I never thought I would set foot in that hellhole again

[Two weeks later] 

Jemisha was having a meeting with her father, and they were finalizing their project.

He invited her to have dinner with his family to celebrate their success of the project.

She accepted the invitation and dressed up a bit.

Jasper came and to pick her up and drove her to her old home when she arrived she looked at the house she had grown up in, and memories of the happy and sad times resurfaced.

"Rose are you alright?"

'Hmm…just that I never thought I would set foot in that hellhole again.'

Jasper got out of the car and opened her door and helped her out.

Jerald and Lisane were waiting and welcomed her.

Jemisha gave Jeremy a hug and thanked him for inviting her, but she ignored Lisane.

When she enter the living room she was met with her grandparents and stepbrother Ivan.

She greeted them respectful but showed them a subtle hint of disapproval.

"Miss Black, I mean boss."

'Don't be so uptight Ivan, you're not at the company are you?'

"Yes Miss Black."

Dinner was served and they all sat down.

'I didn't know if there was anything Miss Black didn't like so I prepared a lot of different dishes.'

'Well I never was a picky eater.'

"Miss Black I heard ST-Labs is stationed in 7 different counties, how did you manage to be so successful in such a short amount of time?"

'That's a trade secret grandfather Griseo.' And she smiled.

"Forgive me for being rude Miss Black, but how old are you?"

'I'm 19 years old, I'll turn 20 in a few days.'

'And now that we are on the subject of birthday's, I was born on the same day as Jenifer.'

'And I believe because we were born at the same day and we both are prodigies, it was my faith to become her friend and shield.'

'Liane told me you set up ST-Labs as Jenifer's legacy.'

'Correct, even if my dear friend Jenifer was shunned, and not recognized for her talent, I swore I would help her set up her dream.'

'But now I have a question for you two, now that I am here today thanks to Jenifer, and technically my success would actually be Jenifer's, how do you feel for not acknowledging you own granddaughters capability, and have her kidnapped and be responsible for her death. Do you feel any remorse towards her or wished she was still here?'

'Because Ivan still needs a few more years in order to take over his stepfathers company, and even then it beg the question if he can make the right decisions, because for what I have seen up until now he is pretty indecisive and relies on other too much.'

'But don't worry Ivan, you can work for me and learn from me for 5 more years, so you better step up a bit, and making mistakes is only a learning process, you think I didn't make mistakes while I develop the security system?'

'So Ivan…how do you feel about sitting in my chair while I'm out? Of course you need to discuss any new project and new customers with me, but handling the current running projects and customers should not be a problem.'

'This is the quickest way to learn and see what it takes to run a company.'

Jemisha smiled.

'That's a great opportunity, this way you can spend more time together and get to know each other.'

"Mom what are you talking about? She is my boss."

'What's wrong? She is single and if you two were to marry, you can run her company as well, after all there is no place for a married women in the business world.'

"Grandmother!"

Jemisha smirked. 

"Boss…I apologize about their words…"

'It's alright Ivan, since you have been working for me for almost 2 years now you should know me by now.'

Ivan swallowed because he knew she had a temper if people would tell her what to do or even decide things for her.

'Well, there is one more thing you should know, while Jenifer was a sweet and soft girl, I am the polar opposite of her, and I don't let people tell me what to do.'

'Marry Ivan…do you think I'm stupid! The only reason you would push that spoiled brat on me is because you want to live of the money I make. Currently I worth over two billion dollars, and as soon as I stop working and get married that income will seize to come in, because I rather call for bankruptcy than to have the hard work I put in Jenifer's legacy go to greedy people who killed her.'

"That girl never deserved to have his company, because she wasn't his biological child to begin with."

'Then what was she to him?'

"She was his niece, his sister was in trouble and she just pushed her child on him."

'So…she was still your family, and you treated her like she was dirt.'

'In my opinion and observation, only her uncle she had thought was her father still raised her and loved her if she was his own. Now that's what family is, no matter the tough times they should help one and another.'

'While you old folks didn't recognized her talent and even as a granddaughter, her only relative that loved her and cared for her was not her father but her uncle.'

'Now I start to wonder who had raised Mister Griseo, because I don't see any resemblance of him in any of you two.'

Jemisha looked at Jeremy and smiled. 'Mister Griseo, thank you for being the only relative who loved her and taught her, even though you were over seas a lot, I know it was for her sake. I admire people who can be so selfless as to take in a baby that isn't its own but still care and love it unconditionally like you have.'

'Well look at the time, Ivan I want you in my office first thing in the morning.'

She stood up and gave Mister Griseo an envelope. 'This is the invitation to my birthday, it will be held at a resort and the travel means are paid for, I hope you would honor me with you presence.'

Jemisha looked at her stepmother cold and disdainful, 'Mrs Griseo I hope you can behave yourself, and stop pushing me on to your son, because like I said, I hate people who decide things for me.'

Jemisha gave Jerald a warm hug. 'Thank you for inviting me, and let's work together another time.'

Jemisha walked out and got in her car and drove off.