The Hospital Boy

[8] The Letter

**Isabella's POV**

Jacob wanted to wait a few days so my body can reover from that asthma attack, but I didn't want too.

Today is the day I get to pack all my things from my apartment, and tell the owner I'm moving out. I'm taking my wallet just in case, because I'm not sure if my mom paid the rent. I know she did, but with so much going on in her life, I don't know if she did.

"Are you ready Bella?" I heard Jacob ask. I grabbed my phone and walked out from my room, "Ready." I said with a smile on my face. "Where's Harmony?" I ask back. "She's already in the car. All we need is you." Jacob said. It's only been a few hours and he's already making me feel happy. He held out his hand for me, and I took it. I walked out from the house with him, closing the door behind us.

The drive to my apartment wasn't that long. We were only in the car for half an hour. When we got there, I saw my best friend Violet there. Once the car stopped, I got out and ran to her. "VIOLET!!!" I gave her a big hug and she hugged me back tightly.

Violet has been my best friend since I can remember. I met her back in California when I was in pre school. Just a few months before my mom left my dad. My mom got contact with her mom again, so that's how we were able to stay in touch. "What are you doing here? I thought you were back in California." I asked her. "My mom wanted to come over here and visit you. I'm so sorry your mom passed away Bella. I know it must be very hard." she said.

I tried to so hard to keep the tears in, "Yeah. It has been hard. But I met this boy named Jacob, and he's been helping me." I turned back and told him to come here. He had Harmony in his arms, and walked over here. "Violet meet Harmony and Jacob. Harmony and Jacob this is my best friend Violet." I said with a smile.

They both waved at each other. Of course Harmony was being shy. "I thought you were inside." Violet said. "Oh no. I don't live here anymore. Actually, I'm here to grab my things and take it back to Jacob's house. He asked me to move in." I said to her. Violet had a confused look on her face, but then that quickly turned to a bright smile. "May I help you guys?" she asked. I smiled widely, "Why of course you can. There's some boxes in the car if you wanna grab them. I'ma go open up the door."

I walked to the front door, and then up the stairs. The elevator doesn't work, so we're gonna have to be very careful talking down the heavy stuff. Once I got to my door, I saw the owner of the building standing out side from it. "Isabella!" she said. I looked at her, "Hi Mrs.Garcia. What are you doing here?" I asked her. "I'm here to pick up the rent for this month. Your mother hasn't paid yet. I've been calling you guys, but no one has answered." she said. "Oh! I said, my mother has passed away sadly. I've been living with someone else at the moment. Let me go inside, and grab the money for you."

I grabbed the key from my purse, and opened the door. As I was walking in, I heard Mrs. Garcia speak up, "Your mother passed away? Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry to heard that. How did she die?" I didn't want to talk about how my mom died, but if I don't tell her, she's gonna annoy me until I answer. "She said from a heart attack. Her heart was weak from all the drinking she has done, that her heart finally gave out. She tried to quit, but she couldn't. I don't wanna talk about it."
I grabbed the money from the under the bed. It was in a box, it's labeled as "Rent Money". My mom keep this box, so we can make sure we pay. I grabbed the money from the box, and then handed it to her. "Here, last rent of the month. Thank you for everything Mrs. Garcia. We really apperiate it." I said with a smile on my face. "I hope we can see each other again soon. Take care sweetie." she said.

Once she left, Jacob and everyone else walked in. "The elevator doesn't work. How are we gonna get the heavy things down the stairs? It's going to take forever." Violet said. "I guess we're all just gonna have to help with something. Come on, let's start. Harmony if you want, you can go pick out the stuffed animals you want from my room. I'm not gonna use them anymore." I said to her. Harmony ran to my room. "That should keep her busy for a while."

It didn't take that long for them to get my things together. It was I who took forever to get my mom's things put away, because of the memories and pain from everything I saw.

In her drawers, I found this strange note, it was from my dad. What? He wrote to my mom? I turned it around, and opened it.

"Dear Isabella, I am writing to you because I want you to know the truth. Everything your mom has told you was a lie. I never hit her, and I never hit you. I never got drunk, and I never did any of the things she said. It was her who got drunk and wanted to hit you. Everything she told you was a lie. I've tried to contact you, but you mother never let me. This was my last way of me getting to you. I know you are probably so confused at the moment, but please just let me explain everything. You deserve to know the truth. Please write me back when you can. Love, your dad."

I was in tears, I was shocked. I didn't know what to do. Is he telling me the truth? Did my mom lied to me? And if she did, why? I didn't know what else to do, all I wanted was just to cry.
Jacob walked in, and saw me crying. He ran over to me, "Hey hey hey. Bella, what's wrong?" I didn't say anything. Violet saw the note on the floor and picked it up.

"I know what's wrong. It's this note. It's from her dad." She said. Jacob looked over at her, "What does it say?" Violet skimmed over the note. "It says that her mom lied to her. Her dad wants her to write back."

I finally stopped crying as I stood up from Jacob's arms, and then wipped my face. "Does it have a date of when he wrote that?" I asked Violet. She looked at the note, "He wrote this a month ago. There's still time to write him back Bella."

I was really happy that there's was time to write back. Just I need to think about what the heck I'm gonna say to him.