Chapter 3: Loss and Change
We were so happy that is was finally fixed and over. While I was in the hospital recovering, my dad got a phone call from his deputy in Forks, telling him that his mom, my Grandma Swan, was in the hospital and very ill. Since I was doing better, he flew back to Forks to see about her. I had to stay in the hospital for 2 weeks after surgery, so my mom stayed with me and we continued my schooling while I was there.
On that Thursday, about 4 days after dad left, dad called and said that Grandma Swan had passed away in her sleep the night before and that he was going to have to stay a little while longer. We told him that we understood and that we loved him and not to worry about us. My mom and I were hysterical. I got so upset that it caused my heart rate to become irregular and they had to come in and give me something to calm me down. That is when my life started a downward spiral.
On that Sunday, I noticed, through my window, my mom talking to a handsome man out in the garden. When she came back in, I asked who that man she was talking to was. She said his name was Phillip and that he was a minor league baseball player. He was staying there with his mom who was very sick. I could see she was very smitten with him. As, the next week went on, I started to notice them hanging out more, they would hold hands and then one day he kissed her in the garden. I was taken aback. WHAT WAS SHE DOING?
"MOM," I said as she came back in the room, "What are you doing?"
She said, "Whatever do you mean? I was just down in the garden talking to Phillip."
I said, "NO, you were holding hands and kissing Phillip in the garden! I saw you!" How could she do this to my dad and to me? I thought to myself.
She looked shocked, guilty, and busted. "You saw that?" she asked looking at me with wide eyes.
I was like, "YES, I SAW THAT! What are you thinking?"
"Bella, I love him. I have totally fallen in love with this man and he loves me too." She says to me.
I am in totally shock, so much so that I don't know what to say. I just stare at her thinking it is a good thing I'm still in the hospital because my heart was going to explode. She just kept looking at me with wide eyes and talking.
"Bella, I have already told your father about Phillip and everything that has gone on between us. I also told your father that I want a divorce." She looks at me to see my reaction.