Chapter 3
"Nick, I like that"
He chuckled
"Well thank you. So while I'm here. I was thinking…"
"How could you have time to be thinking, I just left your trailer."
"Since you walked in here looking for me. And then a little bit more when you left me with your number"
"Ah. Ok"
I smiled. I couldn't help it. He was sexy and his smile was to die for
"So I was thinking maybe we could go grab a coffee sometime"
"I'd like that"
"Really?"
"Sure, there's nothing wrong with getting coffee"
"Great, well I'll give you a call then"
"Ok"
I turned around and headed to my car
As I was driving my phone went off. I hit the button to take the call on my steering wheel
"Hello"
There was no answer so I tried again
"Hello?"
Again no answer
"Ok, well thank you for not talking"
And I hung up
A few seconds later the phone went off again
"Hello"
No answer
"This isn't funny anymore"
No answer
"Good bye"
I hung up
Who the hell could be calling me and not speaking. Was it a joke or someone messing with me?
I pulled over so I could check the number out
It was no number I knew of.
Before I pulled out to get back in traffic my phone rang, I looked at the number. It was the same one as before. So I just let it go to voicemail.
When I was back on the road I heard my alert go off that letting me know that the mystery person left me a voicemail.
I'll just listen to it when I get home.
I was in the mood for a Carmel frappachino so I went to find a star bucks and was lucky to see that there was one right around the corner from where I was staying. And that they were hiring.
So I walked in for my coffee and for an application.
After I got my coffee I went to go sit down at the table and filled out the job application.
I handed in my application to the girl who had taken my order and she wished me a good day as I walked out.
Just when I was about to step off the curb to open my door I was sort of knocked into and I spilled my coffee in the road.
I turned around to face the person who knocked into me
But there was no one there
I looked up and down the sidewalk and didn't see any one walking away from where I was standing.
I was half tempted in going and buying another coffee, but with the way my day was starting out. I thought it best to just go home and work from there.
"Ah it's good to be home"
I went to go check on my kittens, which still had no names picked out.
Just one more thing to add to my many things to do.
I walked into my room and went to check on my babies and they were sound asleep in there nice warm comfy basket.
I decided that while I change into more comfy clothes id think of names for them.
I went to my closet and pulled a light blue American eagle cammi on and then went and grabbed a pair of sweat pants.
I went to the kitchen and poured a glass of orange juice and made a tuna salad.
As I sat at the table. I thought of only two names for the kittens.
One was midnight for one of the males. And Una for the female. I just needed another name for the other male.
As I ate, I was thinking what name I could pick for the last male cat and suddenly thought of the name Felix
How I could have forgotten a name like that was just crazy. I went to college with a guy whose name was that and thought it to be the coolest name like ever.
I picked my phone up and called Charlie, I figured I'd give him a call
"Hello"
"Hey dad"
"Oh, Bella, how are you sweetie"
"I'm doing well, I got three new kittens"
"That's great you should send me pictures of them"
"Sure will, so anything new going on with you"
"Well I'm going to be retiring soon"
"Ah that will give you more time to fish and watch the game"
"Yep, hey bells I was wondering you think you can make a trip home soon"
"Why, what's up"
"Um….I'm kind of going to get married"
Married? Charlie? I didn't see him getting married again after mom left him
"Married? To who"
"Sue, sue Clearwater"
"Oh, dad congrats, now that you mention it how is Seth and Leah"
"Leah is still Leah, and Seth just started high school, he's a real ladies man"
"I can only imagine hoe he got that way"
"Bella every one misses you here"
"I know dad"
"When are you going to tell everyone what's going on, I don't like lying all the time?"
"It'll all go away after awhile"
"Yea but you know I hate lying"
"Dad everything is going to be fine"
"Are you sure"
"Yea dad I'm sure. If I ever regret it then I will tell you but for now I think this is the right thing to do"
"Yea I guess your right"
"And I know you hated me being in the house all the time and not hanging with my friends or being the girl I was supposed to be"
"Yea, I hope you never have to go through that"
"Yea I hope I don't have to as well"
"Ok well I got to go, I'm going over to Billie's to watch the game"
"Ok dad I hope we win"
"So am I, I have a bet wit Jacob I have to win"
"I won't even ask, you call me and tell me if they won or not and tell me the bet, ok?"
"Ok will do, I love you Bella"
"Love you to dad"
I after I got off the phone with Charlie I went online to look for some kind of job. Then maybe some school later if I wanted to learn something new and get into a job that I would like as a career
While I was on my 6 application my phone rang.
