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Chapter Ten
Jasper
Alice and I had meet every night at the tavern for the past week and half. She wouldn't tell me how she was getting there; however, she had told me her friend Bella couldn't accompany her anymore. It seemed the lawyer wasn't ok with his wife being at a tavern so late at night, with a friend. Though I couldn't blame him, it wasn't a place I wanted Alice to be. She keeps insisting it was the best place for us to meet so I continued meeting her there.
I sat at our usual table in the back waiting for her, she was late. I order another drink watching the door. Waiting for her. People pass in and out but none of them are Alice, I begin to panic.
After an hour a tall dark-skinned man sits down in front of me. I glare at him not wanting any company, at the moment.
"Are you Major Jasper Whitlock?" he asks in hushed voice.
"Who's askin" I demand. He studies me for a moment.
"Jacob Black," he replies offering his hand. When I don't shake it he continues, "I'm here because of Alice."
That catches my attention, I sit up straighter, "Where is she? Is she hurt?"
"She's fine, she couldn't be here and she asked me to give you this," he handed me a folded letter.
"How do you know her?" I demand eyeing him.
"She, Bella, and I grow up together, I've been giving her rides here, since Bella can't." he explains. Why hadn't she told me this, she hadn't mentioned a Jacob Black at all. Even when talking about her childhood, she only ever said she and some friends.
He stood then leaving me with the note and more confusion. Why hadn't she come tonight? And why had she sent someone she'd never mentioned to bring me her note. I unfolded it: meet me by the oak tree just outside of town tomorrow morning, it read. As much as I hated to admit it I'd be meeting her whether I wanted to or not, I missed her. There was something about her that I couldn't explain, though I still couldn't bring myself to trust her I couldn't let her go.