EPOV
I waited for the guests to leave before confronting Masen.
"It's always a girl or money! Those are the only two reasons brothers fight," I heard our neighbor Mrs. Hale saying to our other neighbor as they were leaving and my blood boiled again.
I was going to kill her!
One murder or two murders! Did it really matter?
That's when Dad pressed his hand on my shoulder.
"Calm down! And come with me," He said as we went to his room.
He wasn't leaving my side as if I was actually going to kill someone! I rolled my eyes.
"Can you see what he's done?" I snapped, "He has maligned Bella's character! He's made her a subject of gossip for these fools!" I said with disgust, "He could have talked to me if he had any doubts or questions!"
"We'll talk about it," he said, "And we'll talk about it in a civil manner, understood?"
"I can't promise that," I said.
"I'd like to apologize for something, Edward," Alice came to both of us and said.
Why was she apologizing?
"What for?" Dad asked.
"I was the one who noticed that you were giving those looks to Bella... You literally sighed out loud when we got back from the salon... I asked Masen if he also noticed that... I'm sorry! I didn't think he was going to make such a big deal out of that!" She said.
I took a deep breath and rubbed my face with frustration.
I had no idea I was doing that, and that I wasn't too subtle about my feelings!
"Can you please give us a few minutes alone?" Dad asked Alice.
"Tell me, what's going on?" He asked.
I sighed.
"Nothing," I said.
"There's honestly nothing, Dad," I said, "It's just... It's just some stupid one-sided feelings. There isn't anything serious... It's nothing like what Masen was trying to convey."
"Hmmm..." He said.
He didn't seem convinced.
"There's really nothing," I repeated.
"Okay," he said.
I wondered what Bella was thinking about this right now! I had imagined several possibilities about how I was going to open up about my feelings. I had never thought this was how she was ever going to know about how I felt for her!
Five of us were alone after a few minutes, and that's when Mom lost it.
"I'm really, really angry at both of you right now," she said, "I had never imagined that I'd ever send off guests like this!"
"Let's calm down, and try to understand what's going on," Dad said.
"Oh, are you really interested to understand what's going on?" Masen chuckled, "Didn't your boy already give his version and convince you that he's right and I'm wrong?"
"Shut up!" I shouted.
"You shut up!" He shouted back.
"Shut up, both of you!" Mom and Dad shouted at the same time.
"Shut up! I'm tired of everyone!" Alice shouted.
Yes, this was certainly a family full of mad people!
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