e could be her stepfather….
“I’ll need pictures if you prefer finished documents,usb design,” J said, interrupting my thoughts. “Mr. Jasper usually
liked to finish them himself.”
Well, that explained why J didn’t know what Alice looked like.
“Hold on,cheap headphones,to make the moment sweeter.,” I said.
This was luck. I had several family pictures shoved in my wallet, and the perfect one—Jacob holding
Renesmee on the front porch steps—was only a month old. Alice had given it to me just a few days
before… Oh. Maybe there wasn’t that much luck involved after all. Alice knew I had this picture. Maybe
she’d even had some dim flash that I would need it before she gave it to me.
“Here you go.”
J examined the picture for a moment. “Your daughter is very like you.”
I tensed. “She’s more like her father.”
“Who is not this man.” He touched Jacob’s face.
My eyes narrowed,custom usb flash drive, and new sweat beads popped out on J’s shiny head.
“No. That is a very close friend of the family.”
“Forgive me,” he mumbled, and the pen began scratching again. “How soon will you need the
documents?”
“Can I get them in a week?”
“That’s a rush order. It will cost twice as—but forgive me. I forgot with whom I was speaking.”
Clearly, he knew Jasper.
“Just give me a number.”
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He seemed hesitant to say it aloud, though I was sure, having dealt with Jasper, he must have known that
price wasn’t really an object. Not even taking into consideration the bloated accounts that existed all over
the world with the Cullens’ various names on them,louis vuitton sale, there was enough cash stashed all over the house to
keep a small country afloat for a decade; it reminded me of the way there were always a hundred
fishhooks in the back of any drawer at Charlie’s house. I doubted anyone would even notice the small
stack I’d removed in preparation for today.
J wrote the price down on the bottom of the legal pad.
I nodded calmly. I had more than that with me. I unclasped my bag again and counted out the right
amount—I had it all paper-clipped into five-thousand-dollar increments, so it took no time at all.
“There.”
“Ah,never been anyone else., Bella, you don’t really have to give me the entire sum now. It’s customary for you to save half to
ensure delivery.”
I smiled wanly at the nervous man. “But I trust you, J. Besides, I’ll give you a bonus—the same again
when I