Chapter 10

Bella

Thoughts

I'd never given much thought to how I would die. Not until I moved to Forks, that is. And not until I met Edward. I'd never given much thought to ending my relationship with him either. Not until now. He had hurt me more than anything I could possibly imagine. I saw him in a completely different way now. The last few years have been fantastic. Edward has been the best thing that had ever happened to me. But now I think of him as the worst thing that has ever happened to me. He is obviously not normal, besides the fact that he is a mythical creature. Edward is sick. For him to do this- for him to play with my life the way he has… I will never forgive him. He has betrayed me. None of what we had was real from his side. I was always Isabella Kennedy to him. Always my own great-grandmother. God, I felt sick. I wanted to throw up. I sat on my bed in the Volturi home and continued to ponder what to do with my life. Amongst all of this, suddenly Charlie popped into my head. He said he was going to Jacksonville to visit my mother. I completely forgot about that! Oh my goodness, something must've been wrong for her to call him. And I didn't bother to call her to find out what was wrong! What kind of daughter am I? Ugh, if only that pathetic boyfriend of mine allowed me to keep a cell phone on me. Never again will I allow him to control my life. I threw my pillow against the closet. There was a knock on my door and then the friendly face of Felix peaked in.

"Hello, Bella," he said. "May I come in? I brought you chocolate cake."

"Of course," I smiled.

Felix came to sit beside me.

"You've been crying," he said. "What's wrong?" He handed me the tray with the delicious looking piece of cake.

"Edward,"

"Oh. You miss him, don't you?"

"No! I hope I never see him again!"

"Bella! Why? I thought you were so in love with him."

"I was," I took a bite of the cake. It was so good! And these people don't even eat!

"What happened?" he adjusted his sitting position.

"He's a liar."

"What did he lie about?"

"Everything. Apparently when he was human he was in a relationship with my great-grandmother for three or four years. Can you believe it?"

"Woah,"

"So he orchestrated our whole relationship because he missed her!"

"Bella, I- I don't know what to say to you. That's just… messed up."

"You think?"

"So what are you going to do?"

"I have no clue. Firstly, I need to get a hold of my parents to find out what the hell they're up to and then I want to go back to my mother."

"Here," said Felix as he took his cell phone out of his pocket. "Call them,"

"Thanks," I said as I took the phone. "Don't I need to put in a code or something?"

"No need to," He smiled his sweet little smile. Swoon. Ahem.

I dialed Renee first.

"Helloo?" said Renee.

"Hey, mom,"

"Bella! Oh, it's Bella! Baby, how's college?"

"Mom, how are you? What's happening with dad?"

"Oh, honey me and your dad are in LA."

"What?"

"You really do need a cell phone, baby."
"Mom, what are you two doing there?"

"We're having the time of our lives, Bells!" Charlie's voice shouted in the background.

"And where's Phil?"

"Phil is gone."

"Gone?"

"Oh yes."

"What happened?"

"Baby, enough about me. How is college?"

"Mom, how long are you gonna be in LA for?"

"We have about a month or so to go, still. We still want to take that cruise."

"So, are you two…"

"Yes, yes we are."

"Wow. Mom."

"Honey, I have to go now. You enjoy college! Say hi to Edward for me! Bye-bye."

I handed Felix his phone. "My mom and dad are vacationing together in LA. That's not normal behavior."

"Why not?"

"They're divorced. No one does that."

"Maybe they found that spark again?"

"Maybe."

"Maybe you'll find it again with Edward?"

"Unlikely. Felix, she said they're gonna be in LA for at least another month."

"So you'll stay here until then?" His eyes lit up as he said this.

"I guess. Felix?"

"Yeah?"

"They want me to join them, don't they?"

"Yes."

"But what if I don't?"

"Well, if you don't," Felix paused dramatically. "they'll kill you."