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Wildflower
Chapter 2
I was in a daze, everything was jumbled, my mind felt so confused. I just wanted to lay there and wait for morning. But I knew I couldn't.
I got up to my knees, praying for God to give me the strength to stand up on my feet. I couldn't let him get the best of me.
I reached into my purse, they I had thrown behind a dumpster as I ran down the alley and grabbed my phone.
"Dumbass left my phone behind" I mumbled to myself.
I went out into the edge of the alley, making sure I could see the street signs and called 911.
"911 what is your emergency?" the operator said.
"Please..." I whimpered, the pain starting to take effect. "I'm on Adams street. I need help" I said.
"What happened Miss?" said the operator, concern in her voice.
"A man raped me, I need help...please!" I said, the pain forcing tears into my eyes.
"What's your name?"
"Isabella Swan, I'm from Forks" I said, trying to hold myself up to not contaminate anything left over from earlier.
"Stay right where you are, help is on the way" she said.
"T-thank you. Oh God please" I said, on the verge of crying hysterically.
"Just take deep breaths please, calm down" the lady said, starting to lead me in breathing exercises while I waited for the cops.
In about five minutes, I heard sirens in the distance. "I hear them ma'am, thank you so much" I choked out, hanging up my phone.
The cops and paramedics saw me and rushed right to me.
"Miss are you okay?" one of the paramedics asked me.
"No, but be careful I got some DNA I think" I said.
The cops looked at me, concerned. I proceeded to explain that I had scratched him, getting skin under my nails as well as semen.
They laid me on the gurney and took the samples they needed. I tried to block out the sounds around me, holding myself together.
I was rushed to the nearest hospital, explaining on the way what happened to the paramedics, telling them I was alone because my mom and dad had forgotten to pick me up so I was going to take the bus. They called my parents, and when they did not answer they called my grandmother. She answered on the second ring,
"Don't you worry, I'll get her parents on the line" she said before hanging up.
I had gotten a rape kit done, getting evidence of the man who raped me. I was waiting in the hospital room for the cops when my parents burst in.
"Oh my Bella! Are you okay?" my mother swooned, rushing to my side. I didn't want to even look at her right now. I was so pissed at both of them.
"Get. Away."
My mother widened her eyes and got off my bed, moving towards my dad.
"Bella, what's wrong?" my mother asked.
"Are you dumb?" I said, "I was waiting for two hours before I went to go take the bus! Did you not hear the fucking phone!" I yelled, my emotions got the best of me. I was normally a very respectful person to my parents, but not today. I was done.
"Bella don't you raise your voice at us! We are still your parents and we deserve respect!" my father scolded.
"Excuse me..."
We looked to the door and saw a cop was waiting to come in.
"Yes?" my father said, standing taller.
"We need to question Miss Swan and ask her what happened. Are you her parents?" he said, standing just as tall as my dad.
"Yes we are" my mother said.
"Are you going to be here for the questioning?" he asked both of them.
"They aren't" I cut in. "They were just leaving" I said, raising my eyebrow at my parents.
My father's face turned red, my mother's looked shocked that I would even talk like that to them. They left the room, slamming the door behind them.
"Alright well let's get this over with so you can rest" the man said.
"Okay Officer..." I trailed off not knowing his name.
"Oh I'm sorry! My name is Officer Laurent" he said, reaching out to shake my hand. I took it in return.
"Now can you tell me what happened?" he asked, taking out a notepad and pen to write it all down.
I told him everything, starting from when I waited for my parents to arrive to going to Denny's. I went into details, leaving nothing out. I gave him a detailed description of what the man looked like.
"What's going to happen now?" I asked him.
"Well, they are going to find the man and bring him into question. We need to figure out what to do with you" Laurent said.
"What do you mean what to do with me?" I asked.
"Well, about whether or not you're going to be sent to your parents or not" he said.
"Is there an option for me to not go back with them?" I asked.
Officer Laurent looked at me, his eyes showing concern for me. "Do you not want to go back to them?" he asked. I shook my head no, that I did not want to go back with them.
"Ms Swan...is everything okay at home?"
"Yeah, things are okay. I just would rather go with my Grandmother...if that's alright" I said.
