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  . but he's go looks like he got on a
  plahink he's heading back to forks to start over.” i could hear
  alig in jasper behind me, her quick wether into
  a humming noise.
  ”i k he got away.”
  ”you don't have th. he won't find anythio
  you. you just have to stay there and wait till we find him again.”
  ”i'll be fih charlie?”
  ”yes — the female has been in towhe house, but while
  charlie was at work. she hasn't gone near him, so don't be afraid. he's
  safe with esme ag.”
  ”what is she doing?”
  ”pr to pick up the trail. she's been all through the town
  duri. rosalie traced her through the airport, all the roads
  around town, the school… she's diggi there's nothing to
  find.”
  ”and you're sure charlie's safe?”
  ”yes, esme wo ht. and we'll be there soon. if
  the tracker gets anywhere near forks, we'll have him.”
  ”i miss you,” i whispered.
  ”i know, bella. believe me, i know. it's like you've taken half my self
  away with you.”
  ”e ahen,” i ged.
  ”soon, as soon as i possibly . i will make you safe first.” his voice
  was hard.
  ”i love you,” i reminded him.
  ”could you believe that, despite everything i've put yh, i love
  you, too?”
  ”yes, i , actually.”
  ”i'll e for you soon.”
  ”i'll be waiting.”
  as soon as the phohe cloud of depressioo creep
  ain.
  i turo give the phoo alid found her a
  over the table, where alice was sket a piece of hotel stationery.
  i leahe back of the coug over her shoulder.
  she drew a room: lular, with a thinner, square se at the
  back. the wooden planks that made up the floor stretgthwise
  across the room. doere lihe breaks in the
  mirrors. and then, ing around the walls, waist high, a long band.
  the band alice said was gold.
  ”it's a ballet studio,” i said, suddenly reg the familiar shapes.
  they looked at me, surprised.
  ”do you know this room?” jasper's voided calm, but there was an
  u of something i 't identify. alit her head to her
  work, her hand flying across the page noe e
  taki the back wall, the stereo and tv on a low table by
  the frht er.
  ”it looks like a place i used to go for dans — whe
  or ed just the same.” i touched the page where the
  square se jutted the back part of the room. ”that's
  where the bathrooms were — the dh the other dance floor.
  but the stereo was here” — i poihe left er — ”it was older,
  and there wasn't a tv. there iing room — you would
  see the room from this perspective if you lh it.”
  alid jasper were staring at me.
  ”are you sure it's the same room?” jasper asked, still calm.
  ”no, not at all — i suppose most daudios would look the same — the
  mirrors, the bar.” i trager alo bar set against
  the mirrors. ”it's just the shape that looked familiar.” i touched the
  door, set ihe same place as the one i remembered.
  ”would you have ao go there now?” alice asked, breaking my
  reverie.
  ” been there in almost ten years. i was a terrible dancer —
  they alut me in the back for recitals,” i admitted.
  ”so there's no way it could be ected with you?” alice asked ily.
  ”no, i dohink the same person owns it. i'm sure it's just
  another daudio, somewhere.”
  ”where was the studio you went to?” jasper asked in a casual voice.
  ”it was just around the 's house. i use