sitting room
"Someone told me watching tv is bad"Roxanne said and we both asked why
"He said it makes you lazy, like you forget every other thing"
Cassie smiled and looked at her "Then let's be lazy"
We all bounced on the couch sighing