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Chapter 34

Act III
Chapter 34 ━━ Heartbreaks

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A slight disappointment arises inside Shelley's head as she notices Jacob's absence. He left with no sign. Again. Maybe it was an urgent pack business.

She changes into her yesterday clothes and fold his hoodie before neatly placing it on the bed. Stumbling into Jacob's bathroom, she splashes water to her face and washes her mouth using mouthwash. God, she really should leave a toothbrush here. Lazily, the blonde walks to the kitchen to grab something to eat but when she hears voices outside, her feet immediately decide to follow it.

Noticing Bella and Jacob in between a huge argument, she stops. Neither of them notice her since both of them are so into the talk.

The blonde mentally smirks knowing Jacob is going to lose the argument.

"...I mean, he probably can't even kiss you without hurting you." Jacob takes her by the arms, emotionally charged. "Feel that? Flesh and blood and warmth." Suddenly spontaneously, he kisses her. Bella pushes against him angrily, but he pulls her tighter to him.

Shelley bites her lips to prevent the incoming sob as her eyes water with tears. Her mind is screaming for her to run away from the scene but she decides to watch, ignoring the ache in her heart.

Finally Bella goes limp, drops her arms, opens her eyes, waiting for him to stop. He does, let go. She turns away. He waits, gauging her reaction. Does she feel what he felt? But Bella spins back toward him and punches him in the mouth. There's a horrible crunch on impact. Jacob doesn't even flinch. But Bella grabs her hand in pain. "Ow! Ow!"

Pushing past her tears and pain, the blonde marches towards the two. She's not giving him the satisfaction. "Congratulations, asshole! You've officially broken my heart, again!"

Jacob's eyes widen in shock which eventually fills with guilt and sadness. "Shells, please listen to me-"

The blonde ignores him and turns to Bella, who is holding into her injured hand. "Bella, we're leaving right now."

"Shells, let me explain. Please." He begs with his big brown eyes staring into her soul, pleadingly as she escorts Bella to her truck.

Shelley almost falls into his trap but her conscience reminds her that he just cheated on her. Yeah. This asshole of a wolf decided to cheat on her after everything they went through. Screw him and whoever the person paired her with him.

Her fits clench urging her to break his beautiful nose. As tempting as it sounds, she decides not to. It's not because her love for him is stopping her from hurting. Hell no. It's simply because she doesn't want a broken hand. He is a freaking werewolf.

"No, Jacob. Have a nice life. I'm done trying to be in it." She states, getting into the driving seat and closing the door as Jacob peeks through the window, helplessly. "And also, have fun finding someone to play your imprintee. Hope you and your wolf burn in hell."

Of course. He would crawl back to Bella. The blonde should have seen this coming the moment she accepted Jacob into her life. He was lying to her about his feelings all this time. He was faking it. It was his wolf who wanted her, not him. Esdras warned her about this and she was foolish enough not to believe him. How stupid can she be? She wipes her tears flooding out of her eyes and sniffs loudly while focusing on the road, gripping the steering wheel tight. The last thing she wants right now is to bump the truck into something and end up in a hospital.

Noticing this, Bella puts down her phone which she probably texts Edward about the whole situation. "Shells?"

The blonde ignores her as she keeps her eyes straight on the drive. She's not in a mood to talk to anyone. She just needs some time alone. Maybe Esdras too. He knows how to cheer her up but she doubts that he'll show up any soon.

"Shells, I swear it was him." Bella says in a timid voice, eyes glued to her sister.

Even though it is wrong, there's a part of Shelley that envies Bella for being Jacob's first choice. If his first choice is always going to be Bella, why her? Whoever paired her with him clearly made a mistake. Why her? She was fine without him before this imprinting thing. She moved on, at least a little bit she guessed. And Jacob has to come back and involve her in his supernatural love story. Her life is so messed up. She sighs, nodding. "I know, Bella. I saw everything."

"Are you mad at me?"

"Nope. I'm mad at myself for giving him a second chance when everyone warned me not to." She chuckles dryly at the thought of how native she is at the point of love. "I'm an idiot. Aren't I?"

