MPOV
"How are you doing?" Mom asked me on the phone.
"I'm obviously heartbroken," I said, "But I'm trying to survive."
I mean, what else could I do?
My own brother and my best friend were just hell bent on trying to betray me. What could I even do?
"I still think you should have handled this a bit differently... You shouldn't have proposed to Bella in front of everyone in the first place, and what you did later was equally bad..." she said.
"Yes, I completely agree. I'm really ashamed of my behavior," I said, "I could have talked to them in private. But I was angry, and... I was hurt."
Thinking more about it, I totally agreed I could have handled it a bit differently, but it was too late to regret it now...
"I truly think this is just a case of misunderstanding," she said, "You should try to talk to your brother and try to sort everything out."
"He's not willing to talk to me," I said.
Edward had always been too stubborn. And now that he seemed to be super pissed off at me, there was no point in talking to him!
Alright, I made a mess at the party, but he was behaving as if only I was at fault!
He could have told me about it when I said I was going to propose to Bella!
He was the one who was responsible for this whole mess!
He had tried to make a fool out of me.
Weren't my anger and reaction justified?
Why couldn't he go after someone else other than Bella, for God's sake!
I was sure that now he was going to get Bella even if he wasn't that serious about it earlier. I guess now he'd try to get her just to satisfy his ego!
"I'm afraid Bella is going to get hurt in this whole process... He's going to use her..." I said.
"I have talked to him... He's not going to do anything... C'mon... You know your brother!" She said, "I think this is a huge misunderstanding."
"Maybe you're right, but don't you know your son? Doesn't he always get what he wants?" I said, "Mom... Sometimes I feel life is so unfair to me..."
"No, don't say that..." she said, "You're equally special and we all love you so much..."
"It's not just about love..." I said, "Look, I'm proud of him for his achievements... But it's not fair that he's trying to go after this one person who is so special to me... And can you imagine how humiliating it would be for me?"
"Bella and him are not going to do anything as such... They care for you..." She said.
I doubted that.
I guess things had changed between them after Bella moved to San Francisco...
"Are you sure?" I asked her.
"Okay... I'm going to talk to him again..." she said.