Jade was standing right in front of Jace's door and was about to knock when it opened suddenly, frightening her for a minute. "Oh, I am so sorry. I think I scared you there." She chuckled lightly, agreeing with him. "Yeah." "I was going somewhere but is there anything that I can so to help you?" He asked in his most polite form. Jade shook her head and then sighed heavily, "I just wanted to inform you about something." "Please, go ahead." "I will be travelling over to see my..." she found it a bit hard to even say FAMILY. But she wasn't in the mood to try to sound smooth or have a conversation. "I will be travelling to see my family a day before Christmas. It shouldn't take me long. I'll be back in a day or two." She replied firmly. Family? She had one? Jace thought. "Ah, I

