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Chapter Five

It took me a few minutes to come round from the crying fit, but when my sobs subsided, I noticed that we had arrived at the coffee shop near to the college. Jasper was by the car door patiently waiting for me to get out. I clambered out and we headed into the coffee shop, with him telling me to get whatever I wanted. I ordered a large latte and picked a small pack of fruit to nibble on, as my appetite had disappeared.

We talked nonsense and reminisced about times from our childhood. There was no mention of what Edward had done to me. Jasper was obviously waiting for me to mention it, and not forcing me to say anything that I didn't want to.

"Can I talk about Edward? I need to talk about it and I don't want you thinking that I am wittering on about him," I mumbled.

"Bella, if talking about it helps to make you feel better, then talk away. I'm your friend, and I am here for whatever you need," Jasper said.

"He... He told me that I would pay for breaking up with him, and he's making me pay. He text me last night saying that he had left a present for me in my bag. When I reached in to make sure that he hadn't damaged my books or anything like that, I found... I found the dead body of a cat. Badly mutilated. It was awful, there was blood over anything. I had to call the police and they took everything. My dad went out and bought me a new phone so that I wouldn't be without any phone. The Chief was so kind to me that he got your number from the phone for me. I think he knew that I would need it for some reason. Looks like I did," I chuckled.

Jasper sat there looking stunned as he took in everything that I had said. I thought neither of us knew to what lengths Edward would go to, but now we were unsure as to what would come next. We both knew that we had not heard the last of him. He seemed hell bent on making sure that I suffered for breaking up with him. It looked like Edward didn't take kindly to having things ended on him.

"Bella, you made a good call ringing the police and hopefully, we won't see him at all today. But if we do, you can call me and I'll make sure that I am there to walk you to every lesson you have, and to take you home and bring you into college. Whatever it takes to keep you safe, I will do it. No questions asked," Jasper said quickly.

Jasper was obviously not going to let me out of his sight and a part of me was glad about that. I had spent the night terrified that Edward would be waiting for me somewhere and that there would be no escape for me. I was scared of what disgusting and depraved trick he would come up with next. If finding a dead cat in my bag was just the start, then what would come next for me?

The time came when we had to head to college. Jasper parked the car and walked me to my first lesson of the day. It went well as I managed to pay close attention to what my teacher was saying to me. I kept a level head and even managed to put the night's events behind me for the time being.

Jasper was ready and waiting for me to take me to my next lesson. We were walking down the corridor and just muttering about our lessons when I looked up to see a bright pair of green eyes staring at me. I stood stock-still. Edward. He was at college and he was right in my path. There was no way that I would be able to avoid him. I felt Jasper's arms snake around my shoulder. It made me feel more comfortable, but only served to make Edward's face turn into a snarl. I was panicked. What was he planning? I was terrified.

Jasper walked me straight past him and, luckily, Edward said nothing. But I noticed the looks they were giving each other. Jasper's look said to stay away, but Edward's looked more of a murderous glare. I wanted to disappear into a hole in the ground.

We both made it to my next lesson. Jasper gave me a brief smile and a quick squeeze-hug and ran off to his lesson. I sat through that lesson in a blur and didn't pay attention. Luckily, I wasn't required to answer anything, so I got away with my non-attention-paying attitude. I made it through the day without any Edward associated mishaps. When it came to the end of the day, Jasper was already waiting for me outside the room.

"Good day?" he asked.

"Not so bad, can't really say that I remember anything being said," I chuckled.

He soon caught on that I hadn't been paying any attention to what happened in my day, but he didn't mention anything as preaching to me about my studies was the last thing that I had needed. We walked to the car park, but the car had been trashed. The tyres were slashed and there was paint thrown all over it. It was clear who had done it. I just stood staring at the mess unsure of what to do or say.

I heard Jasper in conversation with the headmaster of the college. I caught them talking about calling the police. I merely nodded, showing that I agreed. Hopefully, they would actually do something other than talk to him this time. It looked as though he hadn't been jailed or anything, not that I really thought that they would. A few simple text messages didn't prove that Edward had actually placed the dead cat in my bag, and my gut feeling was not something that the Chief could go on. But I knew that there was CCTV in the car park, so as long as he wasn't wearing some hoodie, then they would be able to see that it was Edward doing all the horrible things that had started happening to me, to Jasper - to us.

So are things going to get worse for the Bella? Will Edward really step up the game?