"Edward, honey, I'm home." I called into the house. I knew that I didn't need too but I did anyway.
I heard him whisper from upstairs, "Be quiet, Alice." This was immediately followed by Alice's giggle.
I looked at the calendar; 'Anniversary' and 'Hales visit' were written clearly on today's date. Sighing, I hung my jacket on the peg and dropped my purse and keys on the small foyer table.
Someone knocked on the door.
Opening it, I saw Jasper standing there. "Is Alice here?"
"Yeah, she's upstairs with Edward."
"I need to talk to her." He started towards the stairwell. "Care to join me, I just need to ask her where she put the keys to the Chrysler and she left her phone at home."
I passed him and led the way up the stairs and to a very giggle filled Edward's and my room.
"Edward they're coming." He shushed her, laughing. "Edward!"
"Alice.
I opened the door and stood in shock, mouth open, tears springing to my eyes. "Edward? Edward, you bastard!"
Alice and Edward were lying under the sheets; Edward hovering over Alice frozen in the act of brushing hair out of her face.
"Bella! Jasper! How nice to see you." He chuckled nervously.
"How could you? On our anniversary?" I stormed down the stairs, blindly, my eyes flooding.
He caught me - his almost sister-in-law fumbling to get the keys into her car, muttering to herself. "'Thank goodness we're only getting married in a week. Oh, and can't forget that today's our anniversary.' Well screw you!" I shouted turning around to face the house. "Oh! Jasper. I-I-I'm terribly sorry. I –" I chuckled, brushing a stray hair behind her ear. "I didn't see you there."
"You don't have to go through a divorce." He said grimly. "All you have to do is set the engagement ring down where he can see it."
"Knowing Alice, she probably has the divorce papers upstairs and was going to give them to you when you came by tonight."
"And you would have went ahead and married Edward without knowing a thing."
I shrugged glumly, "Probably."
"Jasper?" Alice's voice erupted from the doorway; a sheet wrapped around the front of her body. She waved some papers in the air a pen attached at the top.
He walked over and signed them without a second thought.
I opened the new car's door and quietly slipped in turning it on. For the first time, I was glad I no longer owned that obnoxious truck. Before any one could realize what had happened, I was miles away and never turning back.
