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A/N: Short chapters. Anyone who is offended by the contents should stop reading. Adult themes, no minors. No beta also. Responsibility about mistakes, mine.
Chapter Eleven: Habits of another man.
It is 8.30, the sun is up and a soft wind makes me zip my jacket all the way up my neck. It is a good day to be outside.
Billy is seating close to me but I can only see his back. I turn on my side ready to throw my bet. It is just what is left from yesterday's dinner. Tuna sandwich and a spinach salad. My health needed an update lately and I decided to start with food.
Jake had visited me two days ago with a basket full with vegetables. He just said that the "Cullen guest" had left him more than they could eat. I think I can become addicted to them. I don't know how the hell she learned to make such a good garden but it was a very pleasant surprise. The truth is, her presence in Forks is a major surprise. I say major cause I have lived here my whole life. I can count in my fingers the unexpected things that had put the locals in questioning for as long as I can remember.
The first twenty years all I can bring back is the disappearance of a Quileute boy, a strong earthquake, the attack of a bear, when Tony Man, son of the Mayor, became Antonia Man, son of his mother. Then the wife of the now Chief of Police left him after a year of marriage and rumors still say she was cheating on him. Then it was the Cullens who came from Alaska and the great tragedy that teared the family apart a few years ago. The return of Edward Cullen was the latest big thing in the small town.
I feel my bet moving and it is time to defend my reputation. I need more fish. I intend to give that basket back, but not empty. The word reputation is flashing in my head like a police sirene. I wonder, if Jake knew the past of that woman, would he touch the vegetables? Would he accept that job? I had all her criminal record locked in my office as the only one informed officially about her case. I had delivered a whole box with the stamp "CONFIDENTIAL" on every document in there. My long friendship with Carlisle Cullen and our mutual respect left me no choice. I had to be silent about her. After all, Forks is a town with insignificant dramas. A woman who was responsible for the death of a person staying under the Cullen's roof would just make Edward's return difficult. He had promised me he would explain in time. I am a man with great patience.
"Hey chief, I think we have enough." I just nod and start packing but my mind is still on that girl. I only visited her once but I could swear I knew her from somewhere. I had many scenarios about her relation with the young Cullen boy but what was keeping coming back to me was the phrase "second chance" and what my mother Marie was always saying:
"Keep your heart, your mind, and your door open. Cause the stranger knocking could be a lost sheep and not a bad wolf. He could also be family."
I always expected Renee back. If we had a daughter, she could have the same age with that girl...
A/N: Thank you. If you are reading this note you have read every chapter so far. I am sure you have things to say, theories, confusion, bad or good moments. Please share them with me, review...
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