Chapter 11: Critical Condition

Bella's POV

I was alone for the evening. Carlisle was working the night shift at the hospital. Rosalie and Alice had gone shopping. Meanwhile my husband, Jasper, and Emmett had all gone hunting. Esme was here so I guess I wasn't exactly alone.

All I really wanted was to be with my daughter. My little nudger. After all these years I was so happy to find her safe and alive. If I ever found Jacob though I would kill him for what he did. I trusted him with my baby and he abandoned her! If I had any blood it would be boiling right now.

Jacob didn't matter right now though. Nessie did. No matter what she's done or what choices she's made I will always love her. Am I disappointed in what she's done? Yes. I'm heartbroken and worried about her habits.

Edward wants to yell at her so badly. Several times I've had to stop him from going to Nessie's house and screaming his lungs out at her. I've never seen him so angry and upset over anything before. I didn't know how I managed to keep on convincing him to calm down but it was getting tiresome.

All I wanted was to talk to Nessie. To hold her. To hug her. To be near my baby again after so many years of searching for her.

I sighed. The truth of the matter was that Nessie didn't want to speak to me or anyone right now for that matter. She was embarrassed by what that girl had said about her and she was afraid of how we would all react.

I walked to the living room and absentmindedly grabbed the remote and turned on the tv. The first thing I saw was Fatal Car Accident on NYC Highway.

"Oh my goodness how horrible!" Esme gasped as she walked into the living room. "Those poor people"

I just continued to watch the news report. The cameraman from the helicopter showed six cars. The crash looked horrible. One car completely flipped over, another one was on its side. The others had gotten smashed pretty good as well.

"Here's what we know at this time. That at approximately 6:30 this evening one of the vehicles suddenly swerved into the next and crashed into another vehicle heading in the same direction-"

"What's going on?" I had been so absorbed in the news report that I hadn't even noticed my husband's return.

"Car accident" Esme answered.

"It's horrible. Just horrible" I added. I was starting to get a sinking feeling in my stomach and I didn't like it one bit.

"The collision caused an unfortunate chain reaction. We do know that at least four people and a German Shepherd dog have succumbed to their injuries. Seven people remain in critical condition.

Witnesses say a girl about 12 or 13 years old appeared to be standing in the middle of the freeway which is what caused the Toyota to swerve. However those reports are unconfirmed at this time"

Poor people. Poor families.

"Okay maybe we shouldn't watch this anymore" Edward said as he grabbed the remote and turned it off. "There is something I have to tell you Bella"

"Okay"

"Jacob is here. We saw him in wolf form for about two seconds before he took off"

"He-" I was about to yell when my cellphone started ringing.

"That's weird" I said as soon as I saw who it was.

"Who is it?" Edward asked.

"It's Carlisle. He hardly ever calls me so it's weird"

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