A Second Chance

Chapter Three

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A Second Chance

Chapter Three

After my initial bout of anger, yesterday had sufficiently drained me, I now have a chance to calm down and start thinking logically about what is happening around me. I feel like the world is spinning so fast and I'm just running around trying to catch up with it.

That's what led me to this moment.

I am now sitting in my living room in the exact same spot where I sat when Edward was here yesterday, and I am staring intently at his torn up business card as if it has all the answers.

When I woke up this morning, after another sleepless night, I decided to put whatever it is that happened the day before behind me.

Until I got a call from Elizabeth late into the night.

I'd just managed to fall asleep when the phone ringing jolted me awake.

"Hello?" I answered, fearing the worst. It brought back memories from the night of Riley's accident.

"Isabella." Came the chilling response. I recognized my mother-in-law's voice right away.

"Mrs. Cullen?" I asked. She'd forbidden me, early on in my marriage, not to call her by her given name or to call her 'Mom'.

'Mrs Cullen will have to do.' She'd said.

"Yes, Isabella, who else would it be?" She bit off, bringing me back to the present.

"Is everything alright?" The first thing that came to mind was that something must've happened to Edward, but I guess if I'd been more awake I would've suspected that train of thought because why in the world would Elizabeth Cullen call me if anything happened to Edward?

But being as I was not fully awake, my heart stopped beating as I waited for her to confirm my fears.

It turned out that I should've been afraid of something else all together.

"I just wanted to let you know that I called my lawyer and he said that I have a very strong case against you." She said calmly, as if she wasn't threating to tear my life apart just because she could.

"Wait, what?" I sat up, completely alert now. "You're actually going through with it? You're going to try to take my baby away from me? Are you insane?"

"No, Isabella. On the contrary, I'm only just getting back to my senses. I was insane the day I agreed to let my son marry you. But it's all over now. I've lost my son because of you and I'm not going to let you poison my grandchild against me as well."

"What the hell are you even talking about? Riley's accident was not my fault! He was driving home late from work and it was raining. He got hit by a drunk driver. How is that my fault?" I hissed, unable to hold back my anger any longer.

"If it weren't for you, he wouldn't have been stuck at that dead end job to begin with. He would've gone to Princeton just like we planned for him, but you had to come along and ruin everything!" She yelled.

She was more delusional than I thought.

"You know what; I'm not going to argue with you over the phone in the middle of the night. I need to sleep so I can take care of my baby. The baby that no one can take away from me, do you understand me?" I don't wait for her to answer as I hang up the phone quickly.