I stepped out of my S.U.V. and stared in awe at what I saw. The small but chic brownstone apartment stood tall. I couldn't believe I was going to live there. Reaching into the car to grab Renesmee, now 1 and a half, my phone started vibrating. "Hey," I thought. "A new text." It was from Alice.
"When can i c it?" read the text. Short and simple- just like Alice. I couldn't believe she wanted to come over already. I had literally just moved in. Sure, we were really good friends before, but I had just divorced her brother and she wasn't taking it so well. She knew, but she'd been avoiding the topic forever unless she was trying to persuade me to get back together with him.
"How will u come over? it's in manhattan." i texted her back. i was surprised i didn't get a reply immediately. oh well. I closed my purse and leaned through my door to unstrap Renesmee from her car seat and carried her inside.
The apartment was beautiful! All my furniture had already been set in place last week so I should have had nothing to worry about, but I did. What if me and Alice couldn't be friends anymore because I had divorced her brother? And my worries weren't just about me... How would Renesmee grow up without a dad? Maybe I should have stayed with Edward after all..... but he cheated on me!
I still remember that horrible day....
I had just gotten back from dropping Renesmee off at day care. I was stopping at home so I could freshen up before work. I could have gone straight to work and done my makeup in the bathroom but I had forgotten my purse. I leaned into the closet to take out my jacket but the door banged and some things fell down with a loud crash. The door finally swung open and I was shocked to see Edward and Tanya who fell down softly, arms wrapped around each other- lip locked.
Warm, salty tear drops fell slowy down my face as I realized what was going on right before my eyes. "Bella- it's not what it looks like." Edward was quick to come to Tanya's defense. But it was too late for that, I ran out of the house crying. What the fuck, I thought vampires couldn't cry! I guess I'm proving everyone wrong today.
Wow. It was so hard to think about that now. I put Renesmee into her playpen and sat on the couch with some asprin and a soap opera.