"What do you mean you found Gracie?" Tia asked, standing up flashing over to Rose and Emmett.
"We believe we did, but we are not 100% positive. If anything we have one hell of a lead." Emmett said smiling, clearly impressed with himself.
"Emmett, where did you guys believe to have found her?" Esme asked, looking at Tia and Benjamin, who were trying to hold it together, but failing.
"In Italy." Rose said, very matter of factly.
"That's impossible, we were just there! There was no sign of her being there. We could tell she was there, but they must have moved her." Benjamin cried in frustration. He felt like they were running in circles, never being able to get to where they need to be.
"You see, that's what I thought at first. We could tell she was there at one point. We thought if we could find Gracie, then we would find the Volturi. Finding her scent was easy, but tracking it was the hard part. We kept coming to different walls." Rose stated, walking over and sitting down on the couch, Esme close behind.
"Then I realized, the Volturi had been on the run for a little while now, there should be no way for us to be able to track her. She had to be somewhere in Italy. We broke back into the castle and.."
"Whoa! Wait a minute. You broke into the castle? Again? When did you do it the first time?" Esme asked, everyone could hear her heartbeat quicken in panic.
"Mom, please calm down. I promise that we were careful and safe. I mean we are right here with you right now!" Rose said, trying to calm her mother.
"I don't like that you did that, but please continue." Esme said, gesturing for her to continue. She felt Carlise sit beside her, and she leaned in slightly letting him comfort her.
"When I said earlier we kept hitting walls. I actually meant we were hitting walls. We would catch her scent and follow it. It would get stronger and stronger, then suddenly we would bump into a wall, with no way to get past it, and her scent would suddenly vanish. We realized she was on the other side of the wall, at least we believe she is there." Rose finished.
"Where you able to physically see her?" Tia asked, her voice had gone horse.
"No." Rose said sadly.
"But we did hear her." Emmett added on.
"You did! How did you know it was her? Is she speaking real words now? Did she sound okay?" Tia asked, without breathing.
"You are beginning to sound like Esme." Emmett joked.
"Can you blame her? She is worried about her kid." Rose argued.
"Emmett, Rose, please." Was all Carlisle needed to say.
"Oh! Right! Sorry. One day we caught her scent and it was the strongest we have ever caught it. We followed it throughout the entire castle, but we were lead back to the same wall. We tried finding it from the other side of the castle, but we were led to another wall. When we were left to four different walls that were all very close together, we came up with a theory. That the Volturi had closed off a room. They clearly didn't want anyone getting into it." Rose explained the best she could.
"What kind of room?" Esme asked.
"A bedroom." Emmett interjected
"And that where you believe they are keeping Gracie." Benjamin tried to piece together.
"Yes, they clearly didn't want anyone getting in the room and so we decided to watch that area, and 3 times a day someone would go in there with food. Human food. We heard her when the sun was coming up one morning and she was crying. They rushed in and was there for her." Rose said, a sad smile on her face.
"They were caring for her?" Tia asked, shocked.
"I believe they are. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it for myself. They have been feeding her and when the sun is at the highest they will walk with her around the castle and bring her outside for a moment. I don't understand why they are being so careful around her." Rose said, getting lost in her own thoughts.
After a few minutes of silence, Benjamin finally stood up. "I think it would be best if Tia and I got to Italy and wait for the Volturi. Esme you said so yourself that you guys spoke to them about giving her back to us, maybe if we are there, they will have no choice."
"Wait, when did you guys speak to the Volturi?" Rose asked, looking at her mom, with slight fear in her eyes.
"Last night, they paid us a visit. Don't worry, we are okay. Yes we convinced them to let you guys have her back, with the condition they are able to study her." Esme tried to continue.
"Study her?" Emmett asked.
"She's special, like Bella was." Esme said taking a breath to continue her thoughts.
"Like Bella." Rose muttered quietly, but Esme caught it, making a note to talk with her about it later.
"They were running from you two for a reason. I think that you should give them time to go back to Italy and bring Gracie to you. We can try to talk to them again, but I think it's best if you two just lay low for awhile."
"Would you?" Tia asked. "Would you just go home if someone took one of your children, if someone took your baby." Tia began to yell, only to be cut short by Benjamin placing a hand on her shoulder, her face began to soften, before looking back at Esme.
Esme felt her heart break, her mind wandering back to her baby boy. A million thoughts hit her mind at once, and she felt a familiar burning sensation of tear coming up. She stood up to head to the bathroom to calm herself down.
"Esme, I'm sorry. I.. I don't know why I said that." Tia explained, standing up when Esme did.
Turning around to face Tia, she took a deep steady breath. "Tia, I would go to the ends of the earth to make sure my children are safe. I would gladly give up my own life for them. This baby is no different." Esme couldn't stop the tears from rolling down her face.
"I understand you want her back. I want to give this to you guys, more than anything. I want to give you something that I will never be able to have. If you run to Italy you may be putting her in more danger. I think you should wait for them to come to you. My family will watch over her till then." Esme cried, before turning back around and making her way over to her bedroom and laying down on the bed, letting the pain of her past wash over her, having the tears fall freely.
The five vampires in the living room were all standing looking at one another, not daring to say a word. They were listening to Esme crying quietly before he fell asleep.
"Dad, don't you think you should go after her?" Emmett asked.
"No, I don't need Edwards power to know when she is thinking of her baby boy. That usually leads to her thinking about..him." Carlisle refused to ever say Charles name out loud if he can help it. He would love to go back in time and torture him to no end. "If I followed her in there she would be holding back her emotions. She knows how I feel about him and would act like she is okay, especially when we have others over. I want her to go through her emotions, but I will be there when she wakes up."
"Carlisle, I am truly sorry, I didn't mean to bring anything up for her." Tia whispered.
"I know, she will be okay. She will probably apologize to you tomorrow for overreacting." Carlisle chuckled slightly.
"I think that we should do what she said. I think it would be best for us to go back home and wait for them to bring us our daughter. Please Carlisle, tell her how sorry I am." Tia said before turning around and leaving without waiting for Benjamin to follow her.
"I myself am going to give her some space, before I follow her home." Benjamin suggested out loud.
"Dad, I think it would be best if we head back to Italy and watch over Gracie, just to make sure she is safe." Rose announced.
"No, your mother would like to see you guys off, and I think it would be best if she saw you guys in the morning. Wait till morning. Carlisle suggested.
"Okay, in the morning." Rose said, sitting down in a chair, and began reading at human speed.