Bryan was still enjoying his time with his two lovely ladies but was disturbed by Edward's calls that he could ignore at first but increasingly seemed to demand that he accept.

A reasonably intense conversation ensued between the two for some time.

"Don't tell me that you've found out about Jennie," Edward called out when he arrived home and called Bryan immediately. Bryan, who had been accompanying Shienna to dinner, finally chose to leave his mother's room so that neither Shienna nor Alice would hear his conversation with Edward.

"I don't understand where you're going with this."

"I'm sure you know."

"Ed, listen. If you're talking about Jennie's pregnancy, I...