"Bells." my father came up to me and immediately wrapped his arms around me. I cried all the here on the plan. I guess I should tell you where here is exactly. It's Forks, Washington. A boring small town with no sunshine and trees. Tons and tons of trees. Woods and woods. That's why I chose to move in with Renee. My mother. My………..mother. She's dead now. So I'm back here. In Forks. And I'm back with secrets. Secrets that I wish I could tell. Secrets that will haunt me till the day I die. The secret is Phil. Phil and the real reason why he's connected to my mother's death. Not only is he her husband but he's the one who killed her. He abused her day after day. I tried to stop him but that only made him attack me. He would hit me repeatedly. I thought about leaving, but I couldn't leave Renee there all alone. And I knew she wouldn't leave him. Not after she left Charlie.

But Phil ended up killing her anyway. After she was dead his friends started having their way with her body. Phil called the cops. He set them both up. His friends were arrested. Of course since Phil was all buddy, buddy with the sheriff he didn't get questioned for more than five minutes. He wasn't even a suspect.

His friends are in jail.

He's not.

He's out there.

Somewhere.

Alive.

Probably living life to the fullest.

Because he can.

While I'm here.

Grieving.

Grieving for the horrible death.

The death of my mother.

Renee.

"Cricket. I'm so sorry, Cricket." my older brother Emmett came and picked me up. I threw my arms around his neck and held on tightly. I buried my head in the crook of his neck. I could fell his tears in my hair. This must have been quite a sight. My bother is like a bodybuilder. Which is the opposite of me. I'm, well, short. With brownish-red hair that goes to the middle of my back. Although our chocolate colored eyes are the same. That was the one trait we both inherited from Renee.

Renee.

Dead.

Phil.

Killed her.

I suddenly felt movement, but I didn't look up. We must be leaving. Emmett gently put me in the car. He slowly got in behind me. I stared out the window and heard the trunk slam shut. Charlie climbed in the front seat and turned the car on. We were passing trees and trees. Like I said before Forks is basically a big forest. It's all green here. There's not much brown. I felt a gaze on me. I turned and saw my father looking at me through the mirror. I saw sadness in his eyes. But he didn't know the truth. Not the whole truth anyway. He didn't know why I constantly wore long sleeves or why I only wore pants.

He didn't know.

At all.

He doesn't feel the pain I feel.

It doesn't have the nightmares I have.

He doesn't look at his skin in disgust when he sees the bruises.

Only I do.

Only I can.

We pulled into a long driveway. The house was pretty big. It was bigger than the house we lived in when we were all together.

"It was seven beds, five baths and a living room, dining room and a kitchen. Which by the way we don't use. We can't cook. But it does have a Jacuzzi. Pretty cool, huh Cricket?" Emmett whispered in my ear. All I could do was nod my head. I opened the car door and got out. Of course it was raining which I didn't mind. It would give me an excuse to wear my long sleeves. So I could hide my bruises. They would heal but it would take a couple of a weeks for them to disappear, altogether. Charlie and Emmett got my three bags from the trunk and quickly walked to the front door. Emmett opened it and led me up a flight of stairs. He walked down the middle of the hallway and stop the third door down. He opened it and set my bags on the floor.

"This is your room, Cricket. Mine is right across the hall. Dads is downstairs. I just wanted to let you know that I'm here for you. I love you, Cricket." he then pulled me into an enormous bear hug. "I'm sorry for you loss."

"She was your mother too." I reminded him.

"Yeah, I know. You'll be starting school in two days. On Monday. I have a game tomorrow. It was delayed. Do you want to come. You could sit on the sidelines. Although I won't be there because I play all the time. I would really like it if you came. Charlie doesn't come to the games because he works all the time. It would be a great time for you to meet all my friends. And remember Justin and Mark would love to see you again. I told them that you were coming back. Please, Isabella." Emmett said putting me down. I knew that it was important that I came to his game. I knew because 1: I knew Emmett, and 2: he used my full name.

"If it means that much to you." he left soon after. I started to unpack. I had brought all my clothes, which wasn't a lot because most of my others were stained with blood. I have brought my photo album with pictures of Emmett, Charlie, Renee and I before we split up. I also brought Nibs. He was my stuffed frog. I remember when I got him. Renee had won a game and won him. She gave to me and told me to always hold him close. I gently sat him on the purple comforter. I got my toiletries and went to the bathroom to take a shower. This was going to be very different than living with Renee.

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