Twilight/Titanic
Doomed
By Hannah Curbishley
Chapter 1- Troubled Waters
The Swan family Jonathan Swan and his Wife Esme and their three daughters Rosalie, Alice and Baby Bella road in their car towards Liverpool Docks they were to set sail on the Titanic the most magnificent ship of the 20th Century.
To the public they looked like a perfect family, but behind closed doors it was a different story.
Jonathan Swan was a first class business man but he was not a first class husband and father far from.
Esme Swan looked like a perfect first class wife but under her elegant clothes was a bruised and beaten wife. Esme took beating after beating from her husband. Esme took the beating to protect her daughters. Rosalie was older enough to understand, she knew that when her father came home drunk and angry that she was to take Alice and Bella and hide, hide from their father in their own home!
The Family board the ship, the started to unpack in their room, Jonathan had to gone to get drinks for himself and his wife.
"I hate him." Rosalie said as her father left the room.
"Rosalie Jane Swan don't say that about your father." Esme said shocked at her daughter.
"Open your eyes mother he's nothing but a bully." Rosalie said.
"I know that but he is still your father." Esme said sad.
"Why don't you leave him?" Rosalie asked.
"Why is Daddy so mean to you Mummy?" Alice asked.
"Stop it both you. If I leave your father we'll end up in third class to you want that?" Esme said
"Third class has to be better than this." Rosalie said.
"Anything has to be better than this mummy, daddy scares me." Alice said crying
"Oh sweetheart." Esme said scooping her crying daughter into her arms
"I'm scared to honey." Esme said kissing her crying child.
"Then leave him mum please before he goes over board and kills you." Rosalie said
"When we get to New York I'll leave him I promise." Esme said.
"Now it's time you girls went to sleep I don't want you awake when your father gets back come on." Esme said getting up, placing Alice down and picking baby scooping Baby Bella up into her arms.
Esme lay Bella down in her crib, Bella was sound asleep, Alice and Rosalie got themselves into bed and Esme came over and tucked them in.
"Mummy tell me a story." Alice asked with a small smile.
"Not tonight Ally." Esme looked towards the door at the sound of Jonathan's voice.
"She can have a story if she wants one." Esme said.
"No she can't now go to sleep both of you." Jonathan said. Jonathan walked out of the room with his open champagne bottle in hand.
"I'll be right back then I'll read you a story I promise honey." Esme said kissing her daughter's check. Esme walked out of the room and quietly shut the door behind her. Alice started to cry, she climbed out of her bed and snuggled up to Rosalie, they knew what was going to happen next, their parents were going to fight and their mother would get hurt.
Esme walked down the corridor towards the living room where Jonathan sat drinking the champagne bottle.
"She just a child Jonathan she's allowed a story." Esme said softly placing her hand on her husband shoulder. I turned around and slapped her across the check. Esme held back her tears as she held her sore check.
"I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THAT LITTLE BITCH IS ALLOWED. NONE OF YOU DO AS I SAY. YOUR ALL BITCHES. WELL I TELL YOU NOW ESME, YOU GET THOSE BASTARD KIDS IN LINE." Jonathan shouted.
"HOW DARE YOU. MY CHILDREN ARE NOT BASTARDS." Esme was shouting now too, she was angry. Rosalie and Alice peeped through the door, watching their parents knowing what was coming next. Jonathan grabbed Esme by the hair and threw her on the floor, she hit her head.
"LISTIN TO ME NOW YOU BITCH YOU DO AS I SAY." Jonathan said before he stormed into the bedroom, Esme sat up, blood on her forehead. Rosalie and Alice ran to their mothers side. Alice started to cry.
"Don't cry Ally. It's gonna be ok I promise when we get to New York, I'm leaving him for good." Esme said.
Esme sat on Alice's bed, Rosalie was dabbing the fresh cut on her forehead, cleaning away the dry blood as Esme read Alice a story.
Alice and Bella were asleep in about five minutes. Esme sat on her eldest daughter's bed.
"Do you mean it Mum? Are you really going to leave him?" Rosalie asked with a hopeful smile.
"Yes Rose I mean it. We can't live like this anymore it's not fair on you girls." Esme said with a small smile.
"We'll get by Mum we don't need him." Rosalie said with a smile.
"I hope so darling. Now get some sleep I love you." Esme said with a small smile. She placed a kiss on Rosalie's forehead. Esme kissed Alice's and Bella's forehead before she left the room. Jonathan sat on the bed when she walked in.
"I'm Sorry." Jonathan said he wrapped his arms around Esme's waist.
"I don't want to hear it." Esme said she pushed his arms away, she got undressed into her nightdress and climbed into bed, not saying a word to her husband. Esme fell asleep dreaming of the day she would be finally free of her abusive husband.