We watched the men yell at each other before Jasper decked both of them and motioned for them to sit down.
Once they sat down, he looked at me and motioned me to go over there.Alice and I exchanged looks before she hurriedly ushered both of her kids to the backyard as I went in.
"Hit him hard for me, Bella dear…" She chanted as she left, causing me to snicker as I walked in.
"Yes, Jasper?" I asked as I closed the door behind myself.
"Now that I have been informed about all of this shit storm that these two manned through these last four years, I want to lay into them, but before I begin to chew their stupid asses out…. Would you like to deck or say anything to either of them before I kill both of them, lil sis?" He asked me.
I smiled and nodded as I turned to both of them and watched their reactions.
Edward's eyes bugged out as I met his eyes.
Suddenly, the last four years of anger slammed into me, and all I could think about was hitting him.
Without a second thought, I rushed forward, pulling my fist back and putting all my weight into it as I felt my hand snap forward.
I hit him square in the jaw before using my knee and bringing it up, connecting hard his testicles, causing him to crumble forward as I continued to pelt him with my fists.I felt someone pull me back, but I fought them off and continued to hit him.
Blinding rage and pain, clouding my senses as I did. I knew he wasn't defending himself. Because he could have easily stopped me if he wanted to.Instead, he took every hit I was giving him. One by one.
By the time Jasper and Peter managed to pull me off of him, I was a sobbing mess, and Edward was on his knees, gasping for air.
"Bella…" Jasper whispered as he tried to pull me away from Peter as I turned to hit him too, causing Jasper to let me go, as I began to hit Peter again.
"Don't fucking touch me! You're just as bad as he is!" I yelled, as I pelted his chest.
"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry." He told me, as he tried to keep me at bay, but failed.
"You betrayed me." I sobbed.
"How could you fucking watch me and my children suffer like we did and not say a word?" I asked, wrecked."I'm sorry, but he was my client. He told me not to say a word." Peter replied, apologetically.
"I'm your goddamn sister! For fucks sake!" I yelled at him.
Jasper pulled me into a fierce hug, shushing me as I mumbled incoherently.
"We watched her cry. Watched her have to hold herself together for both those kids, and you stayed quiet. If you needed help, all you had to do was ask man, we would have been there. You screwed up. Both of you. Caused her pain. And turned your back on your own blood, and you two seem to think that it would be okay to just have him show up outta the blue? You can't just do that." Jasper told them.
"Jasper." Edward wheezed.
"I'm sorry, man. But the people Alec and Demtri got involved in are dangerous. I didn't want them to have leverage over me. It's why I made Peter promise not to say a word. They tried to take everything from me, man. I couldn't allow them to find Bella or Macy. I would rather have died in that cell than to have them touch my family." He rasped.
Jasper sighed, as his hold on me tightened when he felt me stiffen in his arms.
"Let me go, Jasper." I sighed, feeling drained.
"You're not gonna hit that man while he's down are ya, sis? Because I can't have you going to jail." He told me.
I shook my head at him, "I'm too tired. I just want to say one thing, and then-- then I want you to start the proceedings for the divorce." I told him.
"Iz--" Edward said before I cut him off with a wave of my hand.
"Don't. Just don't. I'm tired of this. These last fifteen years of my life have served to show me that I can't count, or trust you for shit, because when I do, you always let me down." I told him, swallowing hard.
He stood up, wincing as he tried to move towards me, but I took a step towards me.
"I have cried for you for too long, Edward. I waited, prayed, begged for this all to be a bad dream, but I keep waking up in this reality. I can't keep waiting for you to come back, to realize that we needed you, because that would be like waiting for everything to go back to what it once was, to when-- to when Rose and Em were here. Impossible. It's time that we all just-- just move on. Get a clean break. You can see the kids. I would never want them to grow up without getting to know their dad, but this marriage was doomed to fail from the beginning and I won't keep fighting for the inevitable. Not when its clear that its only me." I told him, before turning to look at Jasper, giving him a look before he nodded as I moved to leave.
I knew Jasper stopped anyone from following me as I grabbed my bag and made my way to the car.
I was unsure of where I wanted to go, but I knew I couldn't stay there.
I arrived to the one place I knew I would be left alone sometime later.
I had called my parents to inform them of everything that had happened before proceeding to call Esme, who was understandably angry, and asked me to take time to wrap my head around everything before making rash decisions.
While I understood that she wanted only the best for her grandchildren and son, I knew that I wasn't about to argue with her, especially now.
So, I told her I would, before hanging up, and texting Jasper what had happened.I asked Alice to pick up my kids, before I put the phone on silent.
I then allowed myself to let everything I was holding in, out.
Jasper's POV:
I watched Bella walk out and let out a long breath I was holding in before turning to look at Edward, who was still kneeling on the ground, holding his sides.
Peter gave me a terrified look before moving to grab an ice pack from the fridge in the kitchen.
"Holy shit! I didn't think she was going to unload on him like that! Fuck me, her boney-ass hands hurts like hell…" he complained as he walked back in and handed one ice back to Edward before slapping one onto his chest.
"You two deserve far worse." I quipped, completely unapologetic, as I went to grab a drink for all three of us.
I was exhausted, yet I knew this was only the beginning of what was to come if Bella asked for divorce.
We all knew she was done if she was walking away without a look back.Yet, we also know that this was only the beginning of a long road.
Edward winced as he got off the floor and dropped onto the couch, heavily. "I agree…" he groaned.
I hummed as I handed him a tumbler, before turning to hand one to Peter.
My mind was reeling so hard, I could feel the oncoming headache that this shit was going to leave.
Now, I knew it was rude to consider myself smarter than everyone, but these two made me feel like Einstein in comparison.
How could Edward hide all this shit from Bella? Did he not fucking know her at all? I thought we all knew better but I've been proven wrong, yet again.
They were lucky I grabbed her after she got Edward down to his knees or she would have done some damage to his kidneys and spleen with her boney-ass hands.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Peter asked, insulted.
I sighed, in exasperation. "I have no idea how you made it through law school, you have the intelligence of a fucking newt." I quipped.
When he sat down, and gave me a lost look. I sighed, and rubbed a hand over my face.
"It means I shouldn't have intervened when Bella was punching the ever-loving shit out of both of you." I tell him, flatly.
"Fuck no, her boney-ass hands hurt more than our mom's do." He replied as he rubbed his chest.
I rolled my eyes at him before turning to look at Edward, "I know you have an ulterior motive for doing what you did. So, unless you want me to bring Bella and your sister in here, I suggest you start talking. Immediately." I told him.
He winced before nodding as he looked at Peter before sighing. "It started when I first opened the shop a few years ago." He began.I could feel his reluctance to even speak but he continued anyway.
I thought I was prepared to hear his motives but nothing prepared me for what he was about to reveal to me, and to say I was pissed off was putting it lightly.
I would be surprised if Bella didn't kill us all when she found out, but there was still a massive possibility of that happening, and I for one, wasn't about to hide shit from her. She'd flay me alive. And so would Alice.
So, I called the one person who could get her to calm down immediately.
Our father.
Now to put things in perspective, when I got a call from my sister, almost twenty four hours ago, crying, this is not the situation I was expecting to walk into, let alone find out my brother, Peter, was involved in this shit storm.
I was sure that by the time this entire ordeal was finished, my hair was going to be white as the snow that's due to fall soon, but so be it to help my little sister and her kids.
God help us all when Bella comes home. Becuase if one thing I was sure of, heads were going to roll, I just hoped mine wasn't one of them.