Esme's POV
As the door opened the one person I didn't want to see stood there before me. If it was Rachel I could handle seeing her because she and I actually got along despite her sleeping with my boyfriend. I knew deep down Rachel cared about me just like Jimmy did. But this was my mother, and her judgmental eyes always made me want to just poke them out of her head.
I turned around to go back to the car but Xavier grabbed my arm and made me face her again.
"Katherine, good to see you again!" He reached out and shook her hand while holding me flush against his side. I elbowed his side and he grunted but didn't release me.
"Likewise Xavier. Please come inside." My mother looked at me with a cross look and I wanted to slap it off of her face. I hated it when she gave me that damn look,
