Ch 43

When they came in the practice, she nurse was already present.

Carlisle picked the envelopes and wanted to take them to the post office. Then he made up his mind and decided to beg the nurse.

He turned to her: „ Could you do me a favor, please?"

She looked up from the papers: „ Sure….."

„I would need you to bring these letters to the post office…. I know it is not your duty….."

She interrupted him: „ That´s alright, dr. Cullen….I will go there…."

He smiled and handed her the documents: „ Dr. Jones from Seattle´s hospital should receive his letter as soon as possible…"

She nodded and disappeared out of the office.

Ellen was just checking her email box and read an every week email from her father. He was asking again about Derek. Still she had no power to tell him about what happened.

He used to believe that Derek was the right one for her. She had no idea of how he would react to the fact that she got divorced and now is living with another man. He wrote about his wife Lucy. She got a new job and is often on journey. She could feel a tear coming out of her eye.

She wiped it quickly before she noticed Carlisle walking towards her.

He didn´t miss the emotion and kneeled down in front of her: „ Elly…what happened?"

„I just read an email from dad….."

She wiped the other tear: „ Sorry….I was just….I don´t get it, I am never so emotional about his emails….I usually take things the way they are…."

He wanted to ask for more but she definitely wasn´t about to tell him more and he didn´t want to push her into something.

He caressed her cheek: „ Are you alright sweetie?"

She watched him: „ Yes, I am….why do you think I am not?"

He held her hand: „ You seem to act strange sometimes….as if you were in pain or had problems with your stomach…"

She blinked and then looked down:

„ It´s nothing…I think that just…. I don´t know…"

„Would you like me to arrange an appointment for you? I don´t want you to feel uncomfortable with me…"

She watched him: „ I don´t feel uncomfortable with you….. but I already made one, I missed the term of my every year check up at the physician. I should have been there in October and they are free on Monday morning. I wanted to ask if you would be so kind and take me there….."

He kissed her forehead: „ Of course, I will…. I want you to be alright….how are you now?"

She smiled: „ No problems at the moment…."

„And will you tell me when…..?"

He asked cautiously. Ellen just smiled: „ Yes….don´t worry….."

„Wouldn´t it be better if you stayed at home? "

„No, not at all….please..."

He hugged her: „ OK, if you are fine now…but you know I´ll be watching you…."

She giggled.

He was so cute when he tried to exercise some control over her: „ Doc, I am fine…when I am not, you´re the first one to know…."

He tapped her nose: „ I love you…"

She giggled: „ you know that I love you too…."

He gave her arms around the waist and began kissing her. He stood up and wanted to leave. But Ellen didn´t want the moment to end. She leaned closer to him again and kissed him.

None of them noticed the opening doors.

Carlisle had only his mate in his mind and forgot to thin about anything else.

Mrs Burns appeared behind the nurse who was just coming felt embarassed and returned to her table.

Carlisle greeted them both and headed to his office.

Ellen sat down and returned back to her chair and hesitated about what to write back to her dad.

She will write him if they could come sometime to see him. She was sure that Patty would love that. It´s been a long time…

Ellen realised that she wasn´t alone in the room. Mrs. Burns was the terrible woman that made her feel jealous about Carlisle.

She was attempting to invite him for her private Christmas brunch. Carlisle politely declined but she wasn´t satisfied with that.

She hasn´t seen him since the local meeting on the last day of the previous year. There she appeared and watched Carlisle and Ellen walking together in the crowds. She was really angry when they came together as a decided to talk to this woman.

Ellen was sitting at the reception table minding her own laptop when Mrs. Burns came closer: „ So it is true…"

Ellen watched her: „ What is true?"

„The whole town is talking about you having an affair with Dr. Cullen…..don´t you have your husband? What does he say about that?"

Ellen watched her with increasing fear: „ For your information, my marriage is over, we are no longer together. We got divorced before the Christmas….."

She stared amazed but then continued: „ So you got him, you may congratulate yourself…."

Ellen watched her: „ Why should I? Carlisle is not a trophy to gain….I love him and he loves me….but you cannot understand that…."

SHe watched her with anger in her voice: „ If only you concentrated more on your class work….. then flirt with local pediatrician…"

Ellen could feel the tears appearing again in her looked back and before she could say anything, Carlisle came out of the door.

Ellen had no idea that Carlisle could hear everything and the anger was boiling inside of him: „ What does she think about herself?"

He knew that Ellen is sad of this all and she takes all the news about their relationship pretty bad.

She doesn´t like to be in the centre of the attention.

Therefore he decided to come out of the room to call Mrs. Burns in the office.

He could see Ellen fighting with the tears and in front of her he came to Ellen: „ Love, did anything happen?"

Ellen shook the head: „ No, something has just fallen in my eye…."

He leaned over the table and kissed her passionately: „ I love you sweetheart…."

He wiped her the tears and she smiled at him.

She caressed his hand and he moved back to Mrs. Burns who was watching them with disgust.

He took her son and the whole time he communicated just with him. He didn´t care about his mother.

He was too angry for that. He needed to control his emotions but this really got him. He tried to finish as quickly as possible.

In the end he handed all the papers to the boy´s mother and when the nurse went away, he sent the boy as the first one.

Then he said: „ Mrs. Burns, I politely ask you to stop poking in my private life and insulting my fiancée.

You have no right to do that….That is none of your business…."

She watched him but didn´t say anything… She left the office and then the practice immediately.

She didn´t even look at Ellen when she was leaving. Ellen texted him: „ What did you tell her? She ran so fast….."

He appeared in the door leaning against the frame before she could even look up: „ Well, I reminded her, that my private life is just my own problem and she has no right to comment or intervene…."

She smiled and he came closer. He kissed the knuckles and whispered: „ Promise me that you won´t cry anymore because of the bad talks…..you know how people can be,…"

She looked at her knees: „ I know…..it just….always gets me…I hate gossips and this town is full of them…."

He hugged her: „ you´re right….just people will always do that…it´s better not to take them seriously….Bella could tell…."

It suddenly hit her: „ Carlisle?"

„Yes, honey?..."

„I forgot to tell you…when you´re talking about Bella…that on the brunch on Saturday…..I talked to Bella´s father and he wanted me to stop by….do you think we could ….."

„Of course…..we can try it today after work or I will phone him and we will meet tomorrow…..during this week my kids are still at home, they can watch for Patty…."

She smiled: „ That would be great…you´re so nice to me….."

„ Are you afraid?"

„Truly? Yes….a lot…"

He hugged her: „ Don´t worry…I won´t let him move closer to you…..I promise….." „ Thank you…"

He kissed her forehead: „ He won´t hurt you…don´t be afraid….."

The rest of the day went okay. Ellen wrote an email to her father telling him everything about her new life. She knew he would be disappointed but she had no other option. SHe wanted to be honest. She also wanted to tell him about the divorce, of course excluding the details, but she was sure he would understand that she had no other choice. If she hadn´t had Carlisle constantly supporting her, everything would have been worse.

After the practice hours were over, she was already nervous. She was thinking what Charlie wants to talk to her about. It´s been almost two months she was invited to stay in the Cullen house. These two months were the most beautiful days in the recent years. They made her life in Forks bearable. She waited when Carlisle closes everything down, then locked the rooms and helped her to get in his car. At the police station Carlisle went to check if Charlie is available. But he was already out of work. He needed to see the dentist. He returned back to the car and promised Ellen to contact him from home in the evening and to do the meeting on the following day.


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