"Hello Mary," the woman said.
Alice gasped. The woman knew her name!
"Who are you?" Alice demanded.
"You don't know who I am?" the woman asked.
"I have a feeling I should, but I don't," Alice shook her head.
"Mary, I'm your mother," the woman, Sarah, said.
"Why did you leave me here? In this place?" Alice demanded.
"You were seeing things that haven't happened yet. It was either here or you'd be burned at the stake for your visions. I couldn't watch you die," Sarah told her.
"No! You couldn't let me die. Instead you left me here! Where some vampire changed me! I wandered around, hopeless, until I found Jasper… Oh Jasper," Alice started to cry.
"Who's Jasper?" Sarah asked.
"My whole life. My entire reason for living, and now he's dead," Alice cried. "I have no reason to keep on living."
"Yes you do! You have to!" Sarah exclaimed.
Alice screamed and threw a table into the wall.
"How do you know how I feel?! How could you possibly understand what I'm feeling?!" she yelled.
Sarah sighed. She waited until Alice calmed down before she spoke again.
"You're right, I don't know how you feel," she said.
"What would have happened if someone else had come today?" Alice demanded.
"They would have been killed," Sarah shrugged.
"What am I doing here? I don't want to be here," Alice told her mother.
"You have no other choice," Sarah said.
"Let me ask you something," Alice said.
"Okay," Sarah nodded for her to go on.
"How are you still alive? I went to your grave," Alice told her.
"The hybrids turned me into one of them as I was dying. I don't know why they chose to save me, but I've been grateful to them ever since," Sarah replied.
An entire week had gone by and everyone noticed how frustrated Edward and Carlisle were getting.
"She should have been back by now," Edward said.
"They haven't killed her, have they?" Carlisle asked.
"No, she's still alive, but I don't understand what's happening," Edward stared at his reflection.
He was getting anxious because Bella had gone hunting with Emmett while Rosalie and Esme were in Seattle. Rosalie refused to be in the same room with Bella anymore.
"We need to fix this problem between Bella and Rose," Carlisle said.
"Rose in an essentially stubborn creature," Edward told Carlisle.
"Yes, I know. But we need to fix it. Bella can't continue hunting with you and Emmett all the time," Carlisle sighed.
"We'll try," Edward nodded.
Bella and Emmett came back before Rosalie and Esme. Bella looked a little flushed from the hunt.
"Bella, I have to say, you've changed hunting for me forever," Emmett laughed.
Bella smiled at Emmett and Edward felt a rush of jealousy. He had never been jealous of any of his family before, but because Bella smiled that way at Emmett, he didn't like it. Bella saw the look on Edward's face.
"Edward?" she asked.
"Let's talk," Edward said.
They went to the bedroom and Bella sat on the bed.
"I don't want you hunting with Emmett anymore," Edward said.
"Excuse me?" Bella asked.
"I don't want you to hunt with Emmett anymore," Edward carefully enunciated each word.
"Why not?" Bella demanded.
"Because I don't like the way you smiled at him just now," Edward told her.
Bella was lost for words. She had never seen Edward jealous of any of his siblings before. The last time she saw him this jealous was when Jacob was in the picture.
"So?" Edward demanded.
Bella glared at Edward.
"You are insufferable. No, I won't hunt with Emmett anymore. I'll hunt alone," she snapped.
"No, you won't. You'll hunt with me," Edward ordered.
"Whatever," Bella scoffed.
"You are so human," Edward snapped.
"Sometimes I'd rather still be human!" Bella yelled.
Edward opened his mouth to say something but the door opened.
"What's going on in here?" it was Emmett.
"Get out!" Edward growled angrily.
Emmett looked shocked but closed the door. Bella glared at Edward.
"Why would you do that?" she demanded.
"Because you flirt with him too much! You've been like this with him ever since the war. Are you doing this to get back at Rose?" Edward demanded.
"I'm not doing anything to her," Bella said.
"Bella, you know Rosalie hates you. I wish she didn't, but she does. You've been flirting with Emmett ever since she told you. How could you do this to me?" Edward looked heartbroken.
At that moment, Bella's face fell. She never noticed what she was doing was hurting Edward.
"You're my wife," Edward said softly.
"Oh Edward, I'm so sorry," Bella whispered.
"I don't want to hear it Bella," Edward shook his head and left the room.