Rose found she couldn't stay at her home after finding out Emmett's infidelity. The first night after she found out, she stayed with Bella, crying the whole night through. But when the tears were over, then the anger made its presence known. She considered to confront Emmett and the floozie at his work, but Bella made her see it would turn out badly for her. She had to be more intelligent and hit him where it hurt.
So Rose decided to take a few days and go visit her family. Bella was adamant that there was nothing so soothing as your mother's arms. Rose didn't have a problem at work, she was so organized with her notes and never took vacation time. So up to Wyoming, she went.
She called Emmett to let him know she was on a course from work, and let him know when she was coming back; the jerk didn't even ask in which hotel she was staying, which made her lying to him easier. And the determination of getting the divorce was finally there.
"My poor baby! Do you want me to go back and kick his ass?" Rose's mom was irate. That bastard was always too controlling and he got the guts to cheat on her beautiful daughter. Now she felt bad for leaving Rose too much time alone. But what were her options? Her husband died and Lidia, her other daughter, just had triplets. Of course, she chose to stay and help Lidia. But it seemed like the one in need of help was Rose.
Lidia was pacing around. That fucker!
"What do you want to do?" Lidia asked, knowing in Rose place she would hang Emmett by the balls to see them dry.
"I-I don't know. Just two days ago I was still fighting to get him to therapy, but now..." Rose sniffed. "I think I want to divorce him. I can't even look him in the face."
"It's alright baby." her mother soothed. "Why don't you take these days to clear your head. I'm sure the right decision will come to you."
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Around Friday, Rose was more calmed and finally accepting the fact her marriage was irremediably broken. She didn't know if there was something to save either. "You're sure about the divorce?" Lidia's husband Calvin asked and Rose nodded. "Then, do you have a lawyer? I think you should confront him with the divorce papers on hand." He appreciated Rose and believed she didn't deserve to be treated like that. It broke his heart to see her crying day and night for a man who didn't respect her and the bond they shared. And he never liked Emmett, so the eagerness to give him a lesson was easy to expect.
All three women turned up to look at him.
"Well, if you go and argue, he may get away with his infidelity. You've mentioned he wasn't a doting husband prior to this, so who knows what else he was doing? If you go, and show him that you were aware and..."
"We had money problems," Rose whispered, ashamed to admit to her family she gave him the chance to get away with so much.
"Excuse me," Lidia asked.
"We always had money problems. And I'm scared because our joint account helped to lift his construction business many times and now it's empty. And then he needed my productivity bonus and I didn't like the way he expected me to invest it again in his business or to help his mother and I hid the money and if we get divorced he will leave without a cent and where am I going to live because he surely will want the house."
"Shh, shh. It won't happen." Her mother soothed her. "We'll get you the best divorce lawyers, you'll see."
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Saturday caught Bella alone at her home. Edward was about to make a statement about the case next week and he and the team were working non-stop. She cleaned the house and thought what to do with Rose's call.
'Bella, I think I'll stay 'til Tuesday. But I need a favor.'
'Sure Rose, whatever you need.'
'Could you ask Edward or your friend Tanya if they know a good divorce lawyer? I want to start working on that.'
'Are you sure?'
'Yeah, there's no going back from this. I want to know how to act or what to do before letting him know that I'm leaving him.'
Bella didn't know what to do to help Rosalie so when she asked this little favor Bella was fast to get to work. Rosalie deserved to get the most cunning lawyer to put Emmett in his place. First, she asked Edward. He quickly took out his list of contacts from college but told Bella none of the ones he still knew were working on that branch of law. But he promised to ask Tanya. But Bella knew Edward would forget as he was so busy. So she decided to bring lunch to him (she noticed how he was losing weight and worried about his health) and ask personally Tanya if one of her acquaintances would help.
To not be rude, she went again for pizza for all the team. So carrying six pies of pizza she went to his office that Saturday morning.
The receptionist gave her a glance and was fast to call Leah, as even her knew of Jessica's bad attitude. Soon, the ones who came to help were the new boy Michael and Leah.
"Mrs. Masen, you're a lifesaver. I swear my stomach was eating itself." Michael joked.
"Call me Bella, you make me feel old," Bella smiled, thinking she was less than five years older than him.
When the elevator doors opened, Tanya was already there and took one box of Bella's hands.
"Gimme gimme!"
Bella just shook her head at Tanya's antics. Where did she keep her food as she ate like one of the boys? Michael was also munching on a slice and brought the rest to their work area, leaving Bella alone with Leah.
"Edward told me about Rose." Bella scolded herself for doubting Edward. "I may have a friend who can help her. Well, they are a couple but they 're ruthless and they aren't too expensive. They specialize in divorces and other family affairs. I'll give you their number." Leah said in a low voice, though not low enough to keep Jacob from hearing. He only heard one part of the conversation, but God if that didn't give him hope.
