Pairing: Edward/Bella (but not in a good way), eventually Jacob/Bella
Character notes: This won't be a CULLEN friendly story and Charlie has passed away before this story takes place. So if either of these will upset you please refrain from reading this story. I don't wish to upset anyone.
Genre: angst, family, trauma, abuse and Romance
A/H
Rating: M - triggers dark themes; domestic abuse and may cover other triggers but IF so each chapter will have a warning.

WARNING: Will cover all types of domestic abuse/violence: sexual, physical, emotional and mental, it will also hint at inappropriate behaviour of an adult to a minor, death and possible death so IF any of these will upset you please refrain from reading this story. I don't wish to upset anyone.

Summary: Previously the one shot and a half "UNTITLED" which can be found in "six words".
Bella comes round in a hospital bed; bloody, bruised, badly beaten and with a few broken ribs. Memories of last night are hazy at best but with the help of the on duty nurse, she begins to remember small patches of the events which led up to her being in Forks General.
When a visitor comes knocking Bella is petrified Edward has found her but it's someone from her past who she hopes can mend her broken soul.
Beta: NONE
Pre-Readers: Michelle Spencer
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.
In Progress

Broken Trust

Prologue

"Bella, you don't have to do this…. You know we don't want you to go, especially just because-"

"No. No. No! Its fine, I want to go live with Charlie, Mom. Honestly," Bella rushed to reassure her mother, "its time I got to know him a little better, you know," she shrugged casually even though the relief which flooded her mom's face as soon as Bella had protested with her first no, made Bella's heart ache a little for the days when it was just the two of them until her mom's new boyfriend now husband had appeared six months ago and ripping Bella's world apart.

Bella knew her mom would happily let her stay if she asked after all it wasn't Renee making Bella leave. It was Bella herself and Renee still couldn't understand her daughter's sudden desire to move hours away to the cold and dismal town in the middle of nowhere, to live with her estranged father; they were and never had been close only spending a week or two together every summer since she had been three, most of which Renee was positive Bella had been left in La Push while Charlie worked or fished. It wasn't until Bella turned twelve and refused to go to Forks, that Charlie had made the effort to get to know their only child. Before that, shortly after their separation Charlie had driven down once a month, for a weekend, which quickly became every other month, to every few months to twice a year, work on both their parts, and Renee's constant moving or different boyfriends she knew Charlie wouldn't approve of hadn't helped the situation, but that was all in the past now Renee thought. However she was adamant that Charlie had only spent about seven or eight months in total with their daughter, in the whole of her seventeen years. No it had been left to Renee to play mom and dad to Bella, and now suddenly Bella wanted to try and establish some kind of relationship with her father, which was unnecessary because they had Phil now. Renee was sure that once Bella went back to Forks, she would be home in a few weeks, and in the mean time she could get some quality time with her new, much younger and very good looking husband. However the problem wasn't Bella or Renee's need to find yet another new boyfriend or even the fact that she had married him so impulsive, it was the man himself. Renee was completely smitten with him, and had been right from the moment he had crashed his shopping cart into theirs at Walmart. He had made Bella's skin crawl with his just his voice but Renee, thought the sun rose and fell with him turning into a giggling school girl around him. They dated for three months before he asked to move in, and Renee delighted, despite Bella's warnings to be careful and not to rush into it, agreed readily. The moment he set foot over the door well, everything changed. Phil took over as the man of the house; it wasn't their house it was his. But that Bella could have ignored, she only had just over a year before she left to go to college. It was a small price to pay for her mother's happiness and at least she could go to college knowing she wasn't leaving Renee to fend for herself. Except Phil begun making Bella feel overly uncomfortable in her own home, it had started with strange comments or whenever Bella happened to look up, he seemed to be watching her, but then he seemed to find any reason to brush past her, even when there was ample room, or sitting too close to her on the couch until gradually his unwanted attention began to grow and he seemed to spend more time in the house when Renee was at work, or coming home unpredictably. Bella, so far had managed to evade him by spending time either at school, in the library, or on some occasions walking the streets until she knew her mom would be home and would be entertaining him. This seemed to be working well right up until three days ago when in the middle of the night, Bella had been woken by someone trying to get into her room. She knew instinctively it wasn't her mom, she could hear her mother's loud snores through the walls of her bedroom and Bella knew she would have knocked, before she tried the door handle, but she would have also called out to ask Bella why her door was locked. But no, instead this person persistently tried to open the door, even attempting to bump it open with their body weight thinking it was merely jammed. Bella had whimpered and crawled up her bed until she was flush with her headboard, pulling her covers up to her chin as she shook and cried silently. Never had Bella been gladder that she had installed a deadbolt on her door after Phil had 'accidentally' walked in on her changing once, to tell her dinner was ready. Bella had stayed sat up watching the door, weeping to herself, too scared to sleep after that. She had got up at sunset, sure both her mom and Phil were asleep, from their snores, got dressed and crept out of the house; running as fast as she could down the road before she rang the only person she had left in the world, that she could run too. The wait for him to pick the phone up, seemed to last eternity, as she nervously chewed her nails. Charlie had been surprised his six am wakeup call had been his daughter unexpectedly begging and pleading to come and stay with him. He seemed shocked and suspicious at first but Bella had cried and insisted she missed him, seemed to make him genuinely lost for words and after he got over his initial surprise he seemed especially excited at the idea. She had requested he book the tickets straight away, which made him ask if there was something wrong but again Bella's shaken voice made him, promise to book the tickets and even asked if she wanted him to fly down to meet her or drive down, but she had reassured she just wanted to get there and out of the newlyweds' house forcing herself to laugh to soothe her father's concerns, he had coughed at her comment and stammered slightly, rushing to get off the phone to ring the airport.

Bella waited agitatedly until Charlie rang her back with the flight details before she turned around to head home to tell Renee that she was moving out to live with Charlie, playing on the newlyweds card again stating she knew Renee and Phil didn't want a teenager hanging around, Bella saw Renee flustered, for the first time in her life. Renee knew deep down her and Phil had made Bella uncomfortable with their openly affectionate and lustful relationship, and they could have hid their love a little better around her, but Bella was nearly an adult. Renee had secretly believed Bella had a boyfriend since she was out to all hours these days and sneaking out in the middle of the night or early hours. Bella hadn't told her mother she would have been on the plane that evening had Charlie not made her wait two days because he had to work and wanted to pick her up and be there for her first day at least. Bella knew if she had been honest with him about the real reason for her hurry he would have drove to Arizona to pick her up in the cruiser, with the lights and sirens going but she didn't want that, she couldn't tell anyone of her true fears. Someone less of a coward would have told her mother what kind of man she had married, but in truth Bella was too scared her mother wouldn't believe her, or Phil would be able to manipulate it somehow, or worse turn it round on Bella, herself. Renee was far too loved up with him and it broke her heart to acknowledge the fact the bonds of mother and daughter and best friends they shared, had been replaced, by a far stronger one, at least to her mom. Bella knew there was a good chance Renee would believe him over her; something Bella didn't want to risk, nor could she cope with her mother hating her, or choosing him. So instead Bella did the only thing she could, the one thing she had learnt from her mother; when life gets tricky or difficult- you run. Which is exactly what she did, she ran to deepest, darkest Washington, to her father arms, where she hoped she would finally be safe. Little did she know monsters come in all shapes and sizes, and live everywhere, even the little city of Forks.