The last several years had given Jessica a newfound appreciation for having a normal life. Not that taking off her clothes for money was exactly normal, but it did afford her the ability to care for her daughter and grant her a comfortable, if somewhat modest lifestyle. Jaime never wanted for anything, and Jessica never put herself at serious risk in order to provide. And that was what mattered most.
Jaime had saved her mother in a way. Temptation was everywhere in the Miami heat. It would have been so easy to fall under the spell of a man or a drug or money. But Jessica was under her daughter's spell entirely. It was a position she'd never ever thought she'd find herself in, loving another human being so completely that she'd do absolutely anything for her, even spend her nights in a seedy strip club, bilking idiots out of their money.
Of course, that was before Laura arrived to take them out of South Florida and onto a new adventure. Five months on the road with a mutant assassin for hire and a five year old certainly put things into perspective, and when Laura's work brought her back to the City, Jessica decided it was high time she put down some roots in the place where it all began. An apartment in Brooklyn was obtained and Jaime was enrolled in the neighborhood public school. Laura came and went on her missions, leaving enough cash that Jessica wouldn't need to work to maintain their lifestyle-- especially not in a topless bar.
Sure, somedays she was worried about her cover being blown. But the City was as big and bustling as it ever was, and she hadn't spotted a single familiar face in the two months she'd been back. It had been six years, after all. What were to odds of her running into anyone who would recognize her.
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Jaime had saved her mother in a way. Temptation was everywhere in the Miami heat. It would have been so easy to fall under the spell of a man or a drug or money. But Jessica was under her daughter's spell entirely. It was a position she'd never ever thought she'd find herself in, loving another human being so completely that she'd do absolutely anything for her, even spend her nights in a seedy strip club, bilking idiots out of their money.
Of course, that was before Laura arrived to take them out of South Florida and onto a new adventure. Five months on the road with a mutant assassin for hire and a five year old certainly put things into perspective, and when Laura's work brought her back to the City, Jessica decided it was high time she put down some roots in the place where it all began. An apartment in Brooklyn was obtained and Jaime was enrolled in the neighborhood public school. Laura came and went on her missions, leaving enough cash that Jessica wouldn't need to work to maintain their lifestyle-- especially not in a topless bar.
Sure, somedays she was worried about her cover being blown. But the City was as big and bustling as it ever was, and she hadn't spotted a single familiar face in the two months she'd been back. It had been six years, after all. What were to odds of her running into anyone who would recognize her.