#Chapter 75 – A Bad Turn

I almost immediately discover that…I do not like Edward’s world. Now that he’s got me here, completely under his control? Edward drops any veneer of being nice. In the car on the way to dinner, he barely pays attention to me, instead spending his time making a variety of phone calls I don’t understand. I’m well aware, after my introduction to this world, that Edward wouldn’t make any phone calls that give me any incriminating information – it seems, in general, that he’s just doing some housekeeping stuff and getting things in order. But still, it makes me incredibly uncomfortable to just sit in the passenger seat while Edward talks to other people on the speaker, giving orders about his dry cleaning and his daily business. And it very, very clearly tells me where I stand in his world and in the order of things. When he hangs up after his third phone call, Edward at least has the grace to apologize. “Sorry about that,” he says, though I can tell he’s not sorry at all. “Just needed t