AN: Ok, so thought I would post this a bit earlier, I'm slightly too eager :P And this is a slightly longer chapter I hope, and I hope you enjoy it :) I don't own any of the characters. They belong to Stephanie Meyer.
Chapter 2
Trying to come up with a usable plan to get to Forks was a different story however.
I need to think about how I was going to execute my plan and make it believable so that my mother wouldn't hesitate to let me go.
Looking down at the locket around my neck I knew that I needed to come up with a plan fast. It was only a matter of time before my mother noticed the locket that I was wearing and also the letters and the photo's missing from the attic. It didn't take long before an idea hit me. I should try contacting my father.
I peered through the box and shoved all the pictures and letters to the side so that I could try and see if there was any information on how to contact him. Other than his location, I knew nothing else.
At the bottom of the box sat a sticky note with a full name and address as well as a contact number. Picking up the sticky note I felt my heart stutter and I smiled. I actually smiled for the first time since I was a child.
'Charles Swan,
Forks, Washington
555-777-888 (AN: I made it up, I have no idea on American phone numbers)
After running down the stairs and grabbing the house phone, I sat nervously just looking at the number and trying to figure out just exactly what I would say to him. Picking up the phone, I took a last breath before I held it and typed his number in. I waited for a few minutes before he picked up.
"Hello" a gruff voice spoke.
I didn't know what to do or what to say so I said the first thing that came into my mind from the moment that I dialed the number.
"Daddy?" My heart still beating a million times per minute.
"Isabella? Honey? Oh Isabella please answer me? I haven't seen or heard from you since you were born. My little girl, how I have wanted to see your face" He said with so much emotion.
He sounded so emotional? I didn't understand. Did he want me? Did he actually love me? Did my mother stop me from seeing the one man who could have made my childhood the best it could be? I think I got my answer just from his earlier reply. I couldn't help myself from replying to him now, not after hearing that.
"Daddy? Is that really you? Daddy. I need to get away from here, I know I haven't met you or known your at all, but please. If everything your saying is true, Please take me away from here." I couldn't stop myself from saying it all, trying to keep the tears under I tried to explain to him how desperate I was to get away from here.
"Honey, please calm down. I don't know what's happened but I am more than willing to listen. Oh how I've wanted to see you baby girl. There is so much you don't know about me, so much you don't know about yourself. But in time you will. Tell me, how did you get my phone number after all these years?" So much love and emotion was felt in his voice when he spoke.
"I'm so sorry daddy, I can't believe I didn't find out sooner, I tried, oh how I tried to find you but it never worked. Renee would never divulge into any information about you. She wouldn't even tell me your name and what you looked like, other than that you weren't in my life for a good reason. I wanted to know you so bad daddy! I wanted you to pick me up from school when all the other kid's daddies picked them up. I can't explain it daddy, I heard some bells coming from the attic and saw a light in some boxes. I followed it daddy, I knew that my life would change forever and I couldn't stop myself from searching where the sound and light came from. It was a locket daddy, the sound and the light was coming from a locket, and joining the locket in the box were some pictures and letters. All letters you sent me that I never received. I don't know what to do daddy, I've tried so hard to be better for mother but she keeps trying to pawn me off to the nearest suitor and I don't want that daddy. Please come and get me, I promise I will be no problem at all and it would be like I wasn't even there." I could hear his breath stuttering in the background, the emotion and the sadness coming to the surface just added to the situation. I knew that sound, I could recognize it anywhere.
He was crying.
That broke my heart completely. I never wanted him to feel that way; I only wanted him to know that I loved him and that I wanted to see him so badly, for him to take me away from my nightmare. My heart beating so fast now made me aware that Charlie hadn't spoken for a few minutes and I began to fear the worst until I heard..
"Isabella, honey? I am getting you on the next flight to Forks, it is about time that I got to meet my daughter after 17, nearly 18 years. You WILL be living with me and you WILL be happy. Oh baby girl I have waited so long for this day. The day where you would find me and talk to me. I was so worried for years on what your mother was telling you, but now I have no reason to be. I'm booking your flight as we speak and you will be on the next flight to Forks, Washington tomorrow at noon. I have to go honey, don't worry, I will sort it all out with your mother. I love you baby girl and remember something, the locket only exposes itself in a moment of pure need to the person who is its master. There is a lot you will learn soon honey."
And like that, he was gone. I couldn't believe it, I actually spoke to my father and I am getting out of this hell hole tomorrow at noon! I was so excited and couldn't wait for the journey I was going to take. In all that excitement I remembered what he had said "The locket only exposes itself in a moment of pure need to the person who is its master. There is a lot you will learn soon". But what could he possibly mean?
It looks like I was going to find out tomorrow when I got on my flight to Forks.
AN: Apologies if there is any issues with the chapters, I had to restore my laptop to its factory settings and there's been some issues with the chapters. Until next time..
