Disclaimer: The genius Stephenie Meyer created these characters and owns everything about them. I am a lowly 15 year old who is just borrowing them to write a story about Edward being a stalker- I mean, private investigator.
Private Investigator
Chapter 2
Edward's POV
After Mike left, I created a plan of action. First thing to do: search the Internet. I turned on my laptop, which was now dusty after months of no use, and went to Google. After typing in: Bella Swan, I got 2,340,000 results. This might take awhile.
1 hour later…
There wasn't too much information on Bella. She didn't have a Facebook, Myspace, etc… There was an article on an award from Forks High School on a paper she once wrote. She must be fairly smart, and the article said her real name was Isabella. There was a Charles Swan who lived in Forks, Washington who still is the police chief. Maybe he's her father.
After I went through a few more pages of search results, I gave up. I couldn't really find much else. My progress so far was awful. I barely knew more than Mike, and I was being paid for this. I typed up the few facts I knew or suspected (which was only half a page long, double spaced), and then sat back in my chair, my feet propped up on my desk, trying to think of a way to find out more about Bella. I didn't know where she lived… but I could…
I suddenly jumped out of my chair. It was a great idea, but also somewhat risky… I had to consider it for only about a minute before I ran out of my office and into the hallway.
Just down the hall was Emmett's office. Emmett is- to put it bluntly- an expert at fake ID's. He can create every type of fake identification that I have ever heard of, as well as some I haven't heard of. I've come to him many times before. For almost every case I come to Emmett, in case I get arrested or something. Not that I have ever been arrested, but if I were I wouldn't want to use my real name.
I knocked on his door, which was just about 10 feet from the door of my office. I heard stomping as he approached the door. The door opened to reveal… my brother, Emmett Cullen.
"Eddie, my man, my favorite P.I., how can I help you?" Emmett yelled, which was rather loud, considering in was 2:07 in the morning.
"Well, what do I usually need when I come to your office?" I asked him, while stepping into the room.
"A hug?"
"No…"
"Um… false IDs?"
"Yes."
"Great! Well, why don't you sit down and make yourself comfortable? Do you want anything to eat, anything to drink, maybe a girlfriend?" Emmett asked.
"I'm fine," I said in a monotone voice.
"So, what'll it be today?" he asked, opening his laptop and sitting down across from me.
"The usual," I told Emmett while he started typing, "A birth certificate, driver's license, social security card, and a passport just in case."
"Will that be all, sir?"
"Yes." I said, getting frustrated with Emmett's playful behavior.
"What would you like your name to be? May I suggest: Christopher Lee, secret agent?"
"How about just Edward Mason? I would at least like to keep my first name the same."
Emmett sighed. "You'll never win the ladies over with that name."
He continued to type up the information while making small talk.
"So, who's the case this time?" he asked.
"A woman named Bella Swan," I told him.
"How old?" he asked, getting interested.
"She's a college student."
"Ooh, looks like Edward might actually be getting a girlfriend."
"Emmett, that would be so wrong. I'm stalking her! I'm not going to start dating her!"
"You never know what could happen."
After that, conversation ceased between me and Emmett. I was too annoyed to talk civilly.
"How old do you want to be?" Emmett asked a few minutes later.
"I guess my same age, 22."
"Alrighty then, it looks like we're done. Your documents will be ready by noon." Emmett said.
I stood up and left, glad to finally be going home for tonight. Tomorrow might be more difficult.
Step 1: Get fake IDs – Complete
Step 2: Talk to the Seattle University Admissions Office.
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