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"I know her kind all too well" Jessica sighed running her hand through her head.

"What do you mean by that?" Xavier asked concerned.

He thought back to how manipulating she had been all her life. He would be less than shocked if he later discovers that this was just one of her manipulation schemes.

"My mom's sister was the one to take care of me after my mom died. She used up all the savings and insurance left by my mom and sent me to an orphanage" Jessica started

Telling this story was one of her absolute worse but she was going to tell it either way. How then would she convince him that she was aware of what relatives like that were? She was opening up a part of herself to him. She also hoped that this would bring them a tad bit closer.

"After I graduated she would show up once in a while and try to get all I had on me. She would then disappear only to reappear when she wants. She has been pestering me with calls ever since I got here. She must have thought this place to be a g