Three is a CROWD!

And then there was one.

'Pussy cat eyes'

A nicknamed given to Jessica because of the color of her eyes. At first it was a mere joke, then one day while in a fight with her classmate, Jessica had wished her opponent would fall severely sick. She did it just to spite her opponent however, the tables turned when the next day her opponent contracted chicken pox.

Her peers who witnessed the fight concluded that she had cast a sleek on her opponent and that Jessica was a witch.

Like that wasn't enough, the following week Jesica fainted when a teacher flogged her. The reason being that her father rushed her to school to catch up to work, in the process she forgot to eat breakfast and ended up fainting when the first stroke got to her delicate palms.

But the students didn't care to know this, they simply said she was an ogbanje.

Everyday in school, more rumors spread about how she bewitched her other classmates. The teaching and non-teaching staff didn't also spare her, they too broadcasted rumors about her being a mami-water due to how her skin color didn't match that of her parents.

Some of Jessica's relatives who were also her schoolmates also believed the rumors and they
ended up avoiding her during family gatherings.

Her name was long forgotten and she became; that pussy cat girl.

She eventually became bitter, attempting suicide at 11 years. Her parents who had initially played down on the issue had no choice but to change her school, however even in her new school she just couldn't fit in, she stood out like giraffe in a gathering of elephants. Her paternal grandparents suggested that she be moved abroad, that she would blend perfectly with the white folks.

Jessica did blend in as her grandparents had said and slowly she began to love herself again.

So, it wasn't surprising why she almost plucked out the eyes of the fish merchant who called her 'pussy cat eyes' when she went to the market with Ozzy.

"...I will personally rip out that your pussy cat eye." Her mind replayed the words of ignorant Susanna once more.

And now Jessica was going to commit her first murder.

She raised her hands high in the air swinging it with whip-like speed towards Susanna. However, it connected with Gillis's face instead.

Her eyes grew wide and she clasped her mouth in shock as the sound of her slap echoed in the office. She wasn't expecting to hit her husband and she was about to apologize when she realized that Gillis was protecting her. Her shock was instantly replaced with rage.

"You're defending her?" She said as her arms dropped to her side, "You're defending your slot!" She raged on, as she sent another jaw breaking slap his way.

Gillis was pissed.

He grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the office leaving Susanna and Evelyn behind.

"Rubbish," Susanna hissed rubbing her head, Jessica had pulled out a few strands of her hair when she flung her from the chair to the floor.

"Arrant—Ah!" She exclaimed as Evelyn unexpectedly slapped her on her right cheek and before she could blink Evelyn sent another hot slap to her left cheek. The impact was so strong it sent her crashing into the chair where she once sat.