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Kristin: Yep look it's another POV! And it's Bella! YAY! So if you need to know this goes along with the Aftermath of Alice seeing Jasper and Maria. Hope you guys like it. :)

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Don't Shoot the Messenger

My assistant Amber came into my office looking confused. "Um, Bella, there's a woman on line two saying that she needs to talk to you in regards to your niece?"

Well that explains the confusion.

"Thanks Amber. I'll get it. Oh hey, did you get the pictures for the rock campaign?" I watched as Amber's cheek flushed and she started to play with her long blond hair.

"Yeah, I got them. Lord, do they need to put them men in such tight pants?!" She giggled some.

"Amber! You're married with children!" I playfully scolded her.

"Yeah, well I ain't dead. And you're lucky I'm married. That boyfriend of yours is enough to make anyone woman's panties explode when he smiles," she laughed as she left my office. I loved Amber, she and I would sit in my office at lunch and perv out over the guys.

Well time to deal with this mess, I thought as I picked up the phone.

"Bella Swan speaking."

"Ah, Isabella! I need a favor, por favor?" Oh great it really was Maria, the devil incarnate.

"Depends on the favor Maria, you know J.T. would kill me."

She muttered something in Spanish before addressing me, "Where is my Jasper? I miss him and I'm in town today."

"Jasper is working. Like he always does since you feel the need to demand more money out of him every time Jordy has a birthday." I was losing my patience with this money grubbing leech. If it wasn't for Maria's constant begging for money. I truly believe Jasper wouldn't have to work at the Record store.

"Where is he working now?" I rolled my eyes.

"Well, Maria… Jasper, unlike some people we know, has held the same job he's had for the past five years." She hung up on me after I had said that. Good, I fucking hate that bitch!

Maria had fucked Jasper's life up both figuratively and literally. I don't hate Jordan, nor the existence of her in our lives. I just hated her crack whore mother.

About a week after the paper published an article on Jasper inheriting Whitlock Ranching and all that goes with it, she showed up in his life and was like a fucking leech ever since.

Then about four years ago, when Aunt Sammie came out for Christmas, Jasper shocked us all. He signed over all his financial and monetary gain from Whitlock Ranching to Jordan.

Honestly, I think it was brilliant. Not only did he make sure that when she became legal age that her education is taken care of, but he also put stipulations on it that prevented Maria from touching a single penny.

The dubious part that concerned both Rose and me was what if Jordan wasn't his?

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"Ugh, if I have to see one more hoe dressed in a barely there string outfit, I'm going to go postal in the office," I whined, causing Amber to laugh.

"Seriously, Bells, I feel you, I do. But Mr. Black wants the lay up as soon as possible."

We were both sitting on the conference table with the entire ad materials spread out; she was stabbing her chopsticks into the Chinese food container while I chewed on the top of my pen cap.

My blackberry started to play Claire De Lune and I smiled. Ed was calling. As I picked up the phone, I noticed the time.

Huh, Ed doesn't normally call me from the office.

"Hello, love," I said cheerfully, causing Amber to choke on her diet coke.

"Aww now tell me you're not calling everyone love, I thought that was my pet name," he teased.

I laughed, "Shit, it's you... damn I thought it was my other boyfriend. To bad I love you more though, huh?" I joked.

"Too bad it isn't enough to get you to dump the other guy." Touché.

Oh, I like this game! "Well let me drive the Martin and well talk about leaving him," I giggled as I pictured his face. I bet he had that damn crooked smile on his face. I winked at Amber who was trying to stifle her laughter.

"Damn honey, I dunno. I love that car... I love you too but...that's like my child."

Damn, he's never going to let me drive that car!

I feigned being insulted, "Ouch, strike one there Cullen. Are you telling me you'll love the car more then our offspring?"

I heard something that sounded like he hit his head on the desk, "No."

Gotcha sucker, I thought, as a wide grin stretched across my face. "Glad to hear it. What's up? Everything okay in Chi-town?"

"Um everything is okay here, but uh," he paused, obviously unsure of his words, "have you talked to your cousin? Is he still… seeing my sister?" I rolled my eyes. I seriously didn't know what it was with him and Jazz, they hated each other for some reason.

"Yes, they are still dating. And no I haven't talked to him. He's at work right now. Why?"

He sighed before answering me, "I think I fucked everything up Bells. I...I got into a fight with Ali about him... and now she isn't answering any of my calls. I just worry. She doesn't have the best track record with guys and well... I worry that if he hurts her..." He trailed off.

"I told you to be careful didn't I? I don't think Jazz would hurt her, Edward, he cares about her. I bet she's hanging out with him at the store. Do you want me to call him and see if she's there?"

"Yeah please, I mean... I left her alone and... If anything happens to her, it's my fault." I could understand his concern, after all Alice was his baby sister, but still, learn to cut the leash man!

I sighed, "She's a big girl, Edward. I'll call you back when I have the 411 on her where-a-bouts. Relax honey; I'm sure everything is fine."

Now it was his turn to sigh, I knew he hated when I threw in that she was able to take care of herself. "Okay I love you baby, thank you."

Even though he would say those three words to me every time we talked, I always felt a little shell shocked that he could even feel for me in the way that I did.

"I love you too," I said as we hung up.

"Trouble with the family?" Amber asked. I smiled weakly as I dialed my cousin's number.

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Once I got off the phone with Jasper, I knew there was something wrong. A part of me wanted to call Edward and let him know what was happening, but a stronger part of me knew that would be a very bad idea.

