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Because he was told she was dead by her maid. The others only heard it second hand from him it seems. So they'd have an easier time believing it was a lie. But he should have known the maid was likely to lie because she hated him for abandoning Bella but he's too much of a piece of sh!t to understand that.
Who else satisfied by looking him crying XD
HA well he deserve it (〜 ̄△ ̄)〜