Red flashing lights illuminated the living room of the Cullen house. The large bay windows, which usually allowed the bright beams of the sun into the room while the family congregated, now admitted lights that were as harsh as the news the driver was to deliver to the family inside.
Bella was unaware of the lights and the Chaplin and chief walking up the driveway. For a few blissful minutes, Bella was just a wife and mother cleaning up the kitchen while her daughter slept in the next room.
The knock on the door jolted Bella to a reality she has hoped to never experience, but that was always a possibility as a fireman's wife.