Bella hated hospitals. It took all the courage she could muster to walk through the doors of Boulder General. Plus she had no idea how to find her sister, since she figured she probably wasn't going by Grace Swan or she would have been a heck of a lot easier to find. She had been hoping Alice would have seen more to provide her with some answers, but after that one vision she disappeared again. She'd barely gotten to the admissions desk however when a nurse accosted her.

"Miss Black, What are you doing out of bed?"

'Black?' Bella found herself having to quickly recover from that bomb.

"Um, no I'm Miss Black's twin. I'm here to visit her, how is she?

"O she's fine, she did very well, probably would have been a comfort for her if you'd been here a little earlier, but oh well, you're here now. Ah and here's her room. Congratulations"

Bella found herself more than confused as she entered the hospital room, but relief washed away her questions when she saw her twin sitting up in bed eating applesauce, looking healthy, if a little tired. Grace looked up at the sound of her sister's entrance.

"Bella? How'd you find me?"

"Alice, she's been watching for you in her visions ever since you left and we finally caught a break. Where have you been? Why are you in the hospital?"

As if in response to her question a cry emitted from the plastic hospital basinet situated next to Grace's bed, which Bella had failed to notice before. Grace reached down and picked up an infant who had russet skin, brown eyes, and black hair.

"Bella I want you to meet William Charles Black, your nephew."

"You had a baby, Jacob's baby?!"

"Yes."

"Is this why you left?"

"Yes."

"You're going to have to give me some better answers than that."

"After Jacob scared me that day in the shower, it was like I was couldn't calm down, I couldn't escape the fear."

"A few days later when I'd missed my period for the second month in a row, I couldn't put it off any longer. So when Jake had to patrol, I managed to shake off Quil when he fell asleep on watch in front of the house. When the doctor told me I was pregnant, I freaked. I was already 3 months along and I got to hear his heartbeat. All I could thin about were the dangers, Victoria is so brutal, she was coming after you, and everyone seemed so worried about what would happen if she found out about me, what could she do to Will? Plus I know how hard it is for Jake being a wolf and I didn't want that for my child, so I left. I came to Boulder because it reminded me of Forks. I told people my name was Grace Black. I got job teaching ballet to preschoolers at a little studio, and kept my head down."

"Grace, Victoria's dead. They got her just a few weeks after you left. You should know Billy's dead too. He had a stroke and passed in his sleep."

"My Jacob..."

"I can't keep this from him, I won't. He's been searching everywhere for you. You need to come home and face him. William is his son too."

"I know you're right, I love him I do. you have to understand I was only trying to protect my son, I never meant to hurt anyone."

"You may not have meant to, but you do. Jake's wounds are deep, and it won't be easy to mend them."

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