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owing wild in the wind; the color of fire

She'd been right there。 Right there in the harbor with me and Jacob。 If Sam

hadn't been there; if it had

been just the two of us ? I couldn't breathe or move。

The light flicked on; though my frozen hand had still not found the switch。

I blinked into the sudden light; and saw that someone was there; waiting for

me。

17。 VISITOR

UNNATURALLY STILL AND WHITE; WITH LARGE BLACK EYES intent on my face; my

visitor

waited perfectly motionless in the center of the halt; beautiful beyond

imagining。

My knees trembled for a second; and I nearly fell。 Then I hurled myself at

her。

〃Alice; oh; Alice!〃 I cried; as I slammed into her。

I'd forgotten how hard she was; it was like running headlong into a wall of

cement。

〃Bella?〃 There was a strange mingling of relief and confusion in her voice。

I locked my arms around her; gasping to inhale as much of the scent of her

skin as possible。 It wasn't like

anything else—not floral or spice; citrus or musk。 No perfume in the world

could pare。 My memory

hadn't done it justice。

I didn't notice when the gasping turned into something else—I only realized I

was sobbing when Alice

dragged me to the living room couch and pulled me into her lap。 It was like

curling up into a cool stone;

but a stone that was contoured fortingly to the shape of my body。 She

rubbed my back in a gentle

rhythm; waiting for me to get control of myself。

〃I'm sorry;〃 I blubbered。 〃I'm just so happy to see you!〃

〃It's okay; Bella。 Everything's okay。〃

〃Yes;〃 I bawled。 And; for once; it seemed that way。

Alice sighed