Addicted

Chapter 32

Bella P.O.V

The women, Esme, looks at me with a frown and asks, "Who are you?" She doesn't seem happy to see me here, I wonder why. She crosses her arms over her chest and says, "I asked you a question."

I clear my throat. "I'm Isabella Swan. I'm Edward's girlfriend." My voice cracks at the end of the sentence.

Esme unfolds her arms and let's out a deep breath. She walks up to me, her eyes filled with tears and wraps her arms around me. Her embrace takes me off guard. Carlisle walks up to the bed next to Edward and grabs his hand.

Esme finally pulls away, wiping away her tears. "I'm sorry, I thought you were a stranger. How is my baby doing? Has he responded to the treatment?" She asks me, taking my hand in hers.

I shake my head. "No, nothings has happened but I hope he wakes up soon."

She nods, pulling my hair behind my ear. "He will, sweetheart. I'm Esme, his mother." She turns to Edward, her eyes shinning with tears and places a gentle kiss on his forehead. "He would never let me do that if he was awake."

Carlisle gives her a smile and strokes her cheek from the other side of the bed. "He wouldn't let us be here if he was awake."

I scrunch at his statement. Edward did say he had no relationship with his parents, never let me ask anything about them but if that happened, why was he taking over the company his father owns? Esme touches Edward's hair with a warm smile while Carlisle looks at him.

I look over at Alice and take the journal from her. "I'll give it to them. Tell Jasper everything is alright," I whisper to her putting the journal in my purse. "Go," I say.

She nods, walking out of the room. Carlisle walks up to me with a warm smile and says, "Edward said you were having security problems, that's why he asked for the bodyguards, is everything alright?"

I nod, touching my hair. Good thing he doesn't know that's a clear sign that I'm lying. Nothing is alright but he doesn't know the truth, why should I tell him? There's so many questions I want to ask him. Like, why didn't Edward have any relationship with them? Was it about James, his brother? What happened that made him leave home? I know Edward wouldn't want me to ask, he would be furious if he knew I tried getting information out of his parents.

He nods, awkwardly. "Look, I don't know what he's told you but-"

"No, he hasn't told me anything," I interrupt him. "He never wanted to talk about it."

He smiles, but it's not a happy smile. His smile is sad, really sad. "I figured. He's always been a very reserved man with his family. How long have you been together?" He asks.

"Almost a month, maybe more. I lost count," I say looking at Edward. Esme is slowly stroking his hair with one hand and rubbing his hand with the other. "I just want him to wake up."

Carlisle wraps his arm around my shoulder and says, "He will. He was something to come back to." At first I took it that he has to come back to his family but the way they're talking to me and treating me as if they knew me for so long makes me think it's me that Edward has to come back to.

After a while Esme backs away from Edward and looks at Carlisle. "So, everything with the security is okay now?" She asks me.

I clear my throat, touching my hair. "Um, yeah. Everything... Everything is fine, there's nothing to worry about." If only they knew how scared I am right now. It can happen at any moment and I can't help but think maybe he's planning on doing something right now, at any moment. My fear just grows and grows by the second.