My Mother Knew

Chapter 2: Visitors

The next day, I received numerous calls from friends and family—all telling me that they were praying for me, and that they wish me the best of luck with my new guardians. Whenever an aunt or uncle, or my godparents called, I could hear the slightest tone of disappointment in their voice. I could tell that they were wondering why they weren't written down in the will to obtain custody of me. Why had Esme Cullen been written down instead of them? And truthfully? I had no idea who the heck Esme was.

The last call of the day rang at around 7:30 PM. Before answering, I read the caller ID. Cullen, Carlisle. Who? Oh, Cullen I thought. Esme. I took a deep breath before answering.

"Hello?" I said.

"Is this Bridget Cahill?" a beautiful, feministic voice asked.

"This is she," I replied to the caller.

"Oh, hi Bridget. This is Esme Cullen. The bank notified me of the loss of your father. I am so sorry." In the background, on the other end, I could hear a small voice yell, "Mom, Emmett and Edward broke the coffee table again!" Looks like I'm gonna have some new siblings. This will most definitely be a change considering the fact that I am an only child.

"Um, Mrs. Cullen, I..."

She cut me off before I could finish. "Oh, please, Bridget! Call me Esme!"

"Okay, Esme. I..."

And again, she cut me off, "My daughter, Alice, and I will be at your house tomorrow morning to help you pack. And then... Bridget? You will just love Forks. I know my family does. Oh yes, my family. You will also love them. There's me, my husband Carlisle; my sons, Edward, Emmett, and Jasper; my daughters, Alice and Rosalie; and there's Bella, my..." She paused mid-sentence, seeming unsure of what Bella was to her. "Bella is just a really close family friend of ours," she finished.

"Wow," was all I could choke out.

"I'm gonna pass the phone to Alice now. She would love to say hi." And then she was gone. A few seconds later, that same small voice said, "Hi, I'm Alice!"

"Umm, hi Alice." This chick seriously needs to take it down on the energy level here. "I can't wait to meet you!"

"Uh, me neither!" I agreed politely.

"Okay, so I gotta go deal with my brothers... but I guess I'll see yah tomorrow."

"Yeah, I guess."

"Okay, much love! Bye!"

She hung up. "Bye."

"Who was that, hon?" my Aunt Elizabeth asked me, entering my bedroom.

"Ummm, tha... that was.... Esme Cullen."

"Oh really?" My aunt sat down in my desk chair. "What'd she say?"

"Well.... apparently... her and her daughter Alice are coming tomorrow morning... to help me pack apparently." I looked down at my cell phone that was just sitting on the bed. My friend Ashlee was calling me. "Hey, I gotta get this!"

"Oh, ok, I'll be on my way then." Aunt Elizabeth left my bedroom, and I closed the door behind her.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Omigod Bridget!!!!!!!!" Ashlee squealed into the phone.

I knew I had to say goodbye to Ashlee somehow, but if I was leaving tomorrow I don't know when I would ever have the time. "Can you meet me at Starbucks in twenty?" I asked her.

"Yeah, sure! Cya then. Bye," and she hung up the phone. Right as I hit disconnect on my cell phone, it started ringing again. Nick. My... boyfriend.

"Hey Nick!" I answered the phone once again. "Umm.... meet me outside? Two minutes?" I asked. Nick lives just three houses down, so it's no big deal.

We hung up the phone and I went and asked Aunt Elizabeth if I could go for a walk around the block the clear my head. If I told her I was going to meet my boyfriend, she would most definitely say no.

Halfway between our houses, we met. I didn't want to delay the inevitable any longer. I was most likely never going to see him again, and honestly? He's not my true love; there's someone better out there. "I'm leaving tomorrow, Nick. For Forks, Washington. Well, I'm moving there... for good."

"What?" He took a step closer to me.

"I will probably never see you again." I was speaking logically here, right? "And you know how I despise long distance relationships." I looked up at the beautiful May sunset—only one week into the summer.

"I can see where this is going, Bridget. Good bye!" And he walked back to his house.

The next morning I woke up to the sound of a doorbell. It was eight AM for cryin' out loud! Aunt Elizabeth had already left for work. I ignored the doorbell and fell back asleep, but it was more of a daze than a true sleep. A few minutes later the doorbell rang once again. I decided to go down and tell whoever that we wanted nothing of what they were selling.

I opened the door, and tried to smile at the two nice women at my door. "May I help you?" I questioned them, also looking them up and down.

"Oh hi! You must be Bridget! I'm Esme Cullen!" Esme Cullen extended her hand for me to shake it, but considering the time of day and my lack of brainpower at the time in the morning, I just stared blankly at her hand.

I looked up when the other girl spoke. I immediately recognized her voice. This must be Alice, I thought. "Hi! I'm Alice! It is soo great to meet you! We're gonna be great friends." She said this almost as if she was absolutely positive. Then she wrapped her arms around me, giving me a welcoming hug.

After I welcomed them in and ask them if they would like anything to drink, I asked them if I could go up stairs and change out of sweat pants and a t-shirt. They said that was fine, of course

Alice helped me pack up my room. She said it would be "great bonding time." Okay.

Esme went through the kitchen, dining room, living room, study, and my dad's bedroom looking for things that I could take with me. The other items left in the house are either being given to charity or auctioned off... then the money would later transfer into my account.

After we dropped all of my boxes off at he post office, we went back the house, and I did a final walk through, a final goodbye to the memories I still held of my past, and the first hello to my future.

Is it just me, or did it seem as if everything was happening so fast?