"BOO!" I cried, shaking him by the shoulders.
Jasper sighed. "Bella, I could hear your eyelids open when you woke up. You will never sneak up on me."
"Fine." Jasper was turning into such a jerk and I couldn't wait until I was back with Fredward so that I could tell him all about it. I memorized every detail of this moment for later, and then I asked, "Did Alice see something more?"
"Yes. Something has brought him back to the room with the VCR, but it's light now."
I watched as Alice drew a square room with dark beams across its low ceiling. The walls were paneled in wood, a little too dark, out of date. The floor had a dark carpet with coffee stains on it. There was a large window against the south wall, and an opening through the west wall led to the living room. One side of that entrance was stone—a large tan stone fireplace that was open to both rooms. The focus of the room from this perspective, the TV and VCR, balanced on a too-small stool, were in the southwest corner of the room. An aged sectional sofa curved around in front of the TV, a round coffee table in front if it.
I'd seen this place before.
"The phone goes there," I whispered dramatically, pointing with one big finger down at the paper.
Two pairs of eternal eyeballs stared at me.
"That's my mother's house."
A slow horror slowly crept over us. Alice was already off the couch, phone in hand, dialing. I stared at the precise rendering of my mother's family room. Uncharacteristically, Jasper slid close to me. He lightly touched his hand to my shoulder, and the physical contact seemed to make his calming influence stronger. The panic stayed dull, unfocused.
"That is my mother's house."
Alice's lips were trembling with the speed of her words, the low buzzing impossible to decipher. I couldn't concentrate on deciphering anything anymore.
"Bella," Alice said.
I looked at her numbly. "That is my mother's house."
"Bella, Fredward is coming to get you. He and Emmett and Carbomb are going to take you somewhere, to hide you for a while."

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Chapter 21

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