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Chapter Nine
Trouble

Edward remained silent. He had never been terrified of Bella but this situation was different. It involved their daughter and he knew all too well how mothers acted towards their young.

"Hello?" Bella snapped. It was obvious she was becoming irritated. Alice urged Edward to say something. She eventually left, believing that Edward was just going to let Bella hang up. A sigh of frustration came from Bella's end. "Okay. I'm hanging up."

"No!" Edward exclaimed. "I'm sorry, Bella."

"Edward? You just called yesterday. You don't have to call everyday for a report." There was amusement in Bella's voice. Edward sighed. I better get it over with, Edward thought to himself. Bella's voice rang through his ears and brought him back to reality. "What?" Edward asked.

"Are you alright?"

"I don't know how to tell you this, Bella."

"What's wrong?" Panic was already in Bella's voice. "Is Hope alright? What about Cassie and Ryan? Edward! Please say something." Edward walked into his bedroom and took a seat on the sofa.

"Bella, calm down," Edward told her. "I can't talk if you won't let me."

There was silence.

Edward assumed that Bella was probably blushing or staring at the phone with her mouth wide open. "Alice had a vision," Edward said. "It's not a good one either, Bella." Gasping for air could be heard on the other end of line. "Bella?" shouted Edward. He didn't know if she was crying, hyperventilating or if Vitani had gotten hold of her. It scared Edward. It scared him more than anything.

"Tell me," Bella urged. Now it was obvious to Edward. Bella was crying. "What did Alice see?"

"Now you know she could be wrong," Edward said before he began.

"Edward, just tell me."

"Well," Edward hesitated. "Vitani and Julian got away from us fifteen years ago. We managed to destroy the rest of them though. But that's not what Alice saw. She said that they know about Hope, Bella." A gasp came from Bella. Edward wished that he was with Bella right now. It would've been so much better to tell her face to face rather than over the phone.

"How could you let that happen? How could you let them get away?"

"You shouldn't just be mad at me! The pack was there! They were fighting with us!"

"You promised you'd get rid of them!"

"Will you just let me finish?!"

"Edward –"

"Bella, Alice saw Hope's death. They plan on turning her into a vampire, tearing her body to shreds and then burning her."

"The only way to kill a vampire…"

"You remembered."

"Wouldn't it be easier to just kill her now?"

"She's a dhampir. It's nearly impossible. Hope's death isn't all she saw, Bella."

"What?" Bella asked. Her voice was cracking and then sobbing was heard.

Edward ran a shaking hand through his hair. It hurt him to hear Bella upset. It always did and he always found himself wanting to hug her when she was crying. "She saw Jacob and Seth's fate."

"That's impossible!"

"I know, Bella. She never could see the werewolves before."

"Maybe it's because Hope is so close with the whole pack? She spends more time down at La Push then with her own grandfather," Bella told Edward. "She loves La Push as much as I did."

"You were close with the mutts, Bella," Edward reminded Bella. "Alice never once saw them with you."

"So?" snapped Bella. "A lot was going on back then, Edward. One minute Jacob was my friend, the next minute he hated me and eventually he was in love with me. Maybe it has to do with the fact that Jacob is her godfather? Or that they would never turn their backs on her like they did me. I don't know but I think that has something to do with it."

"You may be right," Edward told Bella. "I'll be sure to talk to Carlisle tonight."

"Did Alice say when this was supposed to all take place?"

Edward sighed. He racked his mind for information. "A week from now," Edward told Bella.

"Carly and I will be there in two days."

"No, Bella! You two are human. You two will be more delicious to them than Hope!"

"She is my daughter!"

"No, Bella. She is our daughter. If I die she needs someone to look after her. You've been doing a great job and I don't want our daughter to end up being an orphan."

"Jacob or Angela will do a good job taking care of her."

Edward groaned in frustration. He was beginning to hate where this conversation was heading. He was about to say something when hissing, growling and crashes sounded from downstairs. "Bella," Edward whispered. "I got to go."

"Edward! What was that?"

"I'll try to call later. Remember that I love you."

The line went dead.

Bella stared in belief at the cordless phone. She knew whatever or whoever the crashes were she didn't like it. Bella ran to her room and shoved clothes into a duffel bag. She had to get to Los Angeles. She didn't know if she'd tell Carly yet.

Carly would definitely think of her as crazy. She was a psychiatrist. "That's enough grounds for being put into the psych ward," Bella said out loud to herself. Bella zipped up her duffel bag and grabbed the photo album off of her bed. She had been meaning to give it to Edward. He needed to catch up on his daughter's life.

Starr, Bella and Hope's black cat, jumped up onto Bella's bed. She brushed up against Bella's arm and duffel bag. "I'll be back with Hope soon," Bella told the feline. Starr meowed before curling up on Bella's pillow and falling asleep. Bella made herself a mental note to call Carly once she arrived at the airport. She would have Carly meet her some place safe. Knowing Esme and Carlisle, they had also bought Hope plane tickets somewhere for her birthday. They would go there until it was all over.