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Okay, I know I said I was going to post at least two chapters by the end of last week and I didn't. Things don't always go as planned, I had this chapter completely written when the power in my apartment went out, making me lose everything! This is a complete new chapter and I'm sad to say it isn't my best one, but it does get this story going so I guess it's okay?

Anyways, I hope you guys like it and if you don't then...I'm sorry. I will try my hardest to update every, Tuesday and maybe Sundays' too.

So lets get on with it.

-Alaena

Warning:Eh, language.

Emmett POV

Since Alice and I entered Mimi's, I knew something was going on. Both my mom and dad looked a little worried and they seemed to be having an important discussion.

As soon as we reached the table I heard when my mom said that someone had the stomach flu, my mouth spoke before I could actually think and then everything about Bella started spilling out. My heart actually fucking fluttered as mom said she worked here, and then Alice had to go and say that she lived near here too.

I felt like some stalker or some shit like that.

My eyes wandered through the restaurant trying to catch a glimpse of that beautiful brown hair, even though mom had already said she had left due to her getting sick.

There was a glint of something in my mothers eye, but I couldn't quite place what it was. It was kind of mischievous looking, but I doubted it was that. What could she possibly be planning?

There was a cough and then after a short silence my mom asked, "so Emmett, what was it you wanted to tell us?"

Suddenly I started feeling uncomfortable, it didn't feel like the right place to talk about my marital problems but there was nothing I could do anymore. We were already here.

Might as well get it over with, they're going to find out sooner or later anyways.

I cleared my throat and started talking.

"I..uh..I think Heidi is having an affair." I said, looking down at my hands. It was hypocritical of me to feel bad, when I had done the same shit to her. "I didn't think it was anything at first, I had been getting picture messages of her with some man, I thought what the hell? It must be her boss or something. Then finally yesterday, actually got the fuckin' video. I mean really! A fucking video of her and that same man. That's just sick." I shook my head, trying to get the images out of my head. It was painful enough to know about it, but to see it was a whole different feeling.

A hand came up to rest on my shoulder and I looked up to see it belonged to my mother, she smiled sadly at me. "Emmett, hun. I can't say I know how you feel because clearly I don't. It must hurt...but your life doesn't end here, leave her. She's not worth it, I want to see you happy, and I can see that's not going to happen with, Heidi. You have to think about your son, Emmett...would you really want Joseph to be in a household where his mother is out with other men?"

No, I don't, but it would be almost the same thing with me. I cheated on her too.

Yeah, but you didn't keep doing it. It was a one time deal and that's it.

"I can't just leave her, mom." I whispered, cradling my head in my hands.

A slap on the table made me look up in shock. My mother was standing up, glaring at me. "How can you say that, Emmett! She practically left you the moment she started cheating on you!"

My father tried to pull her back down to her seat, but she had already caused a scene. People were already staring, no doubt trying to find out what the commotion was about. "You don't understand mo-"

"What don't I understand, Emmett? That Heidi is being an unfaithful bitch? That I knew this would happen one day and you didn't believe me?! What don't I understand?"

I stood up so fast my chair fell behind me, I could feel my face was red in anger. I didn't want to defend, Heidi...but somehow her words slapped me in the face, knowing I had done the same thing.

"I cheated on her first!" I roared.

Everything seemed to grow quiet. The only sound was of my heavy breathing, I noticed even the waiters were frozen in place. I guess I had been louder than I thought. Looking at them reminded me that we never even got our order, but that was at the very back of my mind right now. Who cares about that when you confess you've cheated on your wife?

Alice, who had been quiet all this time just stared at me. I could see the wheels turning in her head, and I mentally prayed she didn't piece the puzzle together. If anyone could find out who I cheated with, it would be Alice. She was close to both Bella and I, and I doubted she didn't notice our little exchange that day at my parent's house.

When my breathing was back to normal, I fixed my chair back up and sat down. Mom, had somehow sat back in her chair and was still looking at me wide eyed.

".God," I snapped my attention back to Alice, who was now smiling excitedly at me. What the fuck? Is she bi-polar or something? "It was Bella wasn't it? You slept with Bella!"

