Chapter 15
I thought for sure that Charlie had died of a heart attack or something but Edward reassured all of us as if we couldn't hear his heart beat. Charlie was out of it for nearly three hours before he finally came to. I guess this still wasn't a normal reaction to hearing your family is full of vampires but it is more normal than my mother had taken it. Bella figured it out all on her own unlike Charlie. Charlie knew something was different but he didn't know just what it was.
A normal human would have run in fear for their life. However nothing about either side of my family was normal. After several hours of talking we had decided to continue with our story to Renee. Bella had told Renee that she and Robert had fallen in love with Russia while studying abroad and didn't want to come back. Renee didn't know about me and Charlie hated keeping that from her but did. Bella didn't want to put her in any more danger than she already had with the tracker James. The fewer people that knew about us the easier it would be to protect those we love.
Of course his first questions were about our food and then it went into question we didn't even know the answers to. He wanted to know all about me and about Marie and Caleb. Edward did the best he could to easy his mind by telling exactly what he wanted to hear.
Now that Charlie knows our secret we no longer had to continue with our charade. Charlie realized that Billy was still present and he was taking this news far better than he probably should have been. "You knew all along and you didn't tell me you dirty rat." Billy didn't justify Charlie's ranting with any type of response. We sat waiting for anything to happen but when it never did I decided it was time to leave. Caleb needed to get home to sleep and Marie probably needed to sleep too.
I gathered all of our belongings in less than a minute I expected Charlie to freak out but he didn't. I would probe dad later about what Charlie was really thinking. I am sure Edward is trying really hard to not laugh at all the crazy thoughts going through Charlie's head.
I gave Charlie a hug and nodded at Billy after putting the kids in their car seats. I handed Jacob the keys and he got in the drivers seat. I tilted me head and he already knew that I was going to run home and clear my head. It felt really good to run and have the wind blowing through my hair.
