BPOV
Rosalie and Jasper were calling me back to back, but I didn't want to talk to them. There was nothing more left to discuss!
I was furious. Probably I should head back to my apartment, but I didn't want to stop, so I kept driving aimlessly.
Why did I trust Jasper? I should have listened to Edward. I mean, there were always these signs that he had hated Edward, right?
"Mom, you should stop worrying about him now." Rosalie said.
"I'm wondering why he couldn't make it." Mrs. Cullen said. She was upset because Edward hadn't made it to the family dinner.
"Stop worrying about him. He's always like this. If he doesn't want to spend time with us, then let it be!" Jasper said.
"Yeah, but he never cancels plans like this. I'm sure he got stuck somewhere." she said. "He'd never do this on purpose."
"Stop thinking about him as a 'perfect son'. He's not!"
"Exactly!" Rosalie said.
"I just hope he's okay. He's not even answering my calls." she said.
"Mom, he's not your 'poor baby'. He's a grown up man and he's the most privileged person I've ever seen in my whole life. Stop worrying about him!" he said.
I didn't know Edward well enough to comment anything, but to me, he always looked like he was always suffering!
"Why do you say Edward is very privileged?" I asked Jasper later that evening.
"Oh, he is! He has the biggest stake in the company that he had inherited! It's more than even Dad's! His Dad had founded the company and Dad had joined later, so his father's stake was much bigger."
"But that doesn't make him the most privileged. I mean, he lost his family when he was so young! I mean, he's very lucky that he got you all, but..."
"Oh, please! Okay, he did lose his family, but Mom and Dad gave him way too much love and attention than he deserved. Because he was a cry baby, my parent always felt that he needed more care and attention."
I mean, I wasn't sure. May be because he actually needed more care because of the trauma he had to go through at such a young age?
"And the business stake that I'm talking about here, it's fucking big! My uncle had much bigger stake already, and Edward's elder brother also died in that accident, so he fucking inherited everything all alone!" he said, "And look at me! My Dad is still alive! Life is so unfair sometimes!"
What! Did he just mean that he was sad that he father was alive? I was shocked!
"I'm joking, Bella." he laughed, "Look at your face!"
He might have been joking that day, but it was always very clear that he had issues with Edward. Then why was it so hard for me to believe that Edward couldn't possibly be lying and Jasper was actually playing the games? Well, because he had just come back from being dead? Who plays games in such condition! I was still in disbelief.
And okay, I was stupid, but why did Edward push me to him? Didn't he know his own brother! How could he think it was okay to push me away?
And that's when I received a call from him.
