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"No, NO! He can't be dead!" She protested, and seeing me in the doorway she spoke something incoherently and slipped the phone into her pocket.

"Hi Bella, how was your shower?" She asked, her voice concealing the terror I knew was there. I frowned and felt my heart stop as the words from her conversation sunk in. Swallowing the lump in my throat I stepped towards her and pulled her into a hug.

"Is Charlie really… is he really dead, Alice?" I asked and looked into her molten eyes, feeling the pang of fear in my chest. She burst into quiet tears and pulled me tighter before releasing me and nodding.

"He's gone. Edward said that we should come back to Forks so that you can see for yourself." She choked out. "They really killed him." She said shaking her head. "I don't believe it."

I cried quietly into Alice's shirt and thought about Charlie. The way he seemed so casual in his caring or the way he was so concerned about Edward and I. He held a piece of my heart, and now that he was gone, he hadn't bothered to give it back. He up and took it with him. He was so nice to everyone and had always wanted the best for me. How was I going to tell Renee what had happened? How would I be able to stand living without my Charlie?

I wiped the tears from my cheeks and walked towards the car with Alice after she told the boy we would be checking out early. As I walked I felt as if there were lead weights in my shoes and in my heart. Hanging my head I leaned on Alice for support and slid into the front seat of her car.

We drove back in silence, dread and sadness hanging heavily in the air, making my throat tighten. I could feel Alice's pain too and it reached out and grasped my heart. When her phone rang we both jumped and she pulled it out of her pocket and handed it to me.

"Answer it please?" I nodded and flipped it open.

"Hello, Edward?"

"Sweetheart, how are you holding up?" He asked in a soft, comforting voice.

"I'm… okay… I don't know." I replied, the words getting mangled in my mind before they even came from my lips.

"Okay. It's okay. We'll make it through this together. I'll be here for you, darling Bella." He cooed. I could hear someone talking in the background and after a moment I could hear Edward's voice again.

"Sweetie? Tell Alice that she needs to get back here now. We don't have much time and Jasper thinks that there's someone coming."

I began to ask what we needed time for, but Edward hung up. I turned to Alice slowly and spoke.

"Edward says that there's no time and someone is coming. He told me to say that you need to hurry." She nodded shortly and pressed her foot down harder on the gas. Within minutes we were parked oddly in front of the house that was lived in by nightmare man.

She ran around the front of the car and opened the door for me and tugged me out by my arm. Running quickly she made her way to the back of the house and threw open a larg oak door.

"Edward, Jasper!" She called and two shadows emerged from the dark, approaching us quickly. By their stance and walk I suddenly realized that neither of them were Edward, and neither of them were Jasper. The one on the left spoke first, in a deep menacing voice.

"Close, but no. I am not Edward, nor am I Jasper."

I let out a cry and Alice shouted.

"No! Get away! You can't have Bella!" She yelled, shoving the first figure and lunging towards the second one.

I screamed for Edward and dodged the man when he tried to grab me by my hair. As I fell I noticed something heaped on the ground. Charlie. I screamed and edged closer to the body, pressing my fingers to his neck. No pulse. I put my hand above his mouth. No breath.

No nothing. I cried, and Alice let out and defeated noise when she saw what I was crying about.

Charlie really was dead.

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