When Esme looked at the door, Edward entered the house angrily and moved toward his room with the same expression.
Esme noticed Edward's anger with a confused look on her face. When Edward entered the house, she wanted to ask him if he had invited Bella to the house tomorrow.
When she looked at him, she understood that something must have happened between them.
"Esme, we are home," Alice entered the house with a bright smile, followed by Rosalie, who was pouting for some reason.
"Alice, how is your day?" Esme warmly welcomed her with a smile.
Rosalie sat on the couch with a somewhat depressed look on her face.
"Is everything all right, Rosalie?" Esme asked her with a gentle tone as she sat next to her.
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"Huh... nothing," Rosalie refused to answer with a red face.
"She is jealous that Alice gets more time to spend with Jojo than her," Emmett, who entered the house, looked at Rosalie with a big grin on his face.
"Not!!!" Rosalie shouted and looked at Emmett with a killing intent on her face.
"Don't worry, Rosalie. I invited Jojo to our house tomorrow," Alice said with a proud grin, looking at Rosalie.
"Did you invite Jojo? Perfect, that means tomorrow Bella and Jojo will come to our house," Esme clapped her hands, deciding that tomorrow will be the day she meets Jojo and Bella.
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Looking at her enthusiasm, the others didn't know what to say to her. She thought Edward invited Bella to their house.
"Esme, that..." Edythe wanted to say something but seeing Esme's enthusiasm, she didn't know what to say.
Esme noticed that something was wrong when the others remained silent.
"What happened? Did Jojo not accept your invitation?" Esme asked Alice, though she had some important matters to attend to.
"No, it's not Jojo. It's Bella," Alice shook her head immediately in disapproval.
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"It's Edward. It's like he completed his Ph.D. in how to make things difficult," Edythe started to explain what happened between Edward and Bella on the school trip to the greenhouse.
How Edward avoided Bella after the argument with her.
After hearing what happened in the greenhouse, Esme couldn't help but be concerned about her son's behavior with his mate.
"Like always, he doesn't take a complete stance in his decisions," Rosalie said with a hint of taunt in her voice, looking at the others.
"What are you looking at me? He must make his decision soon; otherwise, it will only hurt both of them," Rosalie explained to the others.
"I agree with Rosalie," Jasper nodded his head in approval of Rosalie's comment.
"Edward, can we talk?" Esme called Edward, who went upstairs.
In a second, Edward was standing before her with an indifferent look on his face.
Esme started to advise Edward, hoping that he would be able to form a smooth relationship with his mates like Rosalie and Alice.
At first, Esme thought that Alice and Rosalie's relationship would be hard because of the multiple mate bonds, but to her surprise, it went smoothly. Instead, Edward made his relationship complicated himself.
Jojo's house...
While Jenny was working on her laptop seriously, Sara informed her about a new case in their DMC (Devil May Cry) that was registered on the website.
Jenny was surprised that they got a second case in a short break after they solved the first one.
"Sara, can you send the details to my laptop?" Jenny requested.
Jenny looked at the information provided in the case file on her laptop.
"This time the case is from New Orleans. When Jojo returns from school, we need to inform him about it," Jenny said to Sara in case she forgot to inform him.
While this was going on, Jojo was driving his motorcycle near the forest a few kilometers from his house. Suddenly, he stopped his motorcycle.
"Leave me... help... leave me."
Jojo heard someone asking for help, so he closed his eyes and concentrated on the voice calling out for help.
He saw a boy wearing glasses being bullied by five drunk men who were beating him and demanding money.
Two of them had sharp knives in their hands, threatening him that if he made any more noise, they would kill him.
Jojo turned his motorcycle while drifting and accelerated his speed while driving toward the place where the boy was being bullied.
As Jojo was driving at high speed in the narrow alley where the boy was being bullied...
"Hey, kid, don't you hear me? Give me the cash you have, otherwise, we will kill you," one of the thugs licked the knife in his hand with a mocking look.
"I have nothing to give you," the boy narrowed his eyes while adjusting his glasses with his hand.
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"Give me the chain you're wearing," the thug noticed the chain around the boy's neck.
When the boy heard the thug, he immediately covered the chain with his hand while taking a few steps back.
"No, this was given to me by my grandma," the boy shouted at the thug, blood dropping from one of his nostrils.
"Hey, kid, give me the chain, or else you'll face death," the thug was about to make a move towards the boy.
"Freeze."
The thugs heard a voice from behind them. When they looked back, they panicked because they saw a cop holding a gun standing behind them.
"Don't move; place your hands on the wall," the officer warned them while pointing the gun at them.
The thug near the boy suddenly tried to catch the boy as a hostage to escape from the cop in front of them.
When he took a step toward the boy, the officer noticed the thug's intention and fired his gun on the ground near the thug who was about to make a move.
"Don't try anything funny; otherwise, I will put a permanent mark on your head," the officer sneered at the thug who tried to play tricks on him.
All five of the thugs placed their hands on the wall with complicated looks on their faces.
"Hey, kid, come here. Why are you standing still there?" the officer called the boy who was looking at the thugs and the police conversation.
"____"
"Sorry, sir..." the boy immediately ran behind the officer.
The officer had already informed others and requested backup.
Others patrolling near him heard his request and came to the alley and arrested the thugs who were trying to kidnap the boy.
While this was going on, everyone in the alley heard the noise of the motorcycle.
Suddenly, Jojo made an entrance with a sharp turn inside the alley, wearing sunglasses. When he noticed someone, he immediately stopped in his tracks while skidding with a sudden brake.
"Charlie..."
Jojo was shocked looking at Charlie at the scene.
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"____"
"Aren't you Jojo, one of Bella's friends?" Charlie asked with a strong voice.
"Huh... yes, sir," Jojo replied, unsure of what to say. He didn't expect Charlie to arrive at the scene before him.
'Shouldn't the cop arrive late, like always,' Jojo cursed his luck in his mind.
"What are you doing here? Are you involved with them?" Charlie asked with a strong voice while pointing at the five thugs.
"No... no, sir," Jojo shook his head immediately.
When one of the thugs noticed the conversation between Jojo and Charlie and confirmed that they both knew each other...
"Boss, save me," one of the thugs shouted, looking at Jojo with puppy eyes.
"____"
"____"
Jojo was stunned when he heard the thug call him boss. Suddenly, the tension in the air started to increase.
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