“Are you going to have another heart attack if I say yes?”

“I’m too heavily medicated for that.” He sighed.

“Then, yes, its true.”

Silence.

Edward held out his hand for the phone.

“Dad, Edward wants to talk to you. Is that ok?”

“Yes.”

“Alright, I love you Dad”

“I…. I love you too Bells.”

I handed the phone to Edward and slid to the ground. I wrapped my arms around my legs and buried my face in my knees and just listened to Edward.

“Charlie,…… alright. Yes, that’s fair………. She wants to come there, but I can’t let her…. Because she doesn’t have enough resistance to human blood yet………… No, Charlie. Its going to be a while before she’s ready for that, and even then it will be putting you in danger…….. Charlie, you know that you can’t tell anyone about this, right?…… yes, it would put Bella in a lot of danger……. Yes, Charlie. I will bring her to see you as soon as she is ready. Get better Charlie. Thank you……. I will. Goodbye.”

“He is going to be fine.” He sat on the ground next to me and put his arms securely around me. “Bella, I’m sorry. This shouldn’t have happened.”

“I can’t believe Jacob would tell Charlie. He promised me he wouldn’t…..”

“Since when does Jacob have any decent morals.”

“Tou chay.” I sighed.

“I hope he feels like shit.” I muttered. “He put Charlie in the hospital.”

“Charlie is fine.” Edward assured me. “He’s just really confused. He can’t make sense of any of this. I think I am going to tell Carlisle to go talk to him, calm him down a little.”

“That would be good.” I sighed.

“Bella,” He grabbed my chin and pulled it up until I met his eyes. “Everything is going to be ok.”

He could tell that I didn’t believe him. He pulled me closer and pressed his lips to mine for a short moment. “Everything is going to be alright.” He repeated against my lips.

I might have been immune to his mind reading, but I was still not immune to his dazzling. I nodded in defeat, giving myself over to trust.

The next few days dragged by. I called Charlie every day to get an update on his condition but even with the assurance of his speedy recovery, I worried constantly. I repeatedly asked Alice to check up on him. She was very cooperative and helpful though, she knew how upset I was.