"So Bella is looking for divorce lawyers, maybe Jessica is right and Edward is having an affair with Tanya. I think I'll keep an eye on them."
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Esme's weekend started with a big surprise. Carlisle came home with the biggest floral arrangement. Not roses, as Esme wasn't a fan of them.
"And there's more. I planned a weekend of romance, so Mrs. Cullen, let me take you to your ride?."
Esme was confused. He called her last night to say he was busy in surgery, but then he look well rested this morning. Then the flowers, and that little bag at the foot of the stairs... Esme turned around and Bree was giggling from upstairs.
"Your clothes are packed. Now, Dad went overboard but you'll love what he planned. Don't be too hard on him." Bree came to Esme and kissed her cheek. " Go. He's waiting outside."
Esme was confused. What did Carlisle plan?
"Go Mom. Remember I love you, have fun."
Soon Esme found herself out fo the house and still without a clue of what was going on. She walked to the street, where a sports car was parked and Carlisle came out of it.
"Oh Carlisle, you didn't!" This was the new car he bought? Esme was expecting an SUV since they were expecting a new addition to the family.
Carlisle paced in front of her, nervous as fuck to see the disappointment on Esme's face.
"But I planned a wonderful weekend away." He said, trying to make her smile. "See, Bree and Joham are keeping my car for now, but Joham plans to change the car as soon as he's finally settled at work. So, I thought, why not something for just the two of us? We still have time before the baby comes and I'm sure by then we'll see what we need to buy."
Esme walked around the car. She wasn't a fan of it, but she had to admit it was beautiful. And Carlisle seemed so excited.
"The guys loved it! You should have seen Felix driving it for the first time. It was like he was five again, jumping on the seat of the car."
Esme turned to see him. "Felix knew?"
"He went with me for the test driving," Of course, Carlisle wouldn't share how Felix found out. He was still expecting to have fun this weekend. Esme had that resigned look. Obviously, her boys would be happy with the car! That's why Bree told her to not be so hard on her dad.
Carlisle, seeing Esme was finally caving, took her hand and led her inside the car.
"Prepare to be romanced this weekend."
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Sunday morning caught Esme with a pain between her legs she hadn't felt in years. Wow! Carlisle really went all out to make her feel cherished. The little hotel was lovely and romantic, he took her to a stroll in the beautiful gardens around the property. They shared ice cream and then at night he took her to dine and dance. Dear two-left feet Carlisle danced with her the whole night through! Ok, he swayed her from side to side, but Esme was aware of the effort on Carlisle part.
Then he took her back to the hotel, she was a bit tipsy, but she remembered how passionate he was. The only cloud on her parade was that she woke and found him locked up in the bathroom whispering profanities. Maybe he was the one who couldn't hold his liquor. It also didn't go unnoticed the relief on his eyes when Esme just wanted to cuddle instead of going for another round. He probably was too tired and hungover.
As they were leaving, Esme offered to drive the car home. Then was when she realized men didn't like to share their toys, as Carlisle claimed to be perfect to drive back home.
"It was a wonderful weekend, we should have a repeat." Esme sighed. She pushed her seat backward, as she was completely aware that the car was going fast. She noticed a little box dropped and she picked it up. She didn't want to leave trash on the new car. She saw the box and was surprised to see it was Viagra.
"Carlisle, what is this?"
Carlisle swerved the car but recovered quickly.
"Hmm, a little something for our weekend."
Esme looked at the box and got angry. "Was this necessary? I'm sure you could make me happy just by spending some time with me. You know this is dangerous. Your blood pressure could get sky high! Jesus! Carl, we have to take better care of ourselves. We are going to be grandparents soon, and if we want to watch our grandkids grow, we have to be more careful of our health. We're not young anymore!"
Esme's rant left Carlisle angry. They weren't that old and he was a doctor! He didn't take Viagra before a careful assessment of the damage the substance could bring. But he only mumbled his answers.
"Carl?" Esme looked at the red on his face. He was pissed off.
"I'm a doctor. The specifications said for a man of my size..."
"What?"
Carlisle just kept mumbling all the way back home. Just what he needed. Another reminding of his age.
When they got back home, Carlisle just led Esme home and went back to his study. He didn't want to talk to her at all. He was hurt because she didn't appreciate all his efforts to make a great weekend for her.
Bree noticed something was wrong when they come back, so she went to talk to her mother.
"What happened? I expected you to be all sweet and relaxed."
"I think I hurt him. It's just, he used something to enhance his... he took something..." Esme showed Bree the box.
"Mom! He planned this weekend with so much care. He wouldn't risk his health by using something he couldn't handle." Bree was grossed but no shocked to know her father used something to help him to improve his sex life. He was a doctor for Christ sake! Why did it bother her mother so much? "Did you know he asked around where to take you? How he tried to learn how to dance? Mom, he did his best to make you happy and ignore the fact he bought that car."
"Oh, what did I do?"
