Swans Don't Quit

The Return

I have stayed with dad for the past two days with no news from or about Isabella. I could see the toll the stress of not knowing was putting on my father and I was starting to suspect that my sister wasn't coming home. Though I hope against hope for dad's sack that she returned home, human that is. The pack was unsettled by the recent events as much as I was. Isabella's sudden disappearance had sparked a suspicion that had set the whole pack on edge. Jacob went back and forth with the anger that she had left for the bloodsucker that had hurt so much and the heart ache that he wasn't enough for her that she could drop him at the drop of a hat and run off for her vampire.

I was just getting Alex and myself ready to go home when the phone rang next to me on the kitchen wall. I reached and answered the phone, expecting it to Leah or Jacob. I was shocked to hear the soft voice of no other than Doctor Cullen on the other end of the line and damn near dropped the phone before composing myself and listening to what he was saying.

"Afternoon, Eli. This is Carlisle Cullen. The family and I are bring back to Forks and are going to stay. Our planes will be landing in about two hours and my family and I will drop Bella at the house in about four hours. I would like to express my sincerest apologizes for not calling sooner, we do hope that you would inform your father of our return with Bella." The leech spoke as if he was informing me that I had a pimple. Like this stunt of my so called sister's was nothing more than her flying down for a visit.

"I will and you make sure to keep that good for nothing son of yours away from my sister." I said before hanging up the receiver with a loud bang as it connected with the cradle. Dad came running into the room looking bewildered.

"Who was that?" Dad asked as I started to remove Alex's and my own jackets and setting them back on the pegs. I left Alex in his carrier to sleep though as I began to pace.

"Doctor Cullen. He and his entire family are coming back to Forks and they're bring Isabella back with them. That means that the good for nothing bastard will be back to and Isabella is sure to be stuck to his side from now on."I growled out as I pulled slightly on my hair. At this rate I was sure to be balding and grey before I'm thirty.

"The hell she will. Once she steps through that door she will only being leaving to go to school and to go to work. That boy will not get another chance to destroy her the way he did before." Dad said and for the first time in a long time I saw a look of pure hatred cross my father's face.

I called Leah to tell her about Bella's coming home and she demanded that I come home. She insisted that they may have changed her even if they were coming. After a long debate I relented and told dad I was going home. He told it was probably for the best and thanked me for all that I had done the last few days.

The next few days passed with little news from dad other than Isabella was home and was not happy about her grounding. Today I am going into Forks hospital to get my stitches removed. Depending on what the doctor saw when he removed the stitched determined if I would have to continue wrapping the scars or if the cuts were healed enough to allowed into the open air. The guys after showing concern for my injury had taken to calling me wolf man. I laughed and shrugged it off, they would never be allowed to know that these scars didn't come from any wolf but from a sadistic fire haired bitch that had changed my life and those around me upside down.

"Morning Officer Swan" Fern, the hospital secretary said as I walked in and placed a clip board on the top of her desk for me as I walked in.

"Morning Ms. Aspen. How are doing this morning?" I asked and she smiled up at me. I saw as her eyes involuntarily moved to look at the bandage that obscured my scars. I was going to have to get used to the staring, it was going to be a regular things that would unavoidable. Emily and Kim had fawned over me when they had seen the bandage and little Claire had even asked and wanted to see them.