Shiiiiit. Stupid Alice. Stupid ability to know people so well. Fuck it all to hell, there was nothing I could do now.

"Emmett, is that the truth?" My mom asked, I could see a faint smile tugging at her lips making me more confused. What the hell is going on? Am I on some weird reality TV show?

I took a deep breath and nodded, covering my eyes with my hands. I was getting a fucking headache with all this drama, "Yes, mom. It's true."

"I knew it! I knew there was something between you two, I could spot it from a mile away," she took a deep breath then looking at my father for a second and then turning back to me. A serious expression on her face, "now, I'm not saying we condone infidelity...but seeing as it doesn't look like your relationship with, Heidi is going to work. I think -we think- it's better to just get a divorce."

"I know. It's just that... I wish we didn't have to put Joseph through this, you know? It's going to be so fucking hard."

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After talking more about my...situation, I went to Rosalie's house to pick up Joseph. I had already told her about, Heidi and she was more than ready to rip her head off, which would have been a nice gesture if it wasn't for the fact that it would leave my son without a mother. Rosalie's house was just two blocks away from my own flat, it was a huge white house with too many rooms, but that didn't bother her or her husband, Edward. They were planning on adopting as soon as they were ready to settle down and stop their modeling. I didn't see that happening soon, but they swore up and down that it would happen soon. That was three years ago.

"Thank you for watching him, Rose." I said as I picked a sleeping, Joseph from one of the bedrooms in Rose's house.

She smiled at me, her violet eyes shining with love. "Don't worry about it, Em. We love Joseph, you know you can bring him whenever you want."

"Really, thank you though. Hey, where's Eddie boy, I haven't seen him."

"Emmett, stop it. You know how much he hates that name! He's upstairs probably looking over a new contract." She said, rolling her eyes.

I laughed. "Sounds like something he would do, anyway. I should get going to put, Joey here to bed." I said, walking back out to the front door.

"Alright. Well good night, be careful and text me when you get home!" She called as I set Joseph in the back seat and walked around to the driver side of my truck.

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The apartment was dark and empty as I walked in. No surprise there. It had been like this for the past couple of weeks, Heidi would stay out late with friends and usually stayed out until a little past midnight. I was done worrying about where she was, I knew perfectly well that she wasn't with whom she said, instead spending time with her lover instead of with her son. I tried to control the anger that was arising within me at the thought that she cared more about that asshole than about, Joseph, he who had been inside of her for nine months and who was made out of our love.

Her actions were starting to make me wonder things that I didn't even want to think about. What about if Joseph wasn't mine, how long had she been having an affair? Could it be that she had cheated on me before I did?

I was starting to get nauseous just thinking about that. Before my stomach decided to regurgitate my lunch, I quickly put Joseph to bed in his crib. I placed a soft kiss on his forhead, "love you buddy, sweet dreams," I whispered walking out of his room and back to the living area.

I threw myself at the sofa, throwing my arm over my eyes as I waited for Heidi to come home. We needed to talk, I wanted out of all this bullshit and I planned on confessing about everything. Everything except telling her the name of the person whom I was with, which would be Bella. I didn't want to cause more trouble than what would already happen.

The sound of footsteps caused me to wake up, I didn't even notice I had fallen asleep. My neck however was aching from how I was in an uncomfortable position for way too long. I sat up, rubbing my face with my hands as the clicking of high heels grew closer.

"Heidi?" I called, standing up and walking towards the sound of the footsteps.

The sound ceased for a moment and then it continued, "Emmett? Where are you?"

"Living room," I called.

Standing up, I walked towards the lamp that was nearest to me and pulled the chain to turn it on. Heidi stepped in, wearing a short black skirt and red tube top with matching heels and a black cardigan. As soon as I saw her hair and make-up my anger flared and I balled my hands in fists to stop myself from punching something. "Have you been waiting up?"

"Yes, I wanted to talk." I ground out, my teeth felt like they would crack if applied anymore pressure, "although, I don't think I can control myself enough to talk without waking up Joseph."

She cocked her head to the side and placed her hands on her hips, "talk? Emmett, what could we possibly talk about at this time?"

