~Victor POV~
I was sitting at our first divorce hearing in mediation and, though I knew that my lawyers were going to go after Bella hard, I didn’t expect how far they would take it and, to my shame, I just sat there. I was in a tough spot, after the argument Isabella and I had about my incessant need to save her, to be her hero, I had to push down every fiber of my being not to jump up and punch Larry. But as I was soon learning, Isabella could take care of herself. She was not ever going to let anyone disrespect her, never mind a prick like Larry. She threatened to use his tie to strangle him if he ever called her a w***e again and the pleasure I received from his now panicked look was unfortunately short-lived as Bella looked at me to question why I would just sit there as someone was
