“P-pardon?”  Bella felt faint.  This is bad! This is really, really bad!

Mona looked at her as if she was in awe, “Sit down Bella, you don’t look so well.’’

Bella groped her way to one of the chairs in front of Mona’s desk.

Riley cleared his throat, “Your face says it all. When I went outside to ask the photographers what they were doing here, one of the guys that I have become sort of friendly with informed me that they were not here for me, but for you.  It seems that your secret is out.” He raised an eyebrow.

Bella felt her stomach heave. She put a hand over her mouth and ran to the little bathroom adjacent to Mona’s office.

 She made it just in time as her stomach was emptied of it’s contents.   Bella sat sweating on the floor for a moment with her head leaning against the toilet bowl.

My secret is out? Oh my god! Do they know about what Edward and I are? Have I ruined his career? His life? 

Her jumbled thoughts were racing around in her head.

What had she done?

Her phone vibrated as she was rinsing out her mouth. She answered it with a shaking hand.

“y-yes?” she whispered.

“Bella?”

“Edward…” she closed her eyes as she heard his voice. She could feel the tears well up in her eyes and she felt the hot trail down her cheeks.