BPOV
"Bella..." He said, "Give me one reason why I'd make fun of you."
"Because... Because..." I tried to say something logical, but he was looking at me with such calmness that it made me nervous! I felt like I came up with arguments better when he just... fought with me!
"Mama! Look!" Carlie ran towards me.
Thank God!
"We're going to make a lemonade with these lemons tomorrow," she said.
"Wow! That's so nice!" I smiled.
"Yeah!" she smiled.
"Daddy, look..." she said.
"That's amazing!" he smiled at her and shot a glance at me.
I knew he was judging me right now!
Why was I making a fool of myself again and again?
Why the fuck did I have to cry in front of him?
Why fuck did I have to mention that Dad wanted to leave Mom?
I was pretty sure he was trying to connect all the dots now.
Ugh!
I was so mad at myself!
I was expecting a call from him tonight! I knew him! He was so stubborn! He was not going to let me go easily until everything became clear in his head, and well, I wasn't interested in sharing more than I already did!
He did call me after Carlie was asleep, and I didn't answer his calls.
But well, as expected, he didn't stop calling me!
"What?" I snapped.
"Look... I've always been pretty confident about one thing that I never fucked up a single thing in our relationship, but well, now I've kind of figured out that I did."
Huh!
"There is no point talking about all this," I said.
"I know there is no point." he said, "But I still want to talk."
"I don't want to talk." I said.
"Okay, but I want to," he said.
So stubborn!
"What's bothering you?" he said.
"You. You are bothering me right now." I said.
He laughed in response.
He fucking laughed!
"God! You're too much!" he said, "I swear nobody gives me more headache than you, but..."
"Headache?" I shook my head, "Well, why don't you stay away from me then!"
"That's the problem!" He laughed, "I'm not able to do it."
"Edward! Why don't you just hang up and let me sleep!"
"No! Please don't hang up!" He said, "Okay, I will be serious now."
"You're just wasting my time. I don't know what you're trying to do here." I said.
"Look, I've a theory. I mean, I could be wrong, but you need to hear it out." he said.
"Theory?" I said. I felt my heart was suddenly beating fast.
I knew he'd try to connect the dots!
"So... Charlie betrayed Renee... And yet they didn't end the marriage... Maybe because they didn't want to disrupt James and your lives? I'm not sure about that... But maybe they were unhappy... They had trust issues... But they continued the marriage... Maybe Charlie continued to betray Renee... And... you thought I'd do the same to you... Maybe you thought..." He said.
"Shut up." I shouted.
