Esme's POV
After enjoying a nice lunch, Xavier left to go and finish his work that he had abandoned so he could make sure that I had eaten something. I was thankful he was with me for the first half hour, but now that he was away I was a little relieved and disappointed with him now gone.
As a maid cleared the plates from the table, I couldn't help feeling useless with how Xavier made it known to everybody here that I was not to help clean up after myself anymore. He refused to allow me even that with how I have been feeling lately. It was both annoying and sweet. He knew how to breakdown my defenses, that was for sure.
"So..." James was the first one to speak up, now that it was just the family here-minus Jimmy, of course. Xavier kicked him out when he made a comment about how 'horribl