"Hello"
There was heavy breathing
"Hello"
Still more heavy breathing. I hung up the phone.
I made a phone call
"Hello"
"Dad I need help"
"Belle, you ok"
"Not really"
"What's wrong?"
"Can you trace a call for me?"
"What for"
"Well I keep getting phones calls and no one is answering when I say hello. And just now my phone rang and I said hello and there was just heavy breathing."
"I know a guy who can help you out with that. I'll call him and get to you ok"
"Ok, thanks dad"
"Talk to you in a bit"
I hung up and waited for Charlie to call back. I sat there staring at my laptop in a daze. Almost like someone died and I hadn't quite come to terms with it.
The one question that was in my head was who and why
Who would call and not say hello
And why were they doing it
Did word get out that I left cause of what happen?
Or was it planned by someone else
There were so many reasons on why someone was prank calling me
Or was I over thinking it
I took a deep breath in and held it for a few seconds then let it out
I just had to relax
I jumped when my phone rang. I looked at the screen
It was Charlie calling back
"Hello"
"Bells?"
"Yea"
"You ok you sound like your scared"
"Well wouldn't you if you thought someone was messing with you"
"Yea I guess you're right, and I wanted to tell you we couldn't find where the calls were being made"
"How is that possible?"
"Good technology I'm guessing"
"Do you have any ideas on who it could be?"
"A few but I don't want to think like that"
"What do you think they're calling me for?"
"I couldn't tell ya"
"This is just great. I haven't even begun settling down and already someone is messing with me"
"I'll do my best to find out who's doing this to you Bella"
"It has to be someone who knows me. I mean it's just weird that I get these calls almost days after I left forks."
"Just stick in there bells. I'll find the person"
I sighed and sat down on my bed
My head was so empty so quite like there was no life or activity in there.
It felt like years before it slowly came back and it clicked on what I was going to do.
"Dad I'll call you later I think I thought of something"
I hung up before he could say anything
I went and grabbed my lap top and was searching for what I needed and made some phone calls and I made and appointment for tomorrow.
I went to my closet and changed back into some new clothes.
I grabbed my keys and purse and went out to the phone store.
"Hello, may I help you"
"Yes id like a new number please"
"Sure"
The guy went to a computer clicked on a few things. Asked for some info then he let me pick out a number and bingo I had a new number
If this didn't work then no one could be trusted cause then I would really have to go after this asshole on my own. But I would need help.
I just had to find a way to let Charlie know that I had a new number without anyone tapping into my phone or hacking my e mail or some hoe reading my mail if I mailed it to him. The only other way would be to fly him and tell him but then his clothes or house could be bugged as well.
I was in full detective mode. Looking at every angle of this situation and making it a success and not a fail.
I went back to the hotel and went looking for the manager.
"Hi can I speak Brian the manager please"
"Is there anything wrong ma'am"
"No I would just like to talk to him"
"Sure I'll go get him real quick"
The kid by the name of nick from his name tag went to go get Brian and I waited
I saw brian come out with nick and he came up to me
"oh hello again, can I help you with any thing"
"well two things really, one I'm going to be calling for you a lot so you might want to call me by my name Bella , and second can I use you for a few minutes"
"Ok Miss Bella..."
"No, no Miss just Bella"
"Ok, Bella what can I do for you"
"I was hoping you could help me get a new car."
"Why would you need my help?"
"I need someone to drive me to the car dealership while I get a new car and I can drive it back here. Cause if I take my car to go there then I have no way to get my car back, so I figured if you weren't too busy you could take me to the dealership and wait around while I pick a car out and pay the man and I get the keys and away you go, back to the hotel and I can finish by day off"
He looked at his watch
"I get off in 4 hours you wait till then"
"Honestly no I can't, you think you can get me someone from your staff you can go"
"Ah, yea nick can go with you"
"Alright then"
Brian turned to talk to nick
"Nick would you be so kind to help Bella out, taking her to the dealership in one of our cars"
"Sure no problem"
"Great then that's settled then, I'll go get the keys"
Brian went in the back and came out and gave nick the keys
"Take good care of the car"
"Yes sir"
"You ready nick"
He looked at me and smiled
"Yes ma'am I am"
I pointed at him
"I'm no ma'am I'm Bella"
He nodded his head at me
"Bella"
We walked out of the hotel and went to the garage and found the car not too far down.
"So what brings you to Mary old London?"
