Her ex-husband's regret

HER'

my paranoia than anything else. Ernest Dawson was yet to come out of the cockpit and I was left wan

hostess as she laid out a tra

anything, ma'am," she beamed

where I was seated. Some part of me felt anxious. What if he'd spoken with his boss and received an

re enjoying your fl

u," I said with a s

be in Mexico City in an ho

My umm.. my father," I as

n one of the biggest mansions in Mexico city. It's

played with the n

ut fifteen minutes. I'd always been nervous about landing so I gripped my seat nervously as the plane

ssing that the bodyguards addressed me as 'ma'am' a though they'd been thoroughly lectured to do so. If I was stil

odyguard greeted as he held the backseat doo

I said with a

and went around to clim

greeted, meeting my gaze in the rearview mir

ards littered around the entourage b

driver who nodded. "To the mansion," he repeated into his

ar, then Rodriguez joined them behind

't want to take any chances and that's why he's ordered for a fu

urious cars. The scenery lived up to the hype I'd imag

ugh the contacts list. I'd totally forgotten about it what with the whole drama that had consumed my head the whole day. I considered sending M

my life. The mansion was a sprawling edifice planted in the middle of a vast plot o

either side of the premises

ld be very unforgiving sometimes. Very loudmouthe

s lined by tall and lush palms, their branches swaying gently in the coo

ace- it was easily a community of its own. That explained why there weren't many neighbors apart from th

spotted a pair of attendants grooming a large bla

ver since. But whenever he's on his best behavior he's

They chorused their 'welcome to Mexico City, ma'ams' and I nodded with a blush,

you," he explained before I voiced my question. "Shall we," he gestured with an outstretched ar

s. It looked like a paradise- the type of homes I'd spot in magazines th

iled to notice when Ernest left my side and ev

ause you are home. Anything you want while you wait.. just say it and the staff would

while you wait, ma'am?" a young lady, only a l

k you," I

t making sure you were comfortable. I'm sure the fl

ce. She'll just e

oice and almost lost my ability t

ut there was an air of class and authority emanating from him. Most important

ver to me and stopped only a few steps from me. I could s

nk of in terms of doubts anymore-

or so long it began to feel like a very natural position for me to stand in. I felt strangely comfortable. My eyes began to wet

mself than to anyone else. "You have her eyes

what she looked like,"

led me over to a hallway by

ll the resemblance too. If I'd thought I looked like my father, then I was my mother. Some

am," I said after a while of staring at the portrait. I dabbed at the cor

lead me into an open lounge room by the side. "Let m