In Paris 1723

Chapter Forty-Seven

Chapter Forty-Seven - Seeing Red

*Genevieve*

"We have a problem," I say, opening the door and putting my paintings down onto the small side table that was placed in the hallway.

"What happened?" Rose asked, rushing over to me from her spot on the couch, Theo right on her heels.

"Alice saw something when I visited them at lunch. Edward wouldn't tell me what it was though, he only said that he would tell us all when he gets back," I say, sharing a grave look with both Rose and Theo.

"Do you think it has something to do with everything happening in Seattle?" Theo asks, glancing between Rose and I. I bit my lip as I sighed, fearful about not being able to know what was going on that made both Alice and Edward so worried.

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"Victoria's coming," Alice informed, both her and Edward standing at the front of the room, everyone else seated in front of them. "I saw it."

"When?" Carlisle asked, looking at both Alice and Edward.

"This weekend," Edward said, "I convinced Bella to go down to Jacksonville to visit her mom. She doesn't know what's happening. Her one condition to going was that I use the other ticket. So, we're both flying down there after school Friday."

"So you're just leaving?" I ask, looking over towards him, my confusion clear on my face. "You're the fastest one out of all of us. Without you, we have little to no chance of catching Victoria."

"Aww. It's good to know that you'll miss me. I didn't even know that you cared so much," Edward teased, crossing his arms as he sent a smirk my way.

"Alright, let's not exaggerate here," I scoff, crossing my arms as I lean back against Theo's chest.

"Genevieve does make a good point," Esme says, her brow furrowed as she looked over towards Edward, "it is going to be considerably harder to catch Victoria without you... without your speed and ability, we starting a pretty big disadvantage."

Carlisle sighed before nodding and looking back at Alice. "Is there anything else?"

Alice just bit her lip as she met Carlisle's gaze, "we may need to ask for a bit of outside help."

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"You need us to help you catch the redhead?" Jacob asked, crossing his arms as he looked over at us.

"She's going to be jumping back and forth between the two territories. If she jumps on your territory we can't get to her and she'll get away," Alice explained. Jacob nodded, understanding what she was going on about.

"I'll talk to Sam about it," he said, quickly turning around and leaping over the front porch, bounding off into the woods.

"You think they'll help?" I ask, watching the spot that Jacob had disappeared into. Carlisle only sighed as he also looked out into the tree line.

"I think that they will... to protect the town. But I don't really know... I can only hope."

"It would be better if Edward could stay, we need his speed if we even want a slight chance of catching her," I remark, glancing over at him watching as he sighs and drops his head slightly.

"Apparently Bella won't leave unless Edward goes with her."

"Of course she won't." 

"If this entire plan goes up in flames because little Isabella was too insecure about her 'relationship' with Eddie to leave him behind while she visits her mother for the weekend, then I am one hundred percent blaming her for the failure that is bound to happen." I scowl, spinning on my heels and marching back into the house. Theo snorts, sharing a few words with Jasper before following in after me.