"Business"
"Oh! What do you do "
"I don't know yet"
"What do you mean?"
"It means I'm looking"
"What kind of work are you looking for?"
"Whatever I can get at this point"
He laughed
"I know what that's like; it took years before I got the job I have now. As I was growing up I always envisioned myself working at the hotel"
"What did you want to be as a kid?"
"Everything"
"But yet you said you always envisioned yourself at the hotel, that not everything that's just something"
"From the age of four till like the end of middle school I wanted to be everything. But then when I was in high school I thought it be cool to work at the hotel. I figured if I stay there long enough and did well I could move up to management. Then if I didn't like it I could either find another job or go to school for a career I would love to have"
"I can see how that would work out"
"What did you want to be?"
"Ballerina"
"Why aren't you one now?"
"Didn't have the money or time and I didn't like the stretching exercise or the spandex or the little Toto's"
He laughed
"If you didn't like that all that why did you want to be a ballerina? With everything you want to be or do you have to work for it. It's not like you can have a chip inserted into your head and pop there's your new career"
I laughed
"I was a kid I didn't know better. But even as I got older I still wanted to be a ballerina but I thought that since I was too old I couldn't try out. And I was right, I went to go to a school for it and they said I was too old. The best age to get started would be is when you're in early elementary school"
"Did you ever have a second thing you wanted to be?"
"An actress"
"Do I even want to know why you're not doing that now?"
"It was harder then they made it look like"
He shook his head and was quite for a while
"So do you have a boyfriend?"
I looked at him and arched my eyebrow
"Maybe, why you hitting on me"
"Maybe"
I laughed
"How old are you"
"Old enough"
I laughed harder
"Nice try nice but I'm not looking and even if I was you'd be too young for me"
"I'm 24 I know I look younger then I am but I know you can't be any older than me"
"Have you ever seen the shoe called NCIS?"
"Yes, I love that show"
"You know the girl who plays Abby"
"Yes, why"
"Guess how old she is"
"Early maybe mid 20's"
"Wrong, she's 40"
"No way"
He said it like a surfer dude from California
"So way dude"
"Dam that just crazy"
"Yea it is, but the fact still remains that you're too young and I'm just not interested, but thanks for asking"
He shrugged his shoulders
"Eh, at least I tried"
"And I give you props for that"
"I'm surprised you don't have anyone"
"How so?"
"Well your pretty cute, any man would be dumb not to want to date you"
I smiled
"now your just kissin ass"
"can I kiss yours"
"are you always this blunt with things"
"yep and I love to smoke them too"
He laughed
I coughed
"oh yea, your so not my type then"
"wait what, why not"
"I don't do pot smokers or druggies of any kind"
"Awww, to bad, you know it's not all that bad. People think it's a bad thing when it really isn't."
"Ok, this you have to explain to me"
"Well I mean I know a ton of people who smoke pot and there not affected by it at all."
"But it causes memory lose after awhile and you become real lazy and you lose your job and your life"
"Not really, about half my friends are at MIT right now and they been smoking since high school and there in there last year of college and they all have internships right now so there all set"
"Ok what about the lazy part"
"That is true, but I think pot affects people differently"
"How so?"
"Well some will lose their memory, some will stay the same and others might become a bit smarter because it will get the mine thinking on things"
"Yea, like the people getting probed by the aliens"
"I think you'd have to try it before you judge or listen to what others say about it"
"Personal experience is the only way someone could make a finale judgment of it, but I think I'll pass"
"Ok, that's cool"
We finally made it to the dealership
"You want to come in with me and help me out"
"I thought you knew what you were getting"
"I do, but there's no harm on having another option"
"Then sure"
We walked around and looked at all the cars
"So what were you looking to get"
"A truck"
"Ah"
"We should have brought another person with us"
He looked at me
"Why"
"That SUV looks good to, I may get that as well"
I looked be hide me and noticed that nick was a few feet from me
"What's wrong?"
"How rich are you?"
"What does that matter?"
"We never have people as rich as you stay at the hotel"
He walked back over to me and we went back to looking around
"Well I'm what you would call new money"
"Did some one pass away?"
"No"
"Did you win the lottery?"
"No"
"Will you tell me if I guess right?"
"No"
"Can I keep guessing?"
