Jaime shook her head slightly. "Disowned," she said with a little shrug. "When I was thirteen, for circumstances beyond my control." There was more than a little bitterness in her voice, and she looked away for a moment before she regarded him again.
"I wound up as a ward of the state before I found my way to the mansion," she said. Sure, that was the super short story, but she didn't really want to get into the 'and I was in a lab for years to be grossly experimented on' because ... well, that just wasn't first meeting conversation.
She was a little disappointed he'd left voluntarily so it wasn't quite the same -- he'd wanted to be away from his family. She hadn't. Well, now, obviously, yes she did if they were so quick to cast her off. She wondered if they ever missed her. Ever thought about her. Ever wished they hadn't.
"That's still ..." Jaime shook her head. "Parents shouldn't be like that."