"Esme," Rosalie came in with an excited smile. "Good to finally be home."
"Nice to see you too," Esme smiled awkwardly. "How was your weekend?"
"Interesting," Emmett answered.
"That would be a word to described it." Rosalie answered. "Rochester is sure filled with interesting people these days."
"Oh, so you met new people?" Carlisle asked.
"Met would not be the word I would choose." Rosalie answered. "Emmett, sure did meet new people."
"Oh," Esme's eyes wrinkled as Bella came in with a bunch of Chicago broaches, followed by Edward who was talking on the phone.
"Hey," they both smiled as Edward hung up. "How as the trip."
"Rosalie was telling us how Emmet made new friends." Esme answered.
"Oh, what were they like?" Bella asked.
"Well," Emmett started. "Friends won't be the optimal world, we really became family. I can tell you one thing they weren't very lively."
"Well, they were in kind of a dead end situation," Rosalie backed up. "Where's Jasper and Alice, this has been an interesting weekend."
"They are planning a trip to Huston." Bella answered. "I can call them if you want."
"Sure," Rosalie smiled. "This is something you should all here."
"Do you mind explaining the weird phone calls?" Edward asked looking at Emmett.
"Oh, I'll get to that," Emmett answered.
"We have an interesting story to tell." Rosalie explained as Jasper and Alice came back in.
"About what?" Alice asked.
"You got to be kidding me." Edward's eyes grew as he read Emmett's mind.
"I think we should just tell them." Emmett looked towards Rosalie.
"Well," Rosalie paused. "This weekend we found out that my mother is a ghost." Rosalie and Emmett than looked up to see six dropped faces. "And my best friend, Vera, is still alive. Her husband is another ghost." Rosalie went on as they all stared at her as their faces stared at them as if they were hunting in evening gowns.
"Why don't we explain it to you from the beginning." Emmett started.
"Please do," Alice said as they went to the living room to sit down.
"Well when we first got there, did I mention the inn we were staying out was my old house." Rosalie started.
"No," Carlisle answered. "But go on."
"Carlisle took me to his old house once in London." Esme remembered. "Remember that nice tour guide, who was all dressed up."
"Honey, there was no tour guide." Carlisle gave her a strange look.
"Yes there was," Esme answered. "He knew a lot about the place, and he kept smiling and saying he viewed us as family. You were completely obvious to him."
"I swear there was no tour guide." Carlisle corrected her.
"Yes, there was he kept going on about how proud he was of his son, he was a talker." Esme remembered.
"Anyway," Rosalie interrupted. "When we got there that was when strange things started happening, I went to check in while Emmett went out to the car."
""That was when I notice a woman from the window staring at me." Emmett took a deep breath.
"You saw her in the window?" Rosalie asked.
"Yes," Emmett answered. "But I thought she was just another person."
"That you could see through." Rosalie asked.
"I should of thought about that," Emmett realized as they moved on.
"Anyway, I got inside, and I notice the desk lady looked a lot like my friend Vera, and it turned out the Carpenter family inherited my old home." Rosalie smiled as they all stared at her.
"Are you sure?" Esme asked.
"Yes, I'm pretty sure I ran into my old friend and she sort of told me about it." Rosalie smiled.
"My gosh that woman has to be," Edward started.
"Turning ninety-five next month." Rosalie smiled as she pulled out a scrap book. "Anyway, when we got inside, I notice my old furniture was displayed so we took pictures."
"What's that white spot with the picture of you on the couch?" Alice asked.
"That would be her mother," Emmett answered. "I felt her pushing me when I sat down."
"Oh, I can kind of see a figure there," Bella said casually.
"It was cold too." Emmett explained. "I think she was trying to get my attention."
"Is this the only clue that your mother is a…" Esme started.
"No," Rosalie and Emmett both answered at the same time, Emmett with a little more empathize.
"Is that old woman?" Edward started looking at the pictures.
"Yes," Rosalie answered. "And the white spot next her is Frank, you remember him, right."
"Yes," Edward nodded.
"Well as we were checking in, I heard this woman screaming, but I couldn't smell her blood. I think she was trying to see if I could hear her." Emmett explained.
