Dawson had no special request so Jessica made a pan pizza and they both had it over light conversation. Dawson was exhausted from the move and change of environment so he went to bed early. Jessica waited up for Xavier because she had a lot to discuss with him. She was going to iron out all the details of her remaining time in the house. Her business, sleeping arrangement, and his meals. She had been glad to share her cooking with him but he had been too rigid to accept her. He had proven that he was just as closed off as chose to be and she was not putting herself up for heartbreak. If she continued to see him in good light she might end up falling for him and she would be hurting once again by the time she had to leave the Delgado house. She was only Delgado by paper and name. She has no relationship with them. Xavier came in as Jessica was cleaning up the table. He had been coming in early these days to eat dinner with Jessica. Seeing her clean the table sent a shock down his s

Xavier had never known what it meant to be played before but he felt like he was experiencing it right hand. It felt like a betrayal. He could not believe that the first meal he seemed to enjoy she was going to take away from her. "If this concerns me shouting at you at the hospital. I already said I'm sorry" Xavier said sulking. It was the first time that Jessica saw Xavier display another emotion apart from aloofness and natural anger. "When?" she asked confused. From all she could remember she couldn't remember Xavier saying as much as a simple sorry. "You never said you were sorry" she defended. "I did not?" Xavier asked his face flushed. "Yes, you did not" Jessica responded. Maybe if she was not as angry as she was she would have not suggested having different rooms or even to scrap her making dinner for him. She loved with all her might cooking for others. "I barely apologize," Xavier said murmuring. "Very obvious," Jessica said. "You heard me?" Xavier asked shocked.

"What is she doing here?" Xavier asked voting out his thoughts. "She did not say but she specifically asked for you," Roselle said. When Jessica heard the name she was curious but she did not want to be seen as a gossip so she laid back down on the bed. "Couldn't she sleep the night and wait till the morning?" Xavier asked grumbling as he went down the stairs. "Nephew" Genevieve said as her eyes fell on Xavier coming down the stairs. Genevieve Sullivan was his mother's sister and she was the definition of the worst. When his mother was still alive she often showed up out of the blue to extort his mom and get money out of it. One of the things that Xavier vowed not to forget as regards his mother and father's death was how his aunt stormed in to get a share of the insurance claiming to be the only family of his mother. Genevieve and his mother had shared the same womb for nine months yet they were nothing alike. Their parents had shared the family wealth between both girls. While

Jessica blinked multiple times at the woman in her front claiming to be somehow related to the family. Was she the cause of the commotion last night? "You don't know how to talk? I clearly heard you speak just now" Genevieve said going to the kitchen island to take a banana which she peeled to eat. Jessica was unsure of the protocol. She has been scolded for suggesting that Dawson came home. Was she supposed to treat this woman with joy or disdain? She did not know what to do. She searched Roselle's face for answers but they were blank as usual. "Hello, good morning. I was not aware that someone joined us last night which was what made me startled" Jessica said immediately covering up her lapses. "It's okay. I had to make an impromptu trip down here from Las Vegas the most beautiful city in the world" Genevieve said giggling a little. "Would you like to join us for breakfast?" Jessica asked. Since she was unsure of the protocol. She might as well do what she wanted to do because

"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