39.
"Can I borrow your car?" asks Alice as she appears in the doorway of my office at home.
I toss her the keys. "Sure", I say. "Where are you going?"
She doesn't look at me. "I'm meeting a friend for lunch", she answers nonchalantly.
Alarm bells sound off in my head. Who exactly is this friend she's meeting for lunch? Is it a date? No, it can't be. This is Alice. Good ol' Allie Brandon Whitlock. She wouldn't cheat on Jasper, would she?
I know they're having problems but that wouldn't make Alice have an affair.
She loves her husband.
I shake these thoughts away. I'm probably jumping to conclusions anyway.
Or should I follow her just in case?
Nah.
I gotta trust her.
Jazz does.
~X~
An hour and a half later, Alice pops back into the room.
"You're back early", I say stiffly.
She peers at me with confusion. "What's with the tone?"
"Nothing at all."
"So I've found someone", she starts.
My jaw drops in horror. "What?" I yell. "I'll kill that son of bitch! How dare you do this to Jasper?"
"What did you just say?" she says angrily.
"I said-"
She waves a hand in front of me. "I heard you the first time. You're an idiot, you know that, Edward? What are you thinking? Do.. you think I'm having an affair?"
"Yes."
"Well, I'm not!" she exclaims. "I've found someone to babysit Masen while we're at the trial."
I relax in my seat. She's not cheating. It's only a babysitter, not another man.
Royce King is on trial this Tuesday and Alice and Tanya are accompanying me. I can't wait to see how King is punished. I want to see him suffer.
"Who did you get?" I ask absentmindedly.
"Bella."
Wonderful. Just what I needed: more of Bella's presence in my life.
Sarcasm intended.
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