Alice drove home just by inertia. Her mind was still focused on the images she saw. A part of her was ready to run and confront him, but for what? No, it wasn't her place to confront him. Rose will need to face him and maybe kick his gonads so they won't work anymore. How could he do this to Rose? She was a loving wife, better than the woman on the trailer. Well, Rose mentioned they were having problems, but to reach this low...

The pictures on her phone were consuming Alice's thoughts for two days. How to show them to Rose? 'Hey, look, I know why your husband is acting like a jerk. He's getting something on the side.' No, too blunt. Sending them anonymously could be an option though Rose could disregard the pictures as fakes. What to do?

Suddenly, Alice realized her problems with Jasper weren't so big. If only he was here, Alice thought. She couldn't figure how someone could recover from that kind of betrayal.

xxx

The whole Cullen family was at the airport, saying goodbye to Felix who was going back to college. Esme couldn't stop noticing how the guys were sharing secret smiles and Felix gave Carlisle an excited hug. They were hiding something from her. Esme turned around to look at Bree, but she was happily munching on a pretzel, completely unaware of the guys. Maybe she knew it too. How could she make Bree talk?

Unfortunately, Esme's train of thoughts was interrupted by a call. It was Alice.

"Hi, are you home Esme? I had something very important to discuss with you."

While Esme was on the phone, Bree made signs to the guys to hurry up. She still couldn't believe her father bought that ostentatious car. Of course, Felix and Joham were excited. Her father was letting them drive it. And when she argued where he could take advantage of the car's speed, Carlisle mentioned he was planning to take Esme for a weekend away. Bree was delighted. It warmed her heart to know her parents were still so in love, and it would give her a couple of nights of rest. She couldn't even fart without Esme coming and knocking on her door to ask if she was fine. A fart! Then Joham obviously didn't want to touch her, to risk Esme hearing them. Yeah, they needed those nights alone too.

"Are you ready baby?" Joham asked Bree. Felix was walking through security, so they could finally leave. Joham was taking her out for maternity clothes.

"Are you going home, Car? One friend is coming to the house, and I offered to be there." Esme said, but Bree stopped her.

"We're going back home, I need to pee. You know how picky I can get with public restrooms."

xxx

Alice decided to consult with Esme the best way to deliver the news to Rosalie. She needed another opinion and Bella was too close to Rose to be objective. When she rang the bell, it was Esme's daughter the one who opened.

"Hi, you must be Bree. I'm Alice Whitlock, a friend of your mother. Is she around?" Alice said in one breath.

Bree found her mother's friend funny but immediately noticed the stress she was harboring.

"Sure, come in." Bree took two steps to the side and yelled for her mother. "Mom, your friend Alice is here."

Esme was in the kitchen, waiting for the coffee to brew. So she was fast to bring Alice there.

"Take a seat, how do you want your coffee?"

"I think I'll take it with just one of sugar. No cream." Alice fiddled nervously with her bag's handle. Then she took her phone out and thanked Esme when she put her cup in front of her.

Esme noticed the frown on Alice and got worried. Would it be one of the kids?

"Alice, what's troubling you?"

"Oh Esme, I found... It's just... I was there and then he-he..."

Esme patted Alice's arm. "Take a deep breath and start again. Where were you? At home?"

"No, I had a problem in one store. The one at the mall where Rose's husband is working." Alice said and took a sip from her cup.

"Ok," Esme said, not having the slightest idea of where was Alice going with this.

"The parking lot for employees is on the back, just beside the place where the construction is going. I swear I was just sitting in my car thinking of my own problems! I wasn't following him."

"Following who?"

"I-I took my phone out, to use it as a mirror. I was crying and all my make up was caked around my eyes. Then the camera was on, and I pointed it outside. And I saw him... with her!" Alice burst out sobbing.

"Who did you see, Alice?"

"Emmett was coming out of one of those trailers, shirtless. And then one woman came out too, with his shirt on. They started to kiss and, and, I took pictures because I needed proof. Poor Rose! How am I going to tell her?"

xxx

The next Tuesday proved to be one of those ominous days.