"That was when a strange man came up and asked if he could take up our bags." Rosalie went on.
"Are you sure it wasn't a bell boy?" Alice asked.
"Yes, we are pretty sure." Rosalie nodded.
"We'll get to that later," Emmett said. "The real action happened upstairs."
"We know, that's why they call it a romantic get away." Jasper pointed out.
"No, its not that." Emmett let out a little chuckle. "We got a little information."
"This bell boy explained to me my brothers both died as war veterans, and my father died alone." Rosalie explained. "What happened to my mother became a little more self explanatory as the weekend progressed."
"More like as soon as we came up stairs I felt a cold breeze as I heard running heels down the hallway and a voice asking me where is she, a very frantic voice." Emmett said remembering. "But she was silence as soon as Rosalie opened the door."
"I didn't hear anything," Rosalie said giving Emmett a strange look.
"She decided to play around with me for some reason," Emmett shrugged. "Anyway, as soon as we got there Rosalie realized she left her makeup bag in the car, and as soon as she left I heard heals running again, through the hallway. Than she was calling my name, at first I thought it was the old elk, than Rosalie came back and our bags were unpacked, but I don't remember unpacking them."
"She must have been expecting you to stay." Esme said shrugging. "When are you going to get to the part with the weird phone calls."
"Oh, that was after I met Vera," Rosalie explained looking at Esme. "You see, while Emmett was taking a shower I went downstairs to get some broaches and I notice this old blind woman kept staring at me. She kept whispering to herself "I know that voice, I know her. I came over to see what her problem was but her granddaughter kept telling her she doesn't know me. Than she told me about the paranormals that were happening around the place, let me just say this, my mother has kept herself occupied despite being a ghost."
"Good for her," Alice said unsure of what to say.
"It wasn't in till she mentioned her best friend once lived in my room that I recognized her." Rosalie explained. "I sat at her table despite her granddaughter's rejection. She asked me if I knew what happened to the Hales."
"And of course you said yes." Bella said having an understanding on what's going on.
"I told her I knew about Rosalie Hale," Rosalie smiled. "But I found our part in the hometown ledged was a small part. She asked me if I knew what happened to Lillian Hale?"
"What did you say?" Carlisle asked.
"I asked her what does she mean about Lillian Hale," Rosalie explained. "Than her granddaughter came up to me saying I don't want to hear about that murder."
"Murder?" Carlisle, Esme, and Edward said shocked.
"Yes, it was like that." Rosalie said as everyone froze.
"That woman felt guilty for interrupting a conversion, what made them think she murdered." Esme asked curiously.
"She was also very proper," Carlisle said as Emmett let out a laugh.
"You got to be kidding me." Emmett burst out saying. "I think she called Edward."
"She did?" Edward asked. "I do remember hearing a static message from you, I was going to ask what was that about."
"That was her." Emmett explained. "She wanted you to call me back."
"Did Vera tell you why her mother was accused of murder?" Esme asked.
"Part of it," Rosalie answered. "She told me about calling Carlisle."
"I remember that, I got off work early because of it." Carlisle remembered. "Esme, didn't you go and babysit."
"Yes, and I made Edward come to help them." Esme looked towards Edward.
"Yes, and it was a good thing I did, they were about to convict Frank Carpenter for your murder." Edward pointed out to them. "First thing they thought when we saw them."
"Wait, they don't think your mother…"Carlisle was speechless with the words. "Had something to do with it do they?"
"Well, sort of but it wasn't with me directly." Rosalie explained. "This will come up later."
"When was the first sighting?" Alice finally asked. "I did sort of notice you weren't showing up in my visions."
"While Rosalie was down stairs talking to Vera, I was in the shower." Emmett explained. "I think I was brushing my teeth when I felt a cold hand on me, and I mean a very cold hand, so cold our skin would seem like a slight chill."
"Was it really that cold?" Bella asked.
"Yes," Rosalie and Emmett answered at the same time.
"She was very cold, even her breath was cold." Rosalie answered. "We came to the conclusion ghost are colder than vampires."