"You're not an idiot, Shells." Bella replies, looking out of the window, sadly. "I just wish he didn't do that. I'm sorry. Why am I always failing as a sister?"

"You don't have to say sorry. It's not your fault." The blonde assures her sister with a smile. "And you're not failing as a sister. Trust me, you are the best sister ever and no matter what, I love you loads."

"Me too." Bella smiles back widely. "After I patch up my hand, maybe... maybe we should do some ice-cream while watching that movie with that metal arm man. What is his name again?"

"Bucky Barnes."

"Yup. Him." Bella nods, holding her injured hand to her chest and looks at the blonde, expectantly. "So... you in?"

"Absolutely." The blonde grins at her and looks at her hand. "Does your hand still hurt?"

"It sting." Bella nods, observing her hand. "I think it's broken."

"It was a good punch." The blonde comments as the familiar neighbourhood houses begin to show up.

"Yeah?" Bella asks, bewildered at her sister's comment.

The blonde shrugs. "Yeah. It was a badass move."

"I feel flattered?" Bella laughs as the younger twin joins in no time as she pulls the truck in the front yard and cuts the life of the engine.

As Shelley jumps out of the truck, Edward's Volvo screeches to a stop and he gets out, moving to Bella in a hurry. The blonde's eyes immediately go to Esdras, who climbs from the car, slowly walking to her and halts right in front of her. "I'm sorry, Ez-"

Without bothering to answer, he pulls her into a tight embrace, which she gladly clings to him desperately.

"It's okay. I forgive you." He kisses her head and comforts her with his warm words. "I'm here for you."

That's when Jacob shows up from the woods and at the same moment, Edward moves directly for Jacob.

Bella gets in his path as the blonde holds Esdras's freezing hand as an attempt to gain confidence to face the upcoming scene. "Not here, Edward. Please."

"If you ever touch her against her will again." Edward glares at the werewolf, who looks unbothered to his words.

"Don't do this." Bella requests.

"She's not sure what she wants." Jacob states, looking gravely at the elder Cullen twin.

"Don't do this." Bella repeats, pleadingly.

"Well, let me give you a clue." Edward says.

Jacob gestures at Bella and says. "Wait for her to say the words."

Edward chuckles non humorously. "Fine. And she will."

"Jacob. Just go, okay." Bella asks but Jacob faces off with Edward.

Esdras scoffs irritably and lets go of the blonde's hand. He uses his vampire speed to push Jacob into the ground and kick him again and again without giving a chance for Jacob to recover and fight back. "You got her hurt last time and I let you go. And now, you hurt her again. You'd be as good as dead."

When he is done, he steps back leaving an angry, panting Jacob, shirt covered with dirt. "That felt so damn good."

Deep down in the blonde's heart, she feels bad for Jacob, but he deserves it, right?

"Jacob, it is not a wise idea to phase in the middle of human livelihood." Edward tells, watching the werewolf breathing heavily, whole body shaking in anger, ready to phase and pounce on his brother. Jacob growls before closing his eyes, trying to calm his anger as the blonde waits with crossed arms, not even bothering to intervene.

"Come on, Ed. I know that you're a dog person but you sure you don't want to see him getting kicked in the ass. It'll be fun." Esdras being himself laughs, making Jacob even angry.

"Trust me. I'd like to see that happening. But he's not worthy enough to drag the humans into this mess." Edward says, plainly.

"You, my friend, is no fun." Esdras smirks, pointing at his brother.

Meanwhile, Jacob gets on his feet, staking dead glares at Esdras. "You wanna have a real fight? Let's go fight."

"Aww... You wanna fight, doggie?" Esdras taunts, smugly, stepping forward and stops in front of the angry werewolf.

Charlie exits the house, sees the hostility between them and heads for them. "Hey, hey, hey, hey... Easy guys, easy. Let's take it down a notch. Alright? What's going on?"

"I kissed Bella. And she broke her hand... Punching my face." Says, Jacob with a serious face.

Charlie's expression turns into a glare. "Jacob, leave before I bring my gun."

"Not until I talk to my girlfriend." Jacob talks back, looking at the blonde's direction, throwing her into a pool of anger this time. So he remembers her now?

Esdras snickers dryly. "More like ex-girlfriend, huh?"

