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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 284163" data-attributes="member: 27">Vanessa&#039;s tendency to use and abuse everyone around her likely showed itself early in their &quot;friendship&quot;, but Kate being the forgiving type (and something of a wimp) was likely part of why Vanessa popped up again in Kate&#039;s life and quickly took advantage of situations.&nbsp; The Kate that Vanessa knew in the tennis circuit was just the middle-class daughter of a couple of college professors--there was no link to her mega-wealthy uncle, Greg Sumner.&nbsp; Now she was not only interacting with Greg, but her mother was running the Sumner Foundation, so Vanessa saw a chance to weasel her way into the life of an heiress.&nbsp; As always, Vanessa&#039;s plans were not very well thought-out and she was her own worst enemy...but she would learn her lesson soon enough.I also think a lot of the undercurrent of resentment toward Vanessa might be because Kate wishes she could be a bit more like Vanessa.&nbsp; Claudia had to have been a &quot;sMother&quot; running Kate&#039;s life, making her repressed and like I said, a bit of a wimp.&nbsp; She saw Vanessa and envied her somewhat, but probably did not want to go full-out scheming &#039;ho bitch like Vanessa.&nbsp; Kate&#039;s fondness for Paige was likely a compromise of sorts: she liked Paige&#039;s ability to take up for herself and be a bitch at times, but also liked that Paige was not a scheming &#039;ho bitch like Vanessa who had no moral compass.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 284163, member: 27"] Vanessa's tendency to use and abuse everyone around her likely showed itself early in their "friendship", but Kate being the forgiving type (and something of a wimp) was likely part of why Vanessa popped up again in Kate's life and quickly took advantage of situations. The Kate that Vanessa knew in the tennis circuit was just the middle-class daughter of a couple of college professors--there was no link to her mega-wealthy uncle, Greg Sumner. Now she was not only interacting with Greg, but her mother was running the Sumner Foundation, so Vanessa saw a chance to weasel her way into the life of an heiress. As always, Vanessa's plans were not very well thought-out and she was her own worst enemy...but she would learn her lesson soon enough. I also think a lot of the undercurrent of resentment toward Vanessa might be because Kate wishes she could be a bit more like Vanessa. Claudia had to have been a "sMother" running Kate's life, making her repressed and like I said, a bit of a wimp. She saw Vanessa and envied her somewhat, but probably did not want to go full-out [I]scheming 'ho bitch [/I]like Vanessa. Kate's fondness for Paige was likely a compromise of sorts: she liked Paige's ability to take up for herself and be a bitch at times, but also liked that Paige was not a [I]scheming 'ho bitch[/I] like Vanessa who had no moral compass. [/QUOTE]

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