“Nope. Birthday ain’t for another 2 weeks.” I saw Cain whip out his phone and type something in. “Remember Bella’s birthday?” I asked sarcastically. He nodded weakly and smiled at me remorsefully.

“What about anniversaries? Yours and Edward’s?”

“Nope. That’s like a month or so away.” With care, I started to pull the bow undone. It carelessly fell off of the box and I lifted the lid gradually.

“For God’s sake, Bella! Just open the fucking thing.” I shot him a glare and walked with my parcel into the kitchen. If this was from Edward, I wanted to open it on my own. I placed the box carefully on the table and pulled out a chair for myself. I lifted the lid of the mystery box, a little excitement built up in my stomach. The first thing I saw was a card. I wanted read the card first, however tempting in was just to rip the pink and blue tissue paper layer away and see what was hidden under it, because I want to know who had put so much thought and care into getting me a gift. That excitement I felt turned into anxiety, fear and confusion as I read the card’s message over and over in my head. The card fell out of my hands and placed itself on the table. I dared to take off the tissue paper and gasped at what I saw.

“Whatcha think of you're mystery gift then?” Cain called. Tears fell down my face and he was at my side in instance. “Bella, what is it? Don’t you like it or something? Are they happy tears? Is that some sort of girl thing I should know about because it is …”

“Stop it!” I screamed, “Just stop!” He was taken aback by my outburst and took me by the shoulders.

“Bella, what is it? What’s wrong?” I trembled as I reached for the card. He had a right to know, and I needed help. “What does it say?”

“Here is a little something for the twins. Hope they like them.” Cain’s eyes looked at me in disbelief. I reached into the box and pulled out a pink and a blue dummy, and a toddler sized stuffed bear, one saying ‘Gabriella’ and the other ‘Alexander’.