I raced down to their condo, praying to God that Charlie wasn't watching over me. I hated to do anything above five miles of the legal limit, a tragic lesson of being a police man's daughter. But this was a situation that was classified as an emergency in my book.

Once I used my key card to get into the building, I rushed up to the condo.

Please let her be okay, I prayed as I turned my key into the lock.

Once inside, I could hear sobbing. Shit. This was going to be a great way to meet my boyfriend's sister. I called out for her, but she didn't answer. So I followed the hall to the sound of her crying.

What I wasn't prepared for was the sight of her curled into a ball, her beautiful black hair spread around her. I knew then and there that she was in love, and my bone headed cousin fucked her over.

I was relieved to find that she was willing to talk to me. It was strange to talk to her like we were old friends, but it felt completely natural.

Then she started saying things about my cousin. Sure, he's a complete tool at times, but he wouldn't hurt anyone intentionally. That's when I had to tell her the truth. If he was going to be in a relationship with her, he should have told her the truth about Maria and Jordan.

Alice finally realized what she had done to hear hair and wanted to get it fixed. So I suggested a girl's day of shopping, pampering and drinks. She had seemed to like the first two.

Once we got to the salon, I told Alice I had to make a call and walked outside. It was time to fill Edward in on everything.

He answered it before the first ring barely finished. Please God, let him not be drinking, I thought while cringing. I could just imagine something needing to be replaced in his suite.

"Hello?" You can do this Bella

"Hi Edward, I found Alice, and she's okay," Well, kind of.

"Thank God," he breathed out, sounding relieved, "So she was just with your cousin?"

I took a deep breath, this could end two ways, the good way or the bad way, I was hoping for the good way. "Kind of… just… okay, I need you to sit down and let me explain everything before you jump to conclusions, okay?"

"Okay," I could hear the mattress springs being compressed as he sat down.

"Apparently, Alice went to surprise J.T. at lunch. Well, his ex Maria was there, with his daughter. Now before you get upset, I realize that Alice has been through some shit with James. She told me about him being married and having a family. That's not who Jasper is. Maria came so he could tell Jordan goodbye." I stopped to breathe.

"Okay, so Jordan is his… daughter?"

"Yes," Oh God he probably thinks Jazz was a dead beat dad. "In his defense, he doesn't get to see her very often."

"And he's saying goodbye to her?" Why was that so confusing?

"Yes. From what I understand, Maria gave him a choice. And rather then cheat on your sister, Maria is taking Jordan away from him permanently."

"This situation is so fucked up," he exhaled heavily. I could see him pinching the bridge of his nose as he spoke, "I don't even know what to think." That makes two of us, love. "Wait, does Alice know all of this?"

"Well… yes and no. She now knows that it's his little girl, and that there is no relationship that he was trying to hide. She also knows that he chose her over Maria."

"Okay," I heard him sigh, "I know you aren't telling me something." Well, shit. How do you tell your over protective boyfriend that his baby sister mutilated her hair over your cousin? I wondered internally

"Well, she caught J.T. and Maria kissing, and she, well freaked out. Wait!" I knew this was going to set him off. "Before you say anything, she is fine. She's in the salon right now, feeling the need to changer her hair length."

"I consider kissing someone else cheating as well," he growled out.

"Edward Anthony, don't you dare use that tone at me. There has to be a reasonable explanation for what Alice saw." I knew my cousin and he had to be royally fucked up to even think of sleeping with her, "As soon as Alice and I are done with our girls night, I'm going to talk to my cousin."

"I'm glad she's okay," he said softly. I ached to wrap my arms around him. I knew how hard this must be for him. He tended to blame himself for everything when it came to his sister.

I sighed, "I am too. I just wish we were able to meet under better circumstances."

"Yeah, me too," he chuckled darkly. "As soon as you find his 'explanation' out, humor me and tell me. My sister is a good person and she's really pretty too. You cousin is a retard if he messes this up.

I had to laugh at his description of Alice being pretty, "You're right on all accounts, he is fucking retarded. I don't know why he doesn't see what Rose and I see," I rolled my eyes.

"What do you and Rose see?" My God (,) men are dense.

"They have this pull towards each other. No matter how much the other is hurting them, they still wind up together trying to ease the pain. In a way, they're like magnets, I guess is the best way to describe it. And stupidly in love"

Edward groaned, "She's not in love with him. Please tell me she's not in love with him."

"What's wrong with that? You don't hear Jasper saying the same thing about me being in love with you," Okay well that was partially true, "Granted, I think he knows deep down that I had always been in love with this kid with the freaky hair since Forks." I teased knowing full well he knew I was in love with him since we built the damned tree house as kids.

"Because, he doesn't treat her right… he… she couldn't do anything for almost a week… I know what happened didn't effect his daily life any."

"Right, but when I called him earlier looking for your sister, he was in tears because he 'lost everything'." I could feel my temper getting the best of me. "You know what love, Alice is just about done. So I need to go."

He sighed, "Okay. I wish things were different." Yeah, well wish in one hand and shit in the other one, buddy, I thought bitterly, then shook my head. I seriously needed to stop hanging out with Jazz. "I love you." Edward added sadly.

"I love you too Edward. I will call you tomorrow." With that we said our good nights and goodnights.

Alice came over with a smile that didn't reach her eyes.

"How does it look?" She asked spinning in a circle. I smiled and nodded at her.

You look like a woman so deep in love she's blind with out him…