"They are quicker too," Emmett went on. "I was getting dress for the ball room and I heard this loud cry coming from the closet. I went to check it out, and nothing was there, I then felt a painful cold and turned to see her standing there staring at me, I remember finding it strange I couldn't smell her."
"What did you say?" Jasper asked.
"At first I thought it was an intruder and I was going to kick her out. Then my hand went right through her body." Emmett said as everyone stared at them waiting to here what was next. "That was when I notice something was strange, she found it rather amusing than told me to look in the mirror."
"Than what happened?" Alice asked.
"I looked at the mirror and only saw my own reflection, she didn't have a reflection." Emmett explained. "I was scared at of my mined, she found it amusing. I wanted to leave right then and there, but she stopped me and got very angry. Ghost don't look pretty when they are angry, I can tell you that. I got more scared as she blocked the door. That was when she reveled who she was, and warned me to stop something."
"What was it?" Bella asked.
"I didn't know till later, Rosalie came back in before she said anything more." Emmett explained.
"That was why you were acting so strange." Rosalie committed. "Is that also why you left in such a hurry?"
"I thought I needed some fresh air after that." Emmett said as he let out a shrug.
"What happened next?" Esme asked.
"Well, I called you and we had our little phone conversion," Rosalie looked towards Esme. "I had to confirm Vera's story, and I wanted to know why my mother was being accused of murder."
"You were scared they thought she murdered you?" Esme asked as Rosalie nodded. "But I thought it was really strange the phone signal went out. Than strangely after that, the younger Vera came to my door. I asked her about Lillian Hale, and she said something to me that made sense."
"What did she say?" Edward asked.
"She said 'She thought she had the right reasons, taking justice into her own hands by the murders.', that should of made a click at the word 'murders.'" Rosalie answered sadly. "But it didn't make sense till later."
"Emmett, what was with your strange call?" Alice asked. "Where you trying to figure out Lillian's warning?"
"Pretty much." Emmett answered. "But she cut me off before I could tell you, you see ghost tend of cutting off signals when they touch your cell phones."
"Oh, that must have been it." Esme said quietly as Emmett continued.
"She got a little upset with me for questioning her existence." Emmett explained. "So she basically gave me proof she was Rosalie's mother, she was trying to explained why she was appearing to me and not Rosalie."
"Was that what you were doing when I called?" Edward asked.
"Was it about the note?" Rosalie asked.
"What note?" Carlisle and Esme said at the same time.
"The note my father found on his desk when he returned to work," Rosalie explained. "It was a ransom note."
"How did you find out about this?" Carlisle asked.
"An old friend showed me." Rosalie answered.
"But they thought you were dead?" Edward questioned.
"And lets just say, shortly after they 'killed' me they realized I had people who were never going to give up in till they figured out what happened." Rosalie answered. "I saw the note, it was written with an expensive type writer and it asked for six million dollars."
"Rosalie, your parents were rich but…" Edward paused.
"Not that rich," Rosalie finished for him. "Very cleverly thought through, it was meant to get them out of Rochester, it even threaten my brothers hoping my parents would choose their lives over saving mine."
"What did they do?" Bella asked, she like everyone else was clearly into this story.
"They gave it to the detectives of course," Rosalie answered. "But they didn't help apparently they said it wasn't enough evidence and the only thing they could do was wait around for another note."
"Did they?" Alice asked.
"No," Emmett and Edward said at the same time.
"Is that what that phone call was about?" Edward asked. "When you asked me about running into Lillian Hale at the train station?"
"Well, she kind of forced me to ask you." Emmett explained. "You see, Edward, when you called me she was sitting right next to me."
"Did she tell you to ask?" Edward asked coming to the conclusion that this story might be true.
"What did she tell you to ask him?" Rosalie looked over.
"Your mother was in the train station the day she took your first victim." Emmett explained.
"Oh, she wasn't?" Rosalie asked.
"She didn't know yet," Edward explained. "She was sending your two brothers out of the state."
"But she was seen at the scene of the crime?" Rosalie asked.
"Yes," Emmett answered. "That was the point she tried to make, she discovered what happened the next day."
