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A woman met us in the foyer. "You must be Alice," she said. "I'm Esme, Edward's sister." She turned toward Emmett. "And this must be Elizabeth."
"She fell asleep in the car on the way here," I explained.
"Why don't you go and lay her down in Charlie's porta crib," she said to Emmett. "Here, let me go with you and set it up." She turned back to me. "Why don't you go into the living room and make yourself at home. Edward was just showing Bella around the yard. I'm sure they'll be right back."
I felt like Alice in Wonderland. What had I eaten to end up here, in Tanward's house. I wondered if Edward was as cute in person as he was in movies and if Tanya was as sweet as the characters she often played.
Esme and Emmett walked into the living room and I followed. They both walked up the stairs, but I waited in the large room below. The house was huge, and I was standing in what could have been a ballroom. It reminded me of the house that the Von Trapp family lived in in the movie The Sound of Music.
I looked up the staircase again and they were gone, likely into the baby's room to put Elizabeth down. I stood there awkwardly for a moment, then decided to look around. There were couches and oversized chairs strategically placed to create conversation centers. A large piano sat at one end of the room, and at the other, a rack filled with beautiful dresses.
Like a moth to a flame, I walked toward them. I loved fashion. The outfits worn on television and in movies fascinated me. It would be a dream job to create a wardrobe for an actor or actress and here I was looking at what had to be Tanya's clothes.
As I got closer I realized that a dozen of them or so, were lying on the ground. I bent over to pick them up. I'd hung most of them back on the metal rack when I heard a voice behind me.
"Just take them and get out."
I turned around and stared at him wide eyed. Did he think I was stealing them?
"I.. uh… I …" I stuttered. "I'm supposed to be here."
"Oh, I know you are. You're here because of… her." The way he said 'her' was dripping with venom. "And give her a message for me will you? Tell her that if the press gets wind of what she's doing, it will ruin the entire Tanward image."
I saw red. What exactly was she doing that was so wrong? It wasn't even her idea. "Excuse me? She's just doing what she needs to do."
"What she needs to do? What she's doing is appalling and she should be ashamed of herself. I've never seen a more selfish person in my life!"
I stepped closer to him. If he wasn't an entire foot taller than me, I'd have punched him in the face, even if he was incredibly sexy. "How dare you talk about my sister like that!"
His brow furrowed at my last statement. He seemed at a loss for words.