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Thanks to biddy429 for beta-ing!
Little Archangel
Chapter 1 - Decision
I curled into a ball as I lay on the floor of my roomand tried to think, this had to stop but I can't lose the last of my family, life is so unfair and so cruel. The tears streamed down my face unheeded. Suddenly I heard a loud bang and jumped up with a gasp. It was then that I realised that the noise must have been Phil hitting something as he backed out of the driveway. I looked around the room and my eyes spotted the telephone, I made a decision right there and then. I reached for the telephone and began to dial the only number I knew by heart. The phone was answered after the first ring, a deep voice answered "Hello, Swan residence."
"H...h...hello, Uncle Charlie?" I fumbled as I spoke loud enough for him to hear me.
"Bella, is that you, how are you, it's good to hear from you, how are you and how's that old man of yours?" He asked as he did every time I called. I totally ignore his questions, eager to say why I am calling.
"Ere m Uncle Charlie, I need your help, please" I said as my throat clogged up with unshed tears. I had never really gone to Uncle Charlie for help before but I thought he was my mum's brother and he would understand. I truly expected him to say no and hang up the phone without any further conversation. I heard a movement which sounded like a shuffling noise, I then realised that it was early morning in Seattle.
Uncle Charlie's voice boomed through the telephone laced with concern "Bella, what's wrong, what's happened, is Phil okay, are you okay?" At that moment in time the tears that I had tried to hold back once again poured down my face until I was sobbing so hard into the phone that I was totally incoherent. I vaguely heard Charlie speak down the phone in an urgent voice "Bella, Bella are you okay, tell me what's wrong and where you are and I'll come and get you!" He sounded so anxious. I managed to take a big breath of air into my lungs and tried to explain a little.
"It's o.....o....okay...... Uncle.....Charlie, there is noth...ing wrong with Phil, its.....its me who has....the.....problem,......that needs your help" I manage to stutter between hiccups!
"Oh Bella, what has he done, what can I do to help, I will do anything, just tell me!" His calm and controlled voice soothed me enough to reply.
"I'm in Jacksonville with Dad, Uncle Charlie" I said, "I need to get out of here Uncle Charlie, I have to get away, can I come and stay with you for a while!" I was really frantic and beginning to hyperventilate at this point.
"Bells, calm down please, you will make yourself sick, take deep breaths and then tell me what's happened. I will get the first flight and come to get you okay? Now, tell me please?" I tried my best to pull myself together, I shake my head in refusal, although he cannot see me, I really don't want to tell him, he will be so angry but I need to tell him so that he can help me, I take a gulp and then begin to speak.
"Oh Uncle Charlie, dad's never sober anymore and he is always so angry, its really hard be near him" I whispered. Well, I wasn't telling a lie, it was the truth I just wasn't telling him everything. Charlie seemed to understand that there was more to what I was telling him but he did not seem to want to push it just now.
"Okay Bells, here is what you are gonna do, pack a few things in an overnight bag and get yourself to a hotel for the night, as soon as you have a room phone me on my cell to let me know you are ok. I've got a call to make to my work and then I am heading to the airport to catch the first flight available to Seattle. I will meet you at your hotel and then you're coming back to Forks with me, okay?" His tone left me no room to argue not that I was going to go against anything he asked of me. I felt a weight lift off my shoulders as I realised he was going to save me.
"Okay Uncle Charlie, I will do that, I will see you soon then" I replied ready for the change he promised.
"No probs Bella, take care now and don't worry about anything, its all gonna be okay now" said Charlie. I hung up the phone and for the first time in almost a year and a half I felt like things might be exactly what was promised. Charlie could and would save me, so I rose and proceeded to pack my bags. I felt quite weak and exhausted but I managed to find a hotel, and phoned my uncle to let him know where to find me. I ran a nice hot bath and relaxed for a while before crawling under the covers and closing my eyes.