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Without me, Alice doesn't have any contact with Edward. And without Edward knowing Alice, Jasper never meets the love of his life who keeps him on the right path. He doesn't meet the bubble of energy that cheers him up and loves him no matter his background, no matter his family.
With a father and mother that are always drunk and high on drugs, Jasper easily meets the wrong people and strays off the path.
At fifteen, he's a drug dealer and supplies Forks, and even Port Angeles, with drugs of both the light and heavy kind. At age seventeen, he gets caught with thousands of dollars worth of drugs and is thrown in jail.
For life.
I cry more for Jasper and the sad life he lives, and feel sorry for him and his lack of Alice in his life. I know that having the love of your life with you makes fighting for a positive life worth it.