Sorry. But this chapter goes back and gives Edwards perceptive after the phone call. I figured that Jakes disappearance had to have some effect on Edward and the rest of the Cullens.
Edward's POV
Ever since that phone call last week ago, Bella has been searching/hunting Jake down. She went from Northern Canada to New Mexico yesterday and came back this morning looking disappointed, confused and worried. She's been very testy lately; she practically bit Jaspers head off when he said good morning today. I was going to ask Alice what she thought but she's still so devastated and fragile. It's very surprising at how fast things changed since Rene…Rene...her death. It seems to have happened ages ago but the quietness is constant reminder of her...of her…accident. Nobody's been the same. Both Emmett and Jasper have been noticeably cautious. Carlisle stays in books looking for information on destrome. Esme is amazingly stable since finding the destrome in Jake's pocket, it's almost like she was back to normal if she wasn't so overly working.
It seems like since the discovery of Jakes' "secret", the gloom of Nessies' death has been replaced with wariness and anxiousness over Jakes state of mind. Everyone's on the lookout for Jake, though they try to hide it, mostly for Leah's benefit. Her heart finally unfroze the day Jakes' "secret" was uncovered. She has been on edge for awhile now; it was no secret that she and Jake were close. They were like brother and sister, now she spontaneously bursts into tears and seems to be getting thinner and thinner every day. Esme had tried to comfort her but ultimately failed. Leah's' tears not only got Esme and my attention but the whole family along with the 13 werewolves (two of the newer wolves were somehow able to stop the transformation.) Everyone tiptoes around anything to do with Jake when within 10 miles of Leah. Seth has been a completely different story. He's not depressed but not the cheery, naïve, open-minded kid he was once either. He's too alert, too anxious, too hyper, and too restless that he hadn't slept in so long Jasper found his unconscious body on his patrol route last night in the woods. Jasper brought him home to finally get some rest. It took about all five of us to get him to go back to sleep. Rose doesn't seem to be the same either. She seems to have devoted her time to comfort Leah. She spent weeks trying to force food and fun down her throat. They left yesterday to go on a road trip to the beach with Alice.
RingRingRingRing. "Hello" Click. I wonder who that was. She seemed startled by my voice.