Run➳Jacob Black [Book 1]

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The doctors in Phoenix took Bella as soon as they stepped through the door. Carlisle, Alice, and Kate were left standing in the waiting room. It had been hours and they were still sitting in uncomfortable chairs as they waited for Bella to come out of surgery. Edward still hadn't come back from the ballet studio. Kate thought that it was a good idea since he just practically tried to kill her sister.

"Kate," Carlisle whispered to her from her left, "I think it would be best if you called your parents."
"What can I say to them?" she asked.

"Whatever you say, it needs to be believable."

Kate shook her head and stood up to walk out of the room. The hallway outside was deserted. Her brain seemed to be flying at a thousand miles an hour as she dialed Charlie's number.

"Kate, where the hell..." he began as soon as he picked up.

"Dad," she began.

"What is it?"

Kate sighed, "Dad something's happened. I called Carlisle and Edward yesterday to try to help me get Bella back to Forks. When we got to their hotel to try to talk to them, Bella fell. Dad, she went down two flights of stairs and went through a window!"

There was silence on the other end, "I'm leaving now," and the line went dead.

She made a similar call to her mother who swore that she would be on the first flight out of Jacksonville to Phoenix. There was one more call that she needed to make and it was the one that she was dreading the most.

"Hello," his voice rang out over the other line.

It was as if all of the events of the past few days had finally caught up to her. A sob escaped her lips and she slid down the hospital hallway wall to the floor. Her knees curled into her as she put her hand over her mouth.

"Jacob..."

"Kate, what happened," he demanded to know, "Dad told me everything he knows but it doesn't make sense. What really happened?"

Not for the first time she wanted so bad to tell him the truth. It was as if her heart was struggling to exit her chest with the pressure of trying to tell him but she couldn't. If she was going to keep Jacob away from all of this, she had to lie to him. She had to spin the same bullshit story that she had told her parents. It was for the best.

So she told him the cover story and not once did he interrupt her. Tears streamed down her face as she lied over and over again. Once she had finished, Jacob was still silent on the other end.

"Do you need me there? Dad and I can come right now?"

Kate shook her head even though she knew he couldn't see it, "No. We'll be home soon. My mom and dad are on their way now. I'll see you in a couple days."

"Kate?"

"Yea?"

She heard a sigh on the other end of the line, "I'm glad you're okay. Come back soon."

"Goodbye, Jacob."

"Goodbye, Kate."

Kate hung up the phone and but her head in her hands. She didn't know that anyone was near her until she felt a body slide down the wall next to her. She looked over to see Edward looking forward not giving her any attention. They sat there looking miserable for a while before Edward spoke the words that were on her mind.