Chapter Five

So here Edward and I are at my favorite sushi restaurant, enjoying a relaxing evening when a familiar face came up to our table.

"Isabella! O-M-G!" she spelled out. "What in the world are you doing here?" She said faking happiness and flashing her smile at Edward.

"Hi, Jessica, I am trying to have dinner with a friend." I said through clenched teeth.

"Oh! Well, I won't bother you then. By the way, how are you and Jacob? I haven't seen him- …or you at work for a while now." She looked dead at me with a look that I couldn't quite put my finger on. I saw Edward's hand tighten.

"I honestly don't know where he is Jessica. He has been fired and cleared out of my old apartment?" I said proudly.

"Fired?! What do you mean fired? And cleared out of your old apartment? I don't understand! Where will he go? Where has he been?!"

I simply shrugged my shoulders and Edward grinned at me, obviously proud of me. "I couldn't care less where that asshole went Jessica, but a little bird told me that he is a hospital somewhere… I don't know where though. And no, I will not look to find him."

She just stood there with her eyes wide and mouth wide open. "So you don't care at all what happens or has already happened to Jacob! You are such a Bitch! How could you be so cold-hearted?!" She shouted at me causing everyone to turn and look at us.

Two can play that game, I thought to myself. I stood up and got no more than three inches away from her face. Edward stood up and placed a gentle hand on my shoulder.

I slapped her. She was in total shock when her eyes fixed back onto me. "You have no right calling me a bitch! What do you call a girl who sleeps with her boss's boyfriend, by the way ex-boyfriend now, who had been dating for about six months when you started?" She started backing away from me as if trying to get as far away from the dozens of eyes that where now on us. "Cuz you know what I call her? I call her a selfish, conniving, slut! And I would want everyone who got within two feet of her to know that she is nothing more than a whore… I would want her to know that as of right now… Jessica… You no longer have a job with my company anymore…" I said calmly.

She still stood there not believing that I had the guts to out her in public.

"Oh and don't worry about picking up your last check, after we bill you for the new desk we had to get for my office that you and my ex some generously desecrated, we will send whatever is left to your home address." I said sternly with a smile on my face.

She sunk down to the ground and started weeping. I faked sympathy and bent down to give her some more information.

"And if you really want to know what happened to your precious Jacob… My friend Edward here broke half his face when he raped me last week. You would be most wise if you never showed your face around me or the boutique ever again…Because then, no one would be there to stop me from giving all the pain you truly deserve!" I whispered in her ears and I heard her gasp loudly as I walked away from her leaving her there in the middle of the restaurant.

"Come on Edward, I suddenly lost my appetite." Edward didn't waste any time throwing a $50 on the table to cover the bill and followed me out the door to his car.

Once we were back in the safety of his apartment he pulled me in for a comforting hug.

"Bella, how are you holding up?" He asked tenderly.

Instantly, all the emotions that where in my body and mind let themselves go and I broke down sobbing in his protective arms.

"Shhh… Sweetheart it's okay… I'm here for you…"

"Edward! I can't believe her!" I screamed into his chest. "And Jacob! How could they?! What did I do to them to deserve this?!"

"Bella, you did nothing to deserve this, they are degenerates and I know karma will come back around and give them what's coming…" He said soothingly.

"I thought I was stronger than this Edward…I thought that Jacob only broke me physically… I guess he broke me more than I thought…" I cried even more, not stopping the countless tears that were rolling down my cheeks.