Chapter 46 (The fourth day with the Cullens) Jane's Pov 'Carlisle and Esmé have treated me with great affection, father! Bella, Jacob, Rosalie and Renesmee, still suspect of my intentions here but treat me well, Edward asked me to forgive him if he is being very over-protective, he said he trusts me, but says that as children are very fragile, he fears that I accidentally hurt one of them, Alice fully trusts me and Jasper trust her! Alice, Bella, Esmé, Elizabeth, Marissa, Renesmee, Rosalie, Will and I made many purchases today, it was great fun, you have to imagine how Rosalie ate, I never felt so sick, you should see.' I was so excited!
'I'll see Jane, so you go back to Volterra! But before you continue, I need you to explain the e-mail that Carlisle sent me. What's this about you change your diet Jane?' I noticed the pain in the voice of my father and it was very painful to me know that he was sad.
'Jane, don't care to this decrepit old man, he's just really missing you, and you had fun shopping? Did you buy me some thing? Alec's longing for you too.' Since we became a complete family, my mother has spoiled me very much and Alec too.
'Yes mother I bought, but you will only know when I return home, how is Aria, Alec, my uncles and Aunt Athenadora?'
'Aria is better every day, like all others, now answer my question young lady!' Never seen my father this anxious.
'Father I can not explain why I decided to change my diet for sure, I'm sorry.' I wanted to cry because I could not give him the answer he asked me.
'Calm down Jane we'll solve this soon, you'll see. Apart from buying what you've done more interesting? 'My father was great changing the subject.
'I won a beautiful tulip, played with the children and even helped William to tie the shape-shifter in a pine tree ...' I said laughing while listening to Cullen laugh in the living room and Jacob grumble.
'Jane I expected you to behave better than that, tying the young wolf in a pine is an attitude worthy of reproach.' I should know that Dad would scold me before I finish, he was always worried when he could not read the mind of the person he was talking at.
'Forget what Aro said, I'm glad that you have not lost the habit, and you kicked the dog?' I heard many laughs before my father speak again.
'Brother, if you do not shut up I tear your tongue'.
'Father, it was part of a joke, I swear and tell to Uncle Caius I'm being a "god girl".'
'We will see that when your flight landed! I'll meet you in person at the airport! But you need not worry about it, I have a surprise for you my dear.'
'I miss you a father.' Spending time here was making me very emotional.
I turned off my cell phone, changed clothes and went to the living room.
Will went to bed every day at eight at night and Esmé came back to her room an hour later. Once the bar was clean I went to William's room just to be near him, to ensure that the night was quiet.
I picked up the habit of sitting on his bed, Will always rolled on the bed sucking his thumb and babbling, sometimes I wrapped him in a second blanket and stayed with him in my lap until morning, but tonight he was not well.
When we returned to the Cullen house the nine-thirty in the evening, Will said he was a sore throat, and two hours after the fever began.
For the Cullen it was normal to see Will with the flu, but for me it was torture, his fever was nearly forty degrees, but even while wrapped in three blankets and even in the lap of Jacob, Will was feeling still cold and very lightheaded.
'Carlisle, the fever is not lowing.' Esmé had a distressed voice as she talked on the phone and the temperature rating of Will.
When I saw that Bella was going to get a new pajamas for William I noticed that they would take him to the hospital, and that meant I could not see him before returning to Volterra, quickly I ran into the garden and to take just one small piece from willow bark that made shade for tulips.
It did not take me much to reduce it to dust shell, I ran to the kitchen, measure a tablespoon of powdered willow bark, warmed a little water added the powder and sweetened with a little honey that Jacob put on the waffles in the morning. Esmé was getting up to go to the garage when I reached her.
'Esmé wait, please try to give this tea for him.' I was so nervous I had to control myself not to reduce the dust cup.
'What is this Jane?' Edward looked at me with suspicion.
'Willow Tea, if the fever it is not a malarial fever it will begin to cease immediately. Edward, please trust me, I would never poison Will, and you know it!' Edward could read my mind; he had to see that my intention was good.
Before Edward could say something Esmé took the cup from my hand and slowly made Will drink it all. When he finished Will fell asleep, and I was quiet when at two in the morning, his body seemed to relax the mother's arms.
I retired to my room and started flipping through my old green book. I was so distracted that I was surprised when I heard someone knocking on the door.
'Jane, Carlisle wants to see you in the dining room.' Jacob told me and that scared I even more.
Downstairs, I took a deep breath and entered the dining room to see what Carlisle wanted from me. To my surprise all the Cullen were taking away except the four smallest children who were there, sitting around a table.
I seemed to be going for my trial and it made me feel even worse than I already was.
'Why are you so tense Jane?' Jasper's question caught me completely off guard, before I start to feel a strange calm come over me.
'It does not matter.' I said in my cold tone and that Renesmee and Jacob did tremble.
'Jane, feel free to sit in some chairs.' I do not know if it was an order or a request but decided to pull one of the chairs in a corner of the dining room and wait quietly for someone spoke to me.
But suddenly Esmé took me up to make me sit next to her along the table as the others.
'First, I want to thank you Jane, you have prepared for the tea that lowered the fever of William.' Carlisle seemed really sincere and his smile proved it. 'Second, I wanted to ask how you knew how to lower his fever?'
I did not expect he would ask me that question in particular and it just made me tense again, after all, why a vampire as I would need the reason would to research healing methods if I was not sick and that made me want to go running back to Volterra, but the idea really hurt a lot.
'I prefer not to answer Carlisle.' It was the only thing I can say.
'Carlisle is not going to burn in the fire Jane!' Edward said laughing.
Suddenly I found myself growling at Edward, he had no right to know that.
'You're going to blow the fire Edward if you tell it to anyone!' I cried before feeling Emmett hold me at my neck.
I cursed the fact I no longer feeding with human blood, maybe I could let go and run all this misery, my father would receive him with open arms and a kiss as he always did. Here was not my place.
'Emmett, drop her. Now!' I heard the voice of Esmé before he let go and I fall to the floor sobbing and feel a pair of arms embracing me.
One thing I was sure at that time. Here I could not stay.
I quickly disengaged from the arms of Esmé and run away from the house.
The day would be sunny and I had to get away as much as I could, I could not check into a hotel and not by plane or cruise back to Volterra, I'd have to run home on my way I would have to go through the U.S. to Canada, would have to get into a ship to reach Greenland, I have to eat well, from there take another ship to Iceland, to drain some more human until I stick me on a ship that was to the United Kingdom, swim to France and cross it to finally get to Italy.
I would never leave Volterra again. Luckily I was already getting close to the border with Canada when the sun forced me to hide in an abandoned building.
