"I'll get Carlisle." Emmett instantly said aloud as he looked back down at the infant, who's cries were diminishing now. I looked around the forest to see if anyone was around, but it saddened me when I saw no one around. The only heartbeat I heard was from the baby, who's heartbeat was still fast and faint.
"Stay here with the baby, I'll run and bring Carlisle back here." Emmett told me as I looked back over to him. I cringed, knowing this was the vision I had in mind. Emmett can't leave me, not with a newborn baby! I thought in my head as I squatted down to get a closer look at the baby. I carefully picked up the bundle in my arms, feeling how light the baby was and how fragile it was as well. I stood back up completely, feeling the baby move in my arms in the bundle. Feeling a gush of wind by me, I looked to see Emmett already running back to the Cullen House. Scared out of my mind, I looked back to the baby, who was now so quiet in my arms.
It felt strange holding the infant in my strong arms, knowing I had to be careful not to harm it. Great, now I don't know the sex of the baby. With so much hesitance inside of me, I reached up with my cold finger to the baby's cheek, tentatively stroking the cold cheek in one stroke. I then saw my vision go black, seeing a vision in my head.
The first vision was of a young woman holding a baby in her arms, sitting in a chair in some kind of nursery. She looked so happy and young, no older than 30 or younger than 18, with chocolate brown hair and bright blue eyes. Even as a human she was beautiful. She was cooing the baby in her arms, looking so much as peace. But another vision came into view, the the baby in a bassinet and the woman was arguing with a young man her age, maybe older. Tears were in her eyes as she yelled at the man, who was shaking his fists and was grabbing her arm. It was the baby's father, yelling at the mother who was going to leave him with the baby. The last vision was of the woman running in the forest with the baby in her arms. She suddenly stopped and held the baby close to her, kissing its head and having tears in her eyes.
"Oh Adam, my Adam." she said over and over again to the baby. But she was then grabbed by a young man, the father of the baby taking the baby out of her arms and placing him on the forest floor. He then brought out a gun and aimed at the woman while she was being dragged back by his friend. The three of them disappeared into the forest and the last sound was of the gun going off.
I cringed as I got my vision back, looking down at the baby in my arm who was now asleep peacefully. I felt my dead heart ache for the baby, now wanting to find the mother and see if she was alright. Before I did anything else I felt a hand on my shoulder and a familiar scent filling my nostrils: Emmett.
"Here, let me see him." Carlisle said in a calm tone, reaching for the baby. I carefully placed him in Carlisle's arms, instantly feeling a loss of not holding him close to me. Emmett wrapped a arm around me as Carlisle inspected the baby closely.
"He seems stable, though he's terribly cold form being out here." Carlisle explained as he looked at the baby simply.
"His mother was out here, with him." I explained, seeing two pairs of eyes on me, "She was trying to get away from the father, who was abusive. But she was caught by him and a accomplice, who left him out here and took the mother."
"Are you sure?" Emmett asked me with wonder. I nodded my head.
"I saw it all in my vision. His name is Adam." I explained some more, still having my eyes on the baby. It pained me to see how he was only a baby, yet he was already in a broken world. Just like me.
"I'll take him to the hospital to be examined, then I'll call Chief Swan to see if there's a notice of a missing woman." Carlisle told me in reassurance as he looked from the baby to me, having a soft look on his face.
"You did a good thing, Evangeline." Carlisle finally said in a more confident tone, "You two can accompany me to the hospital, if you want to."
"Of course." I heard Emmett say aloud before I could even answer. I looked up at him, seeing him look back at me and a small smile appeared on his face.
"But what about our trip?" I asked him in a curious question. He only shrugged.
"We have all the time in the world for a trip." Emmett replied to me and I smiled, giving him a short kiss on the lips. We then looked back to Carlisle and saw him break out into a run back towards the Cullen House. We followed right behind him, staying close and being on high alert if anyone was close by.
I kept playing that last vision over and over in my head, seeing the woman being pulled away and screaming for her baby. I pained me knowing she was taken away from her child, but now I wanted to help her, to find her.
To keep them together....
Waiting in the Waiting Room of the hospital was like going through the vampire transformation all over again: forever and painful. I wanted to see if he was alright, if he was going to be safe in his mother's arms again, and if he will be able to live. It killed me not knowing what was going on with Carlisle expecting the baby, if only I could read minds. Darn Edward for being on his honeymoon.
"Evangeline, please sit down for a solid minute." Emmett said to me calmly as I was pacing the Waiting Room in a brisk pace. I stopped and sighed, running my fingers in my hair and walking over to my husband, sitting next to him and feeling him take my hands in his.
"Carlisle will do what he can, all we can do is wait." Emmett reminded me and I only nodded my head, then looking over at him.
"What was the real reason who you wanted to postpone our trip?" I asked him in a worried tone. Emmett simply sighed and hung his head, scratching his curly hair and looking back at me.
"Because I knew you were going to be worried about the baby while we were away, not being able to think about anything else."
