CH 27
No one went to school the next day. Charlie insisted I stay home and wanted Emmett to, and of course Edward refused to leave me, so we all ended up ditching. Esme talked with Carlisle and called the Hale's who were vacationing in Bermuda or something and they agreed we could all stay home for the rest of the week. That wasn't too long since it was now Thursday.
Esme made us a late breakfast after everyone was up. It was tense. Everyone was caught up in their own thoughts, and when the doorbell rang it startled us all. It was kind of silly, because honestly, if Phil somehow managed to figure out I was in Forks, and miraculously found out about the Cullen's and where they lived, he wouldn't bother ringing the door bell. Esme went to answer it and Emmett followed her. They came back into the kitchen with Charlie following them. He sat down and Esme offered him some breakfast, which he accepted. After he was done he turned to me.
"I got some of my friends in Port Angeles to loan us some of their equipment. A detective from California is on his way here, and we've contacted some people in Florida. Here's a temporary phone for you to use. We have to keep yours, but this one had the same SIM card and phone number as your old one. Same for you Emmett. I'll get you both new phones in a few days.
Now, if he calls again, thisphone will record it. It's linked to one at my office, and we'll be alerted and his location will be traced." He smiled to himself, obviously proud he was able to get such nice equipment on such a short notice. "I'm glad you're staying home the rest of the week, but the rest of you guys. I'm glad Bella had such good friends but I don't want your grades to suffer any." Charlie said, concerned.
"It's no problem Charlie. We'll make everything up. We're all really good at school, and we have most of the same classes so we can help each other."
Edward seemed to have cleared his conscience and he told us he had to get back to the station. Esme gave him a thermos full of coffee and Emmett and I both hugged him before he left.
What Edward had told him about school was true. It was the middle of the semester....we didn't have much work to do. The teachers always tried to lighten up until just before finals when most would assign a paper or something, so missing class wouldn't be too detrimental to our education. Esme called the school to tell them and had our teachers gather our work. She said she'd go up there sometime later today and pick up all out work so when we returned on Monday we wouldn't be behind.
We had nothing planned, and I wasn't in the mood to go anywhere. I could tell Alice wanted to do something, and Emmett was getting a bit stir-crazy, but I couldn't being myself to get excited about anything when the threat of my family getting hurt was looming on the horizon.
"Hey...I'm not going to be much fun today, and I can tell you guys are bored, so why don't you all go out and do something? I didn't sleep well last night, so I'm going to go take a nap. You guys go have fun!" I suggested, and they all looked at me like I was crazy.
"Ummm...no? We're not going to leave you here Bella!" Alice said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "We'll figure out something for us all to do here...with you. I won't let you just sit here worrying about us." She looked at me knowingly, and I got the feeling she listened in on my conversation with Edward last night.