EPOV

We met up with our family exactly where I had left them, in Arizona. My mother came forward and hugged me tightly. She looked like she was going to cry, if she could.

“Pay up.” Emmett said to Rosalie. She just rolled her eyes. This sent him into a sulk. “Jasper always paid when I won…”his thoughts whined.

“Come on. Let’s go.” Carlisle interrupted his pouting. “The wolves have assured me that we should be okay to go back. No one’s left that would remember us accept for Angela and Ben. However, he said that they rarely go out of the house anymore.” There was hesitancy in his tone. It took me a moment to figure out why. He was shielding his thoughts by reciting bible verses in his head. Then it hit me, Bella. I gasped. He had said that no one was left, no one. She wasn’t in Forks. Did he know something I didn’t? Maybe she had moved away. I had to keep up hope.

We all got into our cars. I found myself glancing around for my Volvo, or the Vanquish. “I had your cars sent ahead with Rosalie’s BMW.” Carlisle told me. I sighed and climbed into Carlisle’s Mercedes. There was absolutely no way I was riding all the way to Forks with Emmett and Rose. “I’m sorry, Edward, but I had to be sure.” I nodded; he was afraid that I would change my mind. It was a rational fear; forks held little interest for me without Bella. However, I was optimistic that I could find out where she was. Someone in Forks had to know.

Hours later, I was staring at familiar scenery. We were so close, so close. Painful memories were assaulting me, maybe this was a mistake. “Are you okay?” My mother worried. I caught her gaze in the mirror and nodded. I let my mind wander through the notes of the classical music that was coming from the speakers. I hadn’t played in 50 years. Bella’s lullaby whispered through my mind, and a stabbing pain shot across my heart. Could I handle this?

We were met at the edge of Forks by a wolf. I didn’t remember him but he smelled exactly like all of the rest of them. I suppose to a human woman he would have been handsome. He had dark blonde hair that fell shaggily around his face. His eyes were dark and were staring coldly at us-wait a minute! A wolf?! There shouldn’t be wolves here, unless….”I wondered when you’d figure it out.”