"Jess!" yelled Ben. "You got a letter!"
She opened her room door. "Thanks, Ben." She gave im a kiss on the cheek and went back inside her room.
The letter had no return address. She opened and pulled out the letter. She saw it was from the people she hired to do a background check on her. Before she went on Doom's ship, she had received a letter from her parents saying she had been adopted. Since then, she had wanted to find out who her real family was.
She read, "Dear Ms Donner, I have completed the background check you wanted. According to the attached sheet, you are a part of the Von Doom family. In fact, you are the sister of Victor Von Doom."
What, she thought. She pulled out the other piece of paper that was in the envelope and read it. It only confirmed what the letter had said.
She couldn't believe it. She had always hated Victor. Now she hated him even more.
Jessica became very private afterwards. Everyone in the apartment noticed it. They couldn't figure out why. She hadn't gone out with Johnny in a while and to help Sue with the weddings she would just hand Sue a piece of paper with her writing on it. Finally, after a few days, Ben decided to confront her.
She let him into her room. When he got in, he immediately saw how depressed and reclusive she was. "Jess, what's wrong?"
She just got up, went over to her dresser, picked up the letter and handed it to him. She sat back down as he read it.
"Well, I never expected this," he said after finishing it. "You must be angry."
"A little. Just when things start going my way, this happens and I can't deal with it. I don't know what to do, Ben." She started to cry.
"Oh, Jess, come here." She fell into his massive arms and cried on his shoulder. "We can help you. I'll go tell the others and we can deal with this together. That's what friends are for."
"Ok. Go now. I'll come out in a minute." He nodded and left the room.
As she was composing herself, her laptop dinged, telling her she had a new email. She looked at the email. It was from Victor Von Doom. But the four had frozen him and sent him off to Latvia. According to this, he was hiding out back in town. And he wanted to meet with her.
She decided to reply. "No, Victor. I don't want to talk to you. Just leave me alone!"
She wanted so much for this to be a crazy dream, but had to go out to her friends and accept reality.