"That's not true, Emmett!"
"But it is true. Look I know you Evangeline, and you would be thinking about the baby and his well-being the whole time, not being able to enjoy yourself. It's in your nature to care about other people and that is not a bad thing at all." Emmett explained to me , squeezing my hand every once in awhile. It was true, how I was a caring person like Esme. But it still made me feel bad about myself, knowing I was a worry wart about small things.
"Hello Evangeline, Emmett." We heard to our right, seeing Chief Swan walking from the ICU into the Waiting Room in uniform, being accompanied by another officer. We stood up as well, and it was weird to think of him as a relative to me, since his daughter is my sister-in-law.
"Hello Chief Swan." I replied back to him in a polite tone.
"Please call me Charlie, Evangeline. I've known you since you were four." Charlie replied to me in a smile and I couldn't help but smile back.
"Alright, Charlie. Any news of Adam's mother?" I asked him in a curious tone, feeling Emmett's arm go around my shoulders to support me.
"Well, it's a bit tough to tell you kids this, but she was found dead at La Push on the shoreline about a hour ago, a gunshot to the head." I felt a cringe go down my spine when he told me this, keeping his composure as he told us this news.
"She's dead?" Emmett asked aloud in a shocked tone, "But who killed her?"
"We don't know." Charlie replied to the both of us, then suddenly stopping as something was coming over the radio.
"Chief, they arrested the man." I heard the voice come on over the radio. Charlie have us a hesitant look and turned his back, taking the radio in his hands and walking out of the Waiting Room with his officer right behind him. It was still a shock to me that the woman was now dead, leaving her son behind. I gave Emmett a grave look and he only rubbed my arm with his massive hand.
"Evangeline, Emmett." We heard from the ICU. I looked over to see Carlisle walking towards us in his doctor attire, a grave look on his face as he approached us.
"How is he?" Emmett asked in concern and curiosity, as if he was our own son. I gently took Emmett's free hand in mine and squeezed it slightly.
"He'll have to stay here for awhile, just so that we can get him properly stable and well enough." Carlisle explained to the both of us, "And I take it Chief Sawn filled you in about the mother."
"Not the whole story though, what about the father?" I asked in a urging tone, needing to know what happened with him. Carlisle took in a deep breath and shoved his hands in his jacket front pockets of his uniform.
"They found another male body a couple of miles down the La Push shoreline, having a gunshot wound to the head and another at the chest. Some officers from Beaver sent us a missing persons report, having it be the same woman as you saw in your visions, Evangeline. They found a car abandoned along the 101 highway at the Forks' borderline, registered to the woman. Another vehicle, registered to the male that was found dead, was in La Push at the Ranger Station." Carlisle explained in a soft tone.
I replayed what he said in my head over and over again. She ran from Beaver with Adam in her car, the car was abandoned at the Forks borderline on the 101 highway, she ran on foot into the forest and was caught by her husband and his friend. He then took her in the other car to La Push, killing her and the friend on the shoreline. It seemed like a soap opera to me, betrayal and sorrow all rolled into one.
"Did they catch him?" Emmett asked aloud, snapping me out of reality.
"Not yet, but the police force is out looking for him around this area and Port Angeles as well. The Police from Beaver, Port Angeles and Seattle were all notified and are on high alert." Carlisle explained to the both of us, "And if it wasn't for Evangeline, the police wouldn't of none what happened."
"At least Adam will be okay." I replied back to him, seeing him give me a reassuring smile.
"We won't let anything happen to him. If you want to, you can see him for a couple of minutes before visiting hours are over." Carlisle suggested. I was hesitant to do so, knowing I had no ties with him yet I wanted to hold him one more time. I looked up at Emmett, who gave me a reassuring smile and nodded his head, and we both followed Carlisle down to the ICU.
Adam was fast asleep in his own little bassinet, being surrounded by machines that were beeping away. He had one of his hands making a fists near his mouth and the other was at his side. I smiled as I fully saw him now, no longer just his face. He was in a one piece pajama suit, which was light blue. There was a dark blue blanket covering him mostly, leaving one hand and his head out to see. He had dark brown hair already, sticking out all over the place. My smile grew, he was at peace in his sleep.
"He looks so peaceful." Emmett said right next to me in a smile, looking at him with wonder as well.
"It's still hard to sink in, how he came from a broken household." I said aloud in a softer tone, Emmett's hand in mine tighten slightly.
"I think I know where he's coming from though." I murmured aloud, feeling Emmett's eyes on me as I thought about it some more, "I mean, he won't know nor see his mother and father again, like me."
"Evangeline..." Emmett trailed off as he wrapped his arm around me, pulling me close and into his arms. I rested my head on his chest and sighed, breathing him in, along with the scent of the hospital and Adam's scent. I remembered fragments of my human life, most of it was humiliation from my old school mates who thought of me as a freak.
"He'll be okay." Emmett said in my ear over and over again.
Yeah...he'll be okay....