"I wasn't talking to you." Jacob growls at him.

"That's it. I'm gonna bring my gun." Charlie says, walking back into the house.

"Just go, Jacob. I'm not going to waste my time on you again." The blonde abruptly walks into the house, not wanting to spend another minute in his presence, not forgetting to throw a fierce scowl at Jacob's way.

Shelley meets up with Charlie, who is carrying his gun. So... he was serious about the gun.

"Is he gone?" He asks, looking out of the window.

"Yes, Sir. He left." Esdras replies before her. "Edward took Bella to Carlisle to patch her hand."

Charlie nods at him and looks on with concern at his younger daughter. "Are you okay, Shells?"

"No. Not really." She replies in a weak voice before forcing a smile. "But it's nothing to worry about. I'll be fine soon."

"That's what I'm worried about. Last time you were depressed. If I see you going through that again, I'll make you pack up and take the next flight to your mom's. Got it?" He asks, strictly, his face in a serious face.

"Got it, sheriff." She chuckles, giving him a hug, which he returns with a smile.

"Anyone like some italiano?" Esdras asks, trying to cheer up the mood.

Shelley pulls away from the hug to look back at Esdras. "Yes, please."

"You can cook?" Charlie questions the younger Cullen twin with a raised eyebrow.

"You'll be impressed, sir." Esdras replies with a nervous smile.

"Go for it." Charlie motions to the kitchen with a smile. "But don't burn down my kitchen."

After taking his time, Cook Esdras finishes his masterpiece and serves the plates on the table where Charlie and the blonde are sitting.

Her mouth waters as she breathes in the delicious smell of the Lasagna dish. Impatient, she digs into her food and moans in delight. "Dude, this is great."

"You're good at this, kid." Charlie agrees with a nod. "Ever thought of being a professional chef?"

"I always wanted to be a chef. But not anymore." Esdras shrugs.

Charlie furrows his eyebrow with confusion, not satisfied with his answer. "Why?"

"My interest in biology is at a higher level at this point. There'll be a high chance I'd endup a scientist." The brunette boy replies.

"That's good too." Charlie says with a smile as he finishes his dish. He moves to the sink, washing it.

"Yup."

"You sure you don't want to eat?" Charlie asks, wiping his hands from the handkerchief.

"I appreciate your offer, sir. But I'll have to politely decline it. I'm trying to balance my appetite with a lot of exercises and green vegetables these days. I'm gaining weight and I'm not really happy about it." Esdras responds carefully with his words. He always manages to dodge the negative with the ability of telepathy.

"You look fine to me. Don't starve yourself too much, son." Charlie pats on his back before walking away, leaving the blonde surprised.

She turns to Esdras at the speed of light and narrows her eyes, watching him. "Who are you and what have you done to Esdras Mattew Masen Cullen?"

He laughs heartily. "I nailed it. Didn't I? Your father thinks I'm a polite gentleman and he's really impressed."

"I'm not surprised. Well, I am a little bit." She says, loading more Lasagna into her plate. "Any Leads?"

Understanding the subject she's talking about, Esdras's face turns deadly serious. "No sign of the intruder. But Victoria continues to make appearances. I think she's toying with us. Keeping us distracted."

"From Seattle?" She asks, curiously.

"Or the intruder. Riley. Or something else. Alice keeps tracking her decisions while we're tracking her on the ground. We've already covered the entire southern peninsula down to Quinault. And in the search of the northwestern trail." He explains with a shrug. "You want me to stay the night?"

She shakes her head. "Nope. Bella promised me a girls night."

Esdras looks at her with amusement written all over his face. "You girls do girls' nights now?"

"Yup."

"I should ask Edward for one. You know, I heard that it's fun. Specifically the painting of each other's nails, talking about boys, doing each other's hair, et cetera." He rambles, throwing his hands in the air, dramatically, mocking the girl's moves. She really misses this.

"I have nothing to say about that. You know what? I thought you and Eddie were together." She says and he scowls.

"Ew... Don't you think that I'm too good looking to date Eddie? I mean..." He points at his body with pride slapped all over his face. "I'm super hot."

"That... you are, mister." She winks at him and they both burst into a series of laughter.

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