Chapter 55

Jessica successfully convinced the male staff member to leave. She sat on the longest couch in the living room. She turned on the television and muted the sound. She watched the images move as tears fell from her eyes.

How did it come to this? Why was she being treated so badly? How did things become so bad for her? Was she too nice? Was she too open to accepting anyone?

All these thoughts flooded her mind as the tears fell rapidly. She had been embarrassed and gaslighted by her ex, and her husband—by law—did not respect her in any way. Was she a bad person in her previous life?

She lay down and felt her nose clog up. She started breathing through her mouth and did not know when sleep overtook her.

Meanwhile, Xavier was still stunned that Jessica had the nerve to slap him and then storm out. Was he wrong? Did she not plan it? Judgi