“Dr. Masen, this is Eric from
Keeping your Family Safe Security Agency. I’m calling to inform you that we
will no longer be able to protect your family. We’ve been threatened by the
feds that if we don’t vacate the premises immediately that we’ll be arrested
and that our business will be shut down,” Eric groaned. “I’m sorry, Dr. Masen.
We hope that you find Renee soon. We truly apologize.” Before I could respond,
Eric was gone and I was met with a dial-tone.
“I can’t believe you would do that,”
I snapped, scowling at Agent Goss. “My family is in danger and you’re taking
away the one thing that I can
control. God knows that the police aren’t protecting them and I’m certain that
you won’t sit outside of my family’s house, watching and waiting for Renee.”
“Your family is safe, Dr. Masen,”
Agent Goss said smugly. He stood up and left my office.
Agent Jones gave me a worried look.
“I’m sorry, Dr. Masen. If I were in your position, I’d be wanting to do the
same thing. His logic makes zero sense,” she said. She slipped me a card. “This
is my personal cell phone. If you see anything, anything out of the ordinary, call me first. I know I’ll probably
get in a lot of trouble, but you and your wife seem like really nice people
that should have to deal with this bullshit.”
“Thank you,” I said, barely keeping
my mounting temper from exploding at this poor woman, forced to work with such
an unreasonable man. She scurried out of my office and I thrust my hands into
my hair.
“Dr. Masen?” came the sweet voice
of my secretary. “Don’t forget, you have the meeting with the department heads
to discuss the budget at two.”
Fuck!
“Thanks,” I said flatly. She left me in my office and I could feel my blood
pressure rising. Breathe, Edward. Just
because Agent Jackass is taking away your security, doesn’t mean that Bella and
the kids are in immediate danger. As I mentioned Bella’s name, my
heart-rate spiked. Irrationally, my anger lashed out at my wife. It was her mother that was causing us all this
grief. Not my family. Bella’s mother. It was Bella’s actions that garnered Mike Newton’s involvement. Yes, she
was protecting me from her psycho ex-husband, but she didn’t have to shoot to
kill him. I composed myself and the impassive mask went on my face. However, I
was stewing underneath my calm façade. Bella and I would be having words once I
got home.
I was worthless in my meeting about
the budget. So worthless, that I asked the department heads to come up with
ways that they could trim their individual budgets by five percent on their own
and to email me their recommendations by the end of the week. In my office, I stewed
some more, angrily typing on my computer as I read an article Ren sent me about
children with autism. I wasn’t paying attention to the words on the page. I
wanted to calm down, but it wasn’t happening.
“Fuck this,” I snapped, shutting
down my computer and leaving for the day. I didn’t need to be anywhere since I was
unable to focus on my meeting so I just drove aimlessly. I ended up on the
summit where Bella and I made love in my Vanquish while we were still dating.
The spot where I gave her ‘the moon’ and her star from the International Star
Registry.
Sitting down on the edge of the
lookout point, my brain mulled over everything that had happened over the past
year. Hell, the past six months. My life was in a tailspin. I felt so out of
control. I was pissed off at my wife, indifferent in regards to her blasé attitude
to this whole situation. I know that she was trying to downplay it for the
kids, but her mom was crazy. Not to mention, in the back of my mind, I was
terrified that Bella was going to turn into that raving crazy bitch like her
mom.
Stop
it. You can’t keep thinking that. Bella is not a psycho lunatic like Renee. She’s
got her own issues, but being a few crayons short of box is not her thing. Your
wife is more insecure and needs to be supported.
I snorted derisively, tossing a
rock over the edge of the cliff. My mind was in turmoil. My body was in knots
and I just wanted to scream. So…I did.
“ARRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!” I yelled.
I'm not real happy with Edward at the moment and I don't blame Bella for leaving his ass. He needs to pull his ass out of his head. Yes, I said it right. I'm pissed and you know how much I LOVE this story.
ReplyDeleteUgh, Edward needs to get his head out of his rearend and realize Bella is in no way at fault for her cray cray incubators actions-I don't believe Renee deserves the title mother.
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