"Do you have a decade or two?" Emma responded sarcastically. She realized quickly that Jon might not appreciate her tone or humor, so she quickly changed tatics.

"Sorry," She stated quietly. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you probably, but yeah bad luck follows me around. The price of being abandoned I guess." She said, so off the cuff that it belied how deeply Emma felt about being left.

"Let's just say my parents had an interesting way of doing things okay?"