First, Bella woke up late. Somehow she managed to kick her phone which dropped, letting the battery fly out. She missed her alarm. She gave herself a cat bath and ran to work, only to find out the area where her cubicle stood, was out of electricity. She used the morning to organize her files, but she was finished by ten. What to do with the rest of the day? Her boss was out in a meeting, and Rose, who was her superior too, was busy studying for her certification class. With only a few hours of sleep thanks to Edward's busy schedule, she found her eyes were dropping. So Bella decided to call Esme, who usually had a more relaxed schedule and could talk while working. Anything to occupy her time.

"Hi, Es! How are you?"

"Hmm, hi Bella. I was about to call you. Listen, I need to ask you a favor."

"Sure, Esme. Anything."

"We need to have a conversation with Rose. It's a delicate matter, and we feel that the coffee shop wouldn't allow us the privacy I'm sure we'll need. Do you mind if we go to your house after the class?"

Bella got a little concerned. Why would they want to talk at her house when Esme's was closer to the gym? Then it downed on her.

"Sure Esme, you don't want anyone to hear, right? Is that talk so delicate?"

"Worst."

xxx

After ending the call with Esme, Rose came to visit Bella.

"I'm bored!"

Bella moved to the side since Rose was rolling her own chair.

"Weren't you studying?"

"Meh, there's only too much I can read before falling asleep. I swear I got those concepts clear but if I read them one more time I will scramble them in my mind."

Bella offered Rose one of the candies she kept on her desk and asked how were things at home. The last Bella knew, Rose was pushing Emmett to get couple's therapy.

"Argh! Don't ask me. I swear one day I'm going to strangle him with my bare hands. Two nights ago I was finishing my homework and he started to talk out of the blue. Just talk about nonsense. That he liked Bob's hot dogs better than the mall chilidogs, how one of his employees got a new tattoo and then it was infected. You know pure bullshit. I ended going to the spare bedroom to finish my homework and to sleep. Next thing I know, he blames me for ignoring him and said that we wouldn't need couple's therapy if I only made the effort to talk to him."

Bella gave another candy to Rose.

"I swear he's just rambling to make me ignore him so suddenly he can blame me for all our problems. Ha, but when I have the chance to talk to him, he turns around and says he's too tired and pretends to sleep. I don't know what to do!"

Bella pondered what could Esme possibly would want to talk to Rose, she surely had problems with Emmett but... and then Bella knew what they were going to talk about.

xxx

At the Zumba class, the four of them were quite distracted. Jane noticed it too, so when the class finished asked if the girls thought the movements were too rough, which Bella answered with a no. She noticed how Jacob Black came running when he saw the class was over. Bella jumped back and hid between Esme and their duffel bags.

"Hello, ladies! Bella!" He cheerily greeted, but the spirits of the girls weren't just there and they only waved back, much to Jacob's chagrin. With nothing else to do, he turned around and clashed with a short woman.

Alice left immediately, before changing. In the support group, they suggested to encourage extracurricular activities, like sports, and Cynthia asked if she could go to the dance lessons Jane offered. So Alice ran for the brochures and was too distracted to notice who was standing at the door. She collided with a wall of muscles and was fast to apologize.

"Sorry, I was distracted." She looked up and Bella's creepy stalker smiled at her. He was really handsome and boy if he was buff. He held her for a second and she didn't miss how it felt to be engulfed in his strong arms. Too bad Bella was happily married, otherwise, Alice would encourage her to pursue the big guy.

xxx

Later at Bella's home, with the comfort of four cups of strong coffee, they finally told Rose about Emmett.

"And when I changed the view of the camera I saw him with another woman." Alice almost whispered the last part, fearful of the way Rose would react.

Rose remained still for a minute, her eyes never turned to where Esme was fiddling with the phone. While she would love to say it was impossible, deep down she was aware something was different with Emmett.

"Show me those pictures." She finally got the courage to ask because she knew it was necessary to see it with her own eyes.

"Are you sure?" Esme asked, before giving Rose the phone after she nodded.

Just the first look at Emmett kissing that woman, one of her worst nightmares, felt like a stab to her heart. She didn't feel in the mood to see the rest of the pictures. She spent the last weeks trying desperately to save what was left of her marriage, only to have Emmett to stomp on the last shred of hope.

"I want a divorce."