"Exactly what was on my mind. If you had gotten home earlier, we wouldn't be having a problem."

"Oh please, don't give me this right now. I'm tired, and I just want to take a warm shower and go to bed!" She exclaimed as she turned on her heel. Before she could get any further, I launched myself from my spot against the wall and grabbed her by her arm.

Her head turned so fast to glare at me, that I felt it was just going to roll off her shoulders, the thought would have been hilarious if it weren't for the situation we were in. "We. Need. To. Talk" I said, punctuating each word with a light tug on her arm. Hey, I might have been mad, but in no way was I ever going to abuse a woman. No matter how much I disliked her.

"Where have you been lately, huh? You're never home anymore, you know how much Joey's been asking for you? Do you know how much you're hurting him by not being here?!"

She huffed, pulling her arm out of my grasp and planting herself on the sofa. "Please, Emmett. You're being so dramatic! You've never questioned me before, why is it that now you do? Are you paranoid about something, huh?"

"Quit trying to change the subject, I asked you a fucking question."

"Emmett, baby. I'm tired, you're tired...so lets just go to bed." She said, turning her glare into a pleading expression. I almost caved, but I didn't allow myself to, something had to be said today either from her or from me.

Heidi, tried to grab my hand but I shook it off. "Sit down! We're not done talking. You don't want to answer my question? Fine. It's not needed, I know you haven't been with Charlotte and whoever else you claimed to be with. I know you've been cheating, for how long? I don't know, but what I do know is this isn't going to keep happening any longer, I'm giving you until Friday to get your stuff and leave, Joseph is staying with me. I will make sure, Jenks sends the divorce papers to you."

"What? No! This place is as much mine as it is yours' I'm not leaving! Baby, please lets talk this ov-" I cut her off not wanting to hear anymore of her bullshit. The fact that she didn't deny her infedelity and that she cared more about the flat than about her son, that just made my anger flare more. She could keep the damn flat, not like she could fuckin' afford to pay for the bills and shit, she didn't even work, but I was going to keep custody of Joseph.

"You know what?" I said tugging at my hair in frustration, "keep the damn flat, like I give a rats ass about it. I'm taking Joey with me and we'll be gone by tomorrow, I don't want to see you anymore."

"Fuck you, Emmett! Fuck you, get the hell out! Just go, I don't want you here."

I walked away not bothering to answer, arguing wasn't going to get me anywhere and I was just getting angrier by the second being in the same room as her.

Joseph's room was dark as I walked in, not bothering to turn on the light I walked over to his crib and picked him up. He was already in his blue footsie pajamas, so I just grabbed an extra coat from his closet and a blanket and made sure he was wrapped up warmly in them. It got sort of chilly at night and I didn't want him getting sick.

There was faint sobs coming through the master bedroom and I could hear shit being thrown against the wall. I could only imagine how mad and upset, Heidi was right now.

Not wanting to be a complete asshole, I put Joseph down on the couch as I walked into the kitchen and grabbed an envelope from the cabinet along with a sheet of paper and a pen from the drawer.

Heidi,

No matter what happened between us, I can't hate you. I sort of wish I could, but how could I hate the mother of my child?

Just know that, I still care about you and you will always hold a special place in my heart. Don't beat yourself up too bad about this, you're not the only one with secrets.

I would prefer if you left me custody of Joseph, I can provide for him and I don't want him to be a bother to you, no matter how much that thought makes me sick to my stomach.

Here is some cash for this months rent while you find a job or sell some stuff, I don't care just...take care.

I'll get Jenks on the papers A.S.A.P.

Goodbye, Heidi.

-Em & Joey

I folded the letter and placed it in the envelope along with some cash to cover the rent and bills. I don't know why the hell I did that, but it felt like the right thing to do.

With a new found confidence, and a huge weight lifted off my shoulders, I walked back to get my son and headed for the front door. A smile broke out on my face as I looked around the place I had grown to love, and where I had lived a chapter of my life. But, just because this chapter closed didn't mean it was the end, a new chapter would start as soon as I stepped out of this door for the last time.

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