"She did?" Carlisle asked. "I saw her come into the hospital twice, and she didn't say anything to me. She did asked me about certain medicines, and she was asking this other doctor about drugs that were safe and not safe. She wanted to know what overdoes were painful."
"Well after what happend." Emmett went on. "After I hung up the phone she told me the next day the King's maid came to their house, apparently Kings had a maid with pretty good ears and knew how to use them."
"Celia?" Rosalie asked. "I remember her, she had that daughter Emma, she wasn't as beautiful as me but she did have pretty good looks."
"Which made her snoop even more," Emmett went on. "She discovered the note before he put it on Alexander's desk, and she over heard Mr. King making a deal with the detectives to close your case. That was when Celia decided to clean the bedrooms extra good and swiped King's journal."
"That's how mother figured it out," Rosalie said as everyone gave Emmett a stunned look. "Good job, Celia."
"What happened next?" Carlisle asked curiously.
"She disappeared and I went to meet Rosalie." Emmett answered.
"That's when I ran into my old friend Vera, again." Rosalie smiled. "She gave me this, I left it out her house last time I was there."
"It's very pretty," Alice committed. "Is that when you went dancing?"
"Yes, I got another question." Jasper started. "How did you get that trophy?"
"Oh, there was a contest at the ball room," Emmett smiled. "And we sort of were forced to participate."
"How we were forced to participate?" Carlisle asked confused.
"Well, they sat us next to this Bachelorette party, and these girls were so loud it was hard for us to hear each other." Rosalie pointed out.
"They annoyed us so bad we had to move," Emmett said again.
"So we contacted the manager, who happened to be Vera's daughter." Rosalie smiled. "And she moved us to a different table, and the bride, Kayla was snotty about it as we left."
"Why did you care so much about her opinion?" Bella asked.
"We didn't at first." Rosalie informed them. "We just wanted to be able to talk to each other at a human level."
"But we did have a good conversion with Phyllis." Emmett went on.
"For a human in her sixties she sure lives her life to the fullest." Rosalie committed. "We found out our inn didn't have a bell boy."
"Than who was the guy who showed you the note?" Edward asked.
"She didn't know about that either." Rosalie answered. "We really wished you could read her mind, because it was very hard to get information out of her when she was solver."
"But she did warn me when you left," Emmett pointed out. "She said there was a male spirit in the house."
"Oh, I was in the ladies room for that one," Rosalie shrugged.
"Tell them what happened while you were there?" Emmett smiled.
"Well, while I was powdering up, I happened to run into Kayla and sort of told me we wouldn't be able to handle it, and we didn't belong there." Rosalie answered.
"What made her say that?" Esme asked.
"I think it was jealously, she kept repeating to her friends over and over again that I wasn't pretty, and she is still the most beautiful one in the room." Rosalie answered rolling her eyes. "She was fun to beat."
"Sounded like she needed it." Carlisle answered.
"She did," Emmett agreed.
"Anyway, we did happened to get more info out of Phyllis during the break before finals." Rosalie explained. "Lets just say her conditions made things rather easy, and I found out my mother confronted King at the bank and threaten to kill him and his friends."
"So that was it?" Edward asked. "She was accused of, did they…"
"No," Rosalie answered. "She managed to escape from prison, I felt terribly guilty after that."
"What did she say to you when you got home?" Alice asked Emmett.
" She didn't say anything about that, but she sort of ordered me to do something." Emmett answered. "When Rosalie and I came back, we were up in our room and out of no where she appears and tells me I need to stop something."
"I couldn't see her," Rosalie pointed out. "It was so strange out of no where Emmett dropped everything and started talking to air, than he got dressed and ran out of the room. I thought he gone mad."
"What did you do?" Alice asked as everyone looked at Rosalie.
"I got dressed and went out into the halls, that was were I ran into the bell boy again. He told me he knew were Emmett was, and than addressed me by name." Rosalie said as she felt a slight chill from remembering. "I never told him my first name, so I had to ask how did he know my name, he didn't tell me how, but led me to the office were I saw Emmett with a pile of papers on the floor."
"What were you doing?" Carlisle asked looking at Emmett.
