She pursed her lips, she really thought those two needed to talk this out but they had that Summers hard head and there was no way anyone was going to make them.
Jean didn't get a chance to ask before she was hit with the memory, and hit hard. It almost tossed her head back and when it was gone, it felt like an echo. His voice came out so harsh and Jean's eyes closed as she mentally swore. This was, something she had hoped wouldn't come up, but it had and it was time to deal with it.
She moved to her knees in front of him and lifted his chin so he's look at her. "Nathan. I know you know better than that, but, there is probably some truth to what he said. He likes to twist the truth." She hadn't imagined how much this would hurt, but wallowed to try and clear the lump in her throat. "Nathan, you, you aren't mine. Exactly. I was, gone, everyone thought dead. Your father met a woman. Technically, my clone. Put there to meet him by Esssex. THe plan had been the same all along, to get a genetic child of mine and Scott's for Essex to use. The problem was, when I cam back your father, he left her and it didn't go well. Genetic clone or not, she had my powers, and that meant the bad with the good. She, was angry, and probably rightly so, but she let it drive her mad and the only thing she could think of was revenge. She would have used you for that if we hadn't stopped her. If I hadn't, " Oh this was not going to go well.
Pulling her hands away before he could pull away from her she lowered her head. "It came down to the two of us and she wasn't going to stop Nathan. The backlash from it, killed her. I, killed her."