Twilight Collision: Falling Into Pieces

A Lost Swan

Charlie placed the phone back to its stand for the third time tonight and paced in his kitchen. He never even made it to dialing. Just thinking about what he was going to say made him doubt if he what he was about to do was a good idea.

The day after visiting the hospital, Charlie went straight to finding out the identity of the girl. He wanted to go back to the Cullen house but unless he had a warrant, he didn't want to go snooping into other people's houses even when it was clear that they weren't probably going to be coming back so the next best thing was Forks high school.

The school records had enough information to confirm that there was indeed an Edward Cullen but there was none about the girl. He would have given up until he came across Jessica Stanley and her friends while leaving the school grounds. An idea had occurred to him and it was a long shot but he had to try so he asked the kids if they knew the Cullens and just as he suspected, the kids, especially Jessica Stanley were eager to talk about the elusive family.

He was in luck, some of the Cullen kids had classes with them and true enough, they had kept to themselves. Charlie asked about the Edward kid but there was nothing they could tell him that would help with what he was looking for.

"He was always the odd man out even from the rest of them" Lauren Mallory, one of the students explained.

"Not if you count the girl that he's with" Jessica interrupted and his interest peaked with this new information.

"Girl?"

"Yeah, I've met her a few months back. He claimed to be her girlfriend, I dunno, she doesn't go to school here and I'm not sure if they're even still together. I doubt it. He doesn't even mention her at school. "She blabbered on. This was the information that Charlie needed.

"Would you happen to know her name?" Charlie didn't want to get his hopes up and it was a long shot but the Stanley kid did not disappoint.

"Yeah. What was her name again? ..." She thought to herself and when she looked at the police Chief, she remembered. "Oh yeah. Bella! Isabella Marie Swan. That was her name! I even asked her if you were related to her but I think she said she wasn't related to you or anything" She shrugged and Charlie stood there dumbfounded.

"Do you know her, Chief?" Pastor Webber's daughter, Angela had asked, probably after seeing the expression on his face and he tried to mask the surprise before speaking.

"No... no... Never heard of her. Thanks for the information kids. I got to go."

He had hurried away from the school towards the Police Station. Now that he had a name, he wanted to know what else he could find. He asked one of his deputies to gather information about the girl, giving them the reason that since the girl was in the hospital, they needed to find out if she has any relatives that needed to be informed of her condition.

That was the reason he was on the phone right now. Before he could think twice, he picked up the phone and dialed again.

The phone rang and before Charlie could even think about hanging up, someone picked up on the other line.

"Hello" A cheery feminine voice from the other line asked.

It took a few seconds before Charlie could answer. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before finally speaking.

"Hi Renee"

There was a moment of silence on the other line before the voice spoke again. Charlie never thought he would be able to speak to his ex-wife again. The last time they spoke was almost a year ago when he called to wish her the best when she remarried.