"Apparently even those the police closed the case on Rosalie, Alexander kept it open and hid his evidence he used to try and find Rosalie." Emmett explained. "Lillian showed me were it was, and gave me a map to save this girl."
"That was when I walked in, with the bell boy." Rosalie explained. "Then the man said Emmett should just tell me, that was when I recognized him as Frank Carpenter."
"Why was he?" Esme asked.
"He destroyed the journal Celia stole, it was the only evidence that could convict King for my 'murder'. He was trying to get rid of my mother, instead it made him stay behind." Rosalie explained.
"He wasn't near as scary," Emmett committed. "After his confession, I told Rosalie what happened."
"And to be honest, I didn't believe Emmett," Rosalie confessed. "Because why would she appear to him and not me."
"But I didn't have time to convince her it was true, I quickly took the directions Lillian gave me and we raced off to find Kayla, surrounded by a group of men with a knife at her throat.
"What did you do?" Jasper asked imagining the emotions that was emulating from them.
"Emmett tried to keep it calm," Rosalie answered.
"I didn't want to spill her blood." Emmett backed up.
"I just went full force at them," Rosalie explained. "Emmett had to stop me from reveling myself."
"They acted like it was amusing, but they were obviously scared because they let her go." Emmett said. "He than pulled out a gun."
"And threaten to kill us," Rosalie let out a sigh. "We would of killed him but something else got in the way, because out of no where he froze in pure pain."
"And he was in pain, this thing seemed to be grabbing him and making him fight for every breath in till he dropped the gun." Emmett went on as the entire family tuned in.
"That was when I saw her," Rosalie remembered. "It was a shocking sight, just imagine my mother who never even raised her voice was there choking a man with her cold fingers."
"It was rather brilliant." Emmett smiled. "I took Kayla to the police station and left Rosalie alone with her."
"What did she tell you?" Esme asked curiously.
"How she died." Rosalie answered. "She escaped from the prison safely, than came out to the escape car my father provided for, when she made it the driver was dead. He was killed by Eunice King."
"Eunice," Edward asked remembering. "You mean miss prime and proper killed your mother?"
"Revenge," Rosalie said, since it was the only explanation. "She tried to kill her with a crowbar and ran through the woods?"
"When was this?" Carlisle asked.
"January, 1934." Rosalie answered.
"Wait, did your mother had short blond hair?" Alice asked.
"Yes," Rosalie answered.
"With dark blue eyes?" Alice asked again.
"Yes," Rosalie answered. "She said she saw another figure with white skin that caught her attention and Eunice was able to strike her, but the figure left."
"Before she was tempted by her blood." Alice answered. "I remember seeing a woman killed near Rochester, I was looking for Jasper than I saw her." Alice looked towards Jasper. "I didn't want to meet you for the first time during a slip, so I was forced to leave."
"Wait," Jasper paused. "I remember that now, I remember smelling blood and going after it, then I felt joy emulating from a woman over a body. I felt a slight wind, and I deiced to go after the murder for feeling that way after killing someone."
"That wind was my mother," Rosalie explained. "She didn't know she died, but she realized it wasn't cold anymore, she quickly made it home with out realizing how fast she was going and then went inside, my father already left when she got home."
"So she was locked out?" Bella asked.
"She probably was, but didn't notice." Rosalie answered. "It was when she looked in the mirror and didn't see her face, she notice something was wrong. That was when the ghost of another man appeared."
"There is a third ghost in your home?" Carlisle asked.
"No, this ghost lives in London, I don't know why he showed up to tell my mother about me, but he explained to my mother I was a vampire and she turned out to be alright with it, because no harm would come to me." Rosalie explained. "It actually brought her relief."
"Who was the ghost?" Carlisle asked.
"I don't know," Rosalie answered. "He did mention he had a son that was a vampire, but mother never told me who his son was."
"That's strange," Carlisle sighed. "I never seen a ghost before, so I assumed they were not real."
"Well if there is vampires, I guess there can be ghost." Rosalie shrugged.
"Well over all, did you enjoy your trip?" Edward asked.
"Yes, we did." Emmett smiled.