A/N: Thanks Sherry xx
Chapter 48
"Hey buddy," I said as I sat down beside the pup in question. We were outside on Liam's land, near the cave where they lived. The pup was playing with his cars in the muck. He seemed oblivious to all the commotion around him. It had taken a lot of convincing on my part to get Edward and company to keep their distance and give us both some space. I didn't think the pup would have felt very safe with six large men towering over him. If I was going to get him to open up to me then I needed to win him over, that wasn't going to happen with them intimidating him, but it wasn't like they were that far away that they couldn't get to me if they needed to. "I'm Bella," I said, picking up one of his cars. "What's your name?"
"Patrick," he said, reaching out and taking the car from my hands. "You can't play with that one. You're a girl, but you can have this one." He handed me a yellow car. A Volkswagen Beetle that had a daisy painted on the hood. "My mom likes that one."
"Really? I'm a friend of your mothers," I lied. "Listen, Patrick⦠I was wondering if you could tell me what happened when your mom went missing."
Patrick froze on the spot as soon as I mentioned his mom going missing. "I don't remember anything."
"That's okay," I said, trying to sound as soothing and calm as I could. "If you don't remember, you don't remember but if you can remember anything, even if it's only a little detail it would certainly help us find your mom. I know you'll want her home as soon as possible so that you both can play cars."
Patrick glanced at me and then went back to looking at his cars. He never spoke for a long time and I honestly didn't think he was going to say anything, but when he looked back up at me he whispered, "He said he would come back for me if I told." I glanced over at Edward wondering if he knew what he said, and what he thought.
While I was looking at Edward, Patrick got up from his spot in the mud and began running toward the forest. I didn't even think twice before I got up and began running after him. "Patrick! Wait! Don't go into the woods, it's dangerous. You shouldn't be running off by yourself. I'm sorry if I upset you. I didn't mean to." But it didn't matter what I shouted, Patrick didn't stop running, so I ran after him.
