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Chapter 29 – The return of the sane ones
Bella's POV
I woke up to a quiet house, thank god when I got downstairs it was not only a quiet house, but also a clean house. Alice bought me breakfast, probably to prove she was not on drugs today and Emmett bought me a dead flower, he was probably still obsessing that he couldn't be manly – and – a good gardener.
"Esme and Carlisle will be home in twenty minutes, just after the post arrives." Alice told us all.
We almost looked like a normal family, Edward was making faces at my food, Alice and Rose were doing each other's toe nails and Emmett and Jasper were watching football on the TV. Hopefully Carlisle wouldn't notice it was a different TV from the one when we left.
"Alice?" I asked thoughtfully, "Don't you think Carlisle will notice the many thousands of dollars we've spent redoing the house?"
"Of course not!" Alice laughed, "I'm not a physic for nothing! I keep plenty of money to top up the bank accounts everywhere... socks, the bottom of pencil pots, in between book pages... There's probably almost a million in this room that nobody knows about!"
I shook my head in the not uncommon amazement I felt for Alice then took out my dishes to wash up, also in the hope Alice and Rose wouldn't demand to paint my toes next. She only painted them the day Esme and Carlisle left, although that seemed like a long time ago now. Someone called my name quietly from the other room, they must have heard a Carlisle's Mercedes turn onto the drive.
I ran into the main room with the and climbed on the sofa. Even I could hear Esme's quick and excited footsteps springing up the front steps, "Sweeties! I'm home, are you there?"
I was squished into a six vampire-one human hug at that point and the rest of what Esme was saying turned out muffled.
When she pulled away I heard her undeserved compliments, "Doesn't the house look lovely? It's as if you weren't here, I don't think my coffee table is even broken! And look at you Bella, I can't see a bruise anywhere; oh Bella, you did such a good job with them!"
Carlisle coughed loudly as he walked into the room, "Esme, I fetched the paper, you better have a look." he handed Esme the Fork's Weekly and Alice froze, "It's up to you if you want to do anything, they kept their games quite inconspicuous."
"Oh!" Esme smiled down at the paper, "Looks like you've been very busy this week. I'm proud of you, you kept your fun so secretive!"
"Alice!" Edward hissed from behind me, "I thought you said..."
"Oops! Esme we're not in trouble are we, when I saw you get back I saw you look at something but I thought it would just be Rose's pictures..." Alice rushed. Did Alice know Esme would find out about our fun? And if it was in the paper... what did Charlie already know?
"Oh daring don't think I'm that gullible!" Esme laughed.
Emmett asked exactly what I was wondering, "Mom, what does the paper say 'bout us?"
"It
doesn't say anything about
you Emmett dear," Esme explained, "But I know when my babies have
been up to something!"
Once the paper had been passed round
everybody else I took a look at the week's headlines:
Friday: Mystery competitor wins county swimming gala for Forks – naked rumours
Saturday: Small nuclear bomb gone off in woods north of town – water guns found
Sunday: Dartmouth lecturer in near fatal car crash north of town
Monday: Child porn found in local river, identity blurred, no suspects as yet
Tuesday: Potential supermodel spotted in Forks market: names wanted
Wednesday: Local high school graduate found stealing designer jewellery
Thursday: Mental girl escaped from Seattle mental ward – man hunt on
I just had to laugh at the last ones, "They didn't get your name though did they?" I smiled at Alice with joking worry.
Her answering smile was dazzling, "Don't be silly Bells, they think my name is Abigail Bernardo!"
I wondered if the high-Alice had really thought Ally Barba in the reflection was real.
"So, Esme," Jasper asked, tearing himself away from the game (which I knew he'd already bet on the results with Carlisle) "You seem really relaxed, do you think you'll be going away again any time soon?"
"Oh! It was wonderful, just the medicine I needed to keep going. Maybe I will have another little holiday again soon..."
"NO!" Edward shouted loudly.
I elbowed him, the week hadn't been so bad had it? "Edward, I don't think you had such a terrible time either. I'll leave it a few years before I go away again OK?"
"Ten," Edward said stubbornly. I elbowed him again even though I knew I'd been the one getting bruised.
"Fine Edward, looking after you lot, ten years will fly by!" Esme said back happily.
Edward still didn't look happy, "But you can't go for a whole week." I didn't bother nudging him because my arm was already throbbing.
"Well have to see Edward, ten years is a long time away, lots of things change..."
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