I laughed
"Why, all your going to hear is no"
"I have ways of knowing things"
"Yea, sure you do"
"You were engaged and the guy cheated and you demanded money"
"No"
"You saved it over time, knowing you didn't really love the guy"
"No"
"You saw a killing and the guys found out and you negotiated with them that you get a shit ton of money and you wouldn't go to the cops"
"No"
"You had a child and they guy had to pay child support"
"No"
"Unemployment"
"No, you giving up yet"
"I think so; I hit all the major points"
I laughed
"Hey you tried, but to brownie points"
"And you're good your facial feature or tone didn't change once"
"Maybe that because you didn't guess the right thing"
"Really?"
"Really"
He grinned
"I'm going to have fun with you then"
"Do I even want to know?"
"I'm going to figure it out one way or another"
"What is the big deal anyway, so I have money, who doesn't?"
"Um… maybe" he pointed his finger to him "me"
"Dude if it makes you feel better I have so much of it I have no idea what to do with it. I'd be gladly to give you some of it with no strings attached."
"Seriously, you'd do that"
"Yep, I'll transfer the money over to your bank account"
"Um…..I kind of don't have one"
"We'll set you up one"
"Dude, you are like the coolest chick I have ever met"
I laughed
"Ok so did you see a truck that looks good?"
"There all good, but that's just because I'm a dude"
"Well I like this one"
"Yea I was looking at that one two, what does the thing say about it"
"I'd get it , it has good mileage , sirus radio, on star basically everything you need in a truck"
"Does it have an iPod jack?"
He ran his finger over the glass
"Yep it does"
"Sweet"
I opened the door and looked inside to double check if this is the one I wanted
And it was, and the best part is that it's black, I love black
"Ok nick can you go find a dude to go and get us set up"
"Sure thing boss"
A few minutes later nick came back with the same guy I had the first time I bought a car
"Well hello again"
"Hello"
"You looking to buy this truck"
"Yes and that black SUV over there"
If he was surprised he sure didn't show it this time
"Ok, well let's go to my desk then"
"Sure"
We walked in and went over to his desk and we all sat down
"Now how will you be paying?"
"Like I did the first time"
He let his cover slip just a fraction because I could see his eyes get bigger just slightly
"Oh well ok then, Um let me go and get the keys then"
"Sure"
He got up and went to go get the keys
I turned to Nick
"Ok so what we're going to do is, I'll take the SUV you take the hotel car and we'll drive back to the hotel. I'll drop the SUV off then we'll come back and get the truck, ok?"
"Sure works for me"
The guy came back and gave me the keys and I gave him the money and I had to sign a few things and out I went to get in my new SUV.
I turned it on and it purred like a kitten
I looked at the gas and noticed that it was going to need some gas
"It's going to need some gas but I can wait till later"
"Ok"
He walked over to the car and got in and turned in on and off we went back to the hotel.
Once I had the SUV parked I hoped back into the car and back to the dealership we went.
"So why get two cars"
"One for road trips, another for hauling things around, and the last is just because I needed it and it was cute"
"So you have three?"
"Yep"
"So how long are you staying at the hotel?"
"For a few months"
"Cool"
"So you have any pets"
"Yep 4 cats, a snake, a rabbit, a ferret, a lizard, and some birds"
"Wow that's a zoo"
He laughed
"Yea it is but I love animals"
"Why don't you work at a zoo?"
"I suck at math"
"I'm ok with it"
"But if I new math I would so be there."
"I think I could help you"
"Yea but you need schooling to be able to get a job like that"
And then it clicked in my head it was weird but I thought it be a good idea
"I have an idea. It's like super weird but I'm willing to try it out"
It looked at me like I just spoke in a different language
"What's your idea?"
"I'll help you with everything and I mean everything, I'll pay for your schooling, I'll get you new car, new cloths new everything I'll even get you your own house"
I think Nick had stopped breathing
I waved my hand in front of his face
"Nick?"
"I think I'm in heaven"
I laughed
"I'm guessing you'll let me help you then"
"Sure"
"Ok, cool"
When we got to the dealership I told nick to go back to the hotel because I had a few things I had to do.
"Thanks for helping me today"
"No problem if you ever need me you know where to find me"
"That I do"
I closed the door and went over to me truck. There was enough gas to last me for a few days.
I pulled out my phone and called Nick my house builder
"Hello"
"Hi, it's Bella"
"Oh Bella, how are you"
"I'm good, hey you doing anything to day"
"Um…..I'm still working"
I smacked my forehead
"Is it still the same day"
He chuckled
"Im sorry IV been running around doing so many things I must have forgotten I came to see you today"
"It's ok, what did you have in mind on doing"
