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Happy New Year, all my lovely followers.

I know you're eager for all the latest, since I haven't posted in almost a week, and I'll get to that. But first, I need to come clean. My real name is Alice Cullen, and I've made a killing by spilling my family secrets to the city.

I'm not going to apologize to you, because you were the benefactors, but just know that I did apologize to the people my news may have hurt.

Also know, the following information is being shared with the full blessing of most of the people mentioned.

I know you've heard the judgment from last week's ruling on the matter of who will be CEO of Cullen Corp, but that's only the top-line detail. I'm here to give you the real low-down and what part I played by teaming up with my brother to shut down Carlisle Cullen's efforts to cling to the CEO position for good.

Edward and I are more than ten years apart, so it's easy to see why we weren't very close. When I hit my teens, he was away earning his MBA and I was acting out in prep school.

That's a story for another day.

The week leading up to Christmas, for the first time since I started this gig, I was out of the loop. There was no gossip to be found. Both Edward and Bella were off the radar, and the last thing I'd heard, the divorce was happening. So when I put out my plea, and the offer of a thousand-dollar payday, I was serious.

I wanted the scoop.

It came from the most unlikely of places.

My brother reached out to me.

For so many of you, a call or text from your brother is nothing, but for me, it was unusual.

Disconcerting.

I was … leery.

We don't have an established, trusting relationship, so I was suspicious.

But he has a gracious and forgiving woman in his life now, and she's rubbed off on him. He put all his trust in me by confiding life-changing news, and it's the first time anything like that's ever happened to me.

Much like the Grinch, my heart grew three sizes that day.

So armed with a truth that would never become reality, I shared the image of the signed divorce papers with the city. And don't get me wrong, the photo was legit. Edward had signed the papers, but he wasn't quite ready to give up on his marriage. It was his way of assuring Bella that if he couldn't convince her of his love, he was ready to admit defeat.

At the time I shared it, the young Cullen couple were holed up in Bella's apartment on the Upper West Side celebrating their first Christmas together.

But that wasn't the only thing they were celebrating.

So I waited until just after Carlisle presented his "signature proof" of the divorce to the judge before leaking the bomb of the century to his lawyers. A sonogram image.

You heard it here first, lovies!

Baby Cullen is already on the way!

That's right.

Alice Knows All is going to be an aunt to the most stunning Cullen to be born yet. One who will have my brother's sharp mind and my sister-in-law's grace and humility.

It'll probably have Auntie Ali's super sleuthing abilities, but I'll make sure to teach him/her how to use them respectfully.

And that's what I'm going to try to do in 2024!

I know you like gossip, but maybe we'll stick to the surface details in the future. And you never know, I could become the official mouthpiece of Cullen Corp if the new CEO is so inclined!

*wink wink*

I'm not done, just shifting priorities.

And I hope you'll stick with me as I find myself along the way!

Just remember.

When I know, so shall you!

Alice Knows All

Love it?

Hate it?

I thought this was the perfect vehicle to clear up that background noise that was never "in" the story but a catalyst nonetheless.

Merry Christmas Eve!

P.S. I realize all the details of E's past w/T are not here, but enough of them are to show that whatever went on between them, he had no issues swooping up a waitress and marrying her almost on the spot. What's bad is, I have all those details inside my head. I know exactly how the "proposal" and her subsequent trip to London went, but I make no promises on you ever seeing them. For me, his choosing to entertain T after she returned was needed. It gives much more weight to his love for Bella, for me, and I'm really the only one whose opinion matters hehehe

*Love to you all*

See ya one more time :)