Abandoned..
Abandoned
Prologue:
"Bella stay right here, I think I see Phil." my mother told me before she left me in front of the local convenient store. She ran into the store as I stood there out front looking at the cars that went by then turning to see if I saw Renee. I sat down on the curb as I waited and started to count all the blue cars I saw go by.
As I got to number twenty my mother came out on Phil's arm and they were laughing and joking. She looked happy. Then she walked right past me to his nice black camero. I watched as she approached the car ready to get in it. Just before she got in I yelled.
"Mommy!" I yelled. She didn't even look at me. So I yelled again but louder. She stopped and came towards me with a twenty dollar bill.
"Here is a twenty, Bella. Go in the store and buy candy or a soda." she told me. I could never have candy before dinner so like a normal six year old I went into the store with money in hand excited to buy some candy.
When I came out my mother was gone and so was Phil. That nice shiny black camero no longer was parked in its space. I saw no sign of my mother. I slumped down on the curb and started to cry with the chocolate candy bar in my hand.
I was out there all night and the only time someone spoke to me was this woman about to go inside but almost tripped on my small body. She kneeled down and looked at my eyes which were red from crying and the still un eaten chocolate bar in my hand.
"Sweetie, where is your mother?" she asked me. I looked up at her. She had red hair and was dressed in this nice blue dressy top with jeans and blue high heels on. She held out her hand to me. "I'm Victoria. What's your name?" she asked.
"Isabella swan" I muttered under my breath.
"What a pretty name. Where is mother Isabella?" she asked again.
"She's gone. She left with a man after she told me to buy some candy." I honestly told the woman named Victoria.
"Sweetie, how long have you been here?" she asked me. She asked a lot of questions.
"It was nine in the morning when my mother and I walked here" I told the woman. She looked shocked after I said that and told me to stay put. She went to her car and pulled out a radio.
Victoria: This is Victoria Santos, I'm at the convenient store on Cornwall Ave and there is an abandoned child here. Bring child protective services. Over
I heard her speak into the black think that she pulled from her car. Another voice spoke back to her. Its sounded like a man.
Man: Copy. Child protective services is out of transportation. You'll have to bring the child yourself Officer Santos. Over
Victoria: Copy. Alright. On the way. Over.
Victoria was a police officer but she wasn't in uniform so she must have been off duty.
She walked back over to me and kneeled down in front of me again.
"Isabella, will you come with me? I'm a police officer, I'm gonna find you a new home" she told me and she stood and put out her hand for me to take. I looked at her for awhile and then I saw the badge strapped to her pants on her waist. Then I knew that she was who she said she was and that I could go with her. I took her and held my chocolate bar in my other and followed her to her car.
Present
"Bella?" the little girl in my said to me. I was now twenty-five and I the top social worker at the child protective services in Seattle. Victoria, the woman who found me, found me a good home and I still keep in touch with her. Now I rescue abandoned children like she did for me all those years ago.
"Yes sweetie?" I said to her looking at her for a brief second before turning back to the road.
"Are gonna find me a new home?" she asked me. Her name was Ella and she was left on the side of the road yesterday morning. Police found her crossing the road the little McDonalds across from the movie theatre. They brought her to me and she spent the night with a foster family until I picked her up. Truth is I didn't take me long to contact a friend to find this little car a decent home.
"Yes I found you a home. With two loving people. They're children are grown ups and they want a little girl just like to spoil rotten" I told her and she laughed at me.
All I knew about this family was that they wanted to raise another child and I thought Ella was perfect. Then again I kind of take special interest in cases like Ella. They remind me of my own. Ella is such a sweet girl and she is only five but is super smart.
This family lives all the way in some small town called Forks. I'm on my way to the house now to drop off Ella. She gets to stay with them for a month after I interview the parents and see if they capable of keeping Ella. I look around the house and if I like what I see she stays for a month and I check up on them randomly. If everything is great and she is adjusting fine then I give them the papers to adopt her permanently.
"Here we are" I said to her as I pulled into the long circular driveway. The house was huge and looked like a mansion. The windows were big and it was very modern looking to be in right next to the woods.
"Wow!" Ella said as she got out of the car. I walked around to stand by her as she gawked at the place. I smiled down at her and held out my hand.
"Ready?" I asked her.
She smiled and took my hand as she said, "yes I am". We walked toward the doors together and I let go of her hand so that I could knocked before I held it again.
The doors opened, "Mr. and Mrs. Cullen?"