EPOV
"Yes, I'm dying to know. Please fucking tell me why is Angela's name brought up out of nowhere?" I asked.
Jasper had called me apparently to... apologize. I was very, very curious to know whatever the mess Alice had apparently created.
"Isabella was here to give her invites for the weekend's fashion event, but Alice was feeling very low at that time."
Isabella went there to give her invites for the fashion event? Ummm... That was surprising.
"Alice thought Isabella was pitying her. She became very insecure. She started thinking about what she had that Isabella didn't, and she remembered what I had told her about Angela and you yesterday."
"Just stop right there." I said, "Why would you say anything about Angela out of nowhere? Like, why? I haven't even met her or even mentioned her name in what... four years? Why would you bring up her name?"
"Look... She was very mad at me because I won't be able to join her at her friend's wedding because of our annual bash. And she told me how Mom and Big pa always listens to you and never to me... And I said... Look, this is really embarrassing, Edward, but I need to say it," he said.
Okay, I was dying to know now.
"I said I was better than you. I said, at least I married her. I said if you had guts you'd have married Angela, and if given a chance you'd leave Isabella immediately."
I was stunned.
He said... what?
"Wow! Jasper, just wow!" I shook my head with disbelief.
"I'm really, really sorry!" He said, "I was just trying to let her know that Mom and Big Pa are very stubborn and it's not easy to make them change their minds."
So that's why he said I'd leave my wife if given a chance! Cool, it perfectly made sense!
"Alice just wanted to make herself better, so she..." he paused, "So she told Isabella that you would have married Angela if you were brave enough like me! And she also implied that there was a possibility that you're cheating on her with Angela."
Wow.
Brilliant.
"Edward... I'm really sorry for how I handled this. I didn't mean to say that I was better than you by any means... The situation that you were in, the pressure that you were under... It's just not comparable."
"This is not the point right now," I said, "The point is... Alice said those things to Isabella to make herself feel better. So, my question is... Is she feeling any better now?"
"Look... We're really sorry," he said, "Hope everything is well between Isabella and you."
"Well, I'll keep you posted if we're getting a divorce," I said and disconnected the call.
I hated to agree with Mom on any non-business related matters, but well, I had to agree with her today - Alice was an idiot! And I'd add Jasper to that list! Why would a sane person do anything like that?
I guess I didn't try to understand Isabella's feelings when she had mentioned that Alice had tried to humiliate her! I was a moron! I made it worse by the way I reacted.
Okay, I guess I must call her.