"Well it would have to be up to your Grandmother and your parents. Since there is nothing bad happening at home I cannot legally give you over to her right away. It has to be up to them" he said.
I said I understood and waited for him to call my grandmother once more and find out where she was. I knew she would know what to do. She always did.
...
Officer Laurent had just left the room half an hour later when my Grandmother breezed into the room and to my side. She was flushed and I knew she had left for here in a hurry.
"Isabella! Oh my child, are you okay?!" she asked, taking the seat next to my bed.
I tried smiling at her before I proceeded to burst into tears. I didn't have to hold it in anymore. She was here.
"Hush my dove, hush" she said, taking me into her arms. Her arms rubbed my back to help calm me down.
"Tell me what happened, Sweetie" she said, knowing it would help me some to talk about it.
So I told her. I spilled everything that had happened that night with seeing the man at the mall up to her arrival at the hospital. She listened with rapt attention, her eyes darkening whenever my parents were mentioned. She was not on good terms with my father, her son, because she did not approve of my mother. She never had a problem with me because I was more like her than my own parents, and because I was her youngest grandchild.
"What's going to happen, Gram?" I asked her.
"I need to talk to a lawyer, this is the last straw" she said, determination showing in her eyes and expression.
"Why do you need a lawyer?" I asked.
"I'm going to fight for custody of you. It'd getting too much; my God you've been the adult of the family for more than half of your life!" Gram said.
Hope shot through me. Oh God could she really win custody?!
I wanted it, badly. I've wanted it since I was ten years old. I knew my dad cared about me; I was his first priority even if he rarely showed it. But with my mother I never knew where I stood. She always cared about other things before me; that much was obvious.
"Do you think you could win, Gram?"
"I know I will. I will not stop until you're in my custody Bella. I know you're almost an adult but will you consider living with me until then?" she asked, holding me close.
"I would love nothing more" I said, tears leaking down my eyes at the possibility of living with her. "Where would we go?"
"How would you like to live on the Ranch?"
I perked up at this. The ranch was perfect! It was nestled in the countryside of Texas, three hours from San Antonio. I always loved going to see her there, it was beautiful and open! It oozed freedom and peace.
"It's settled then; WHEN I get custody we'll go to the Ranch and get you settled in. Grandpa paid it off, so we can live full time there" she said.
"Has much changed since my last visit?" I asked her.
"Oh yes much has changed my dear! We built a diner for folks to come and enjoy a good meal; hired some waiters and cooks. We also hired some ranch hands to help with the animals we recently purchased" she explained.
"What animals did you have?" Two years ago they only had horses and cows.
"We bought some chickens and a few pigs" she said.
"Is Aiden still there Gram?" I asked. Aiden was my three year old American Quarter horse. Gram had given him to me as a birthday gift when he was born. Gram still sent me pictures and videos of him.
"Yes Aiden is still there, he remembers you my dear" she said, making me smile.
"Does one of the ranch hands take care of him?"
"No; Grandpa takes care of him. But one of the hands does help him out in the stable. His name if I remember correctly is Sam" she said.
"Oh I can't wait to see Aiden! I still remember how to ride him" I said, feeling proud of myself.
Gram laughed before helping me lay down to get some rest. She said she had some calls to make before she came back to sleep. I slid over so she could have some room to sleep next to me; knowing she wouldn't sleep anywhere but next to me even if I was against it.
Which I was not, keep that in mind.
"Goodnight my dove; I'll be back soon okay?"
"Okay Gram, I love you".
"I love you more" she said.
As she closed the door my eyes grew heavy. I dozed for a minute before falling into a deep sleep.
GramPOV:
I went outside and proceeded to call my son.
"Hello?"
"Charlie?"
He sounded surprised "oh hey Mom. Where are you?"
"I'm at the hospital with Bella, where you should be" I said sternly.
"She didn't want us around her, was too upset at us" he explained.
"I can see why" I snapped.
"Mother…" he trailed off.
"You left your child at the mall for two hours, at night with no way to get home! She had to take the bus and instead of getting safely home she was raped!" I shouted.
"I didn't hear my phone mother!" he shouted.
"Because you were too busy fucking that woman!"
"Renee is my wife mom" he defended.
"And Bella is your child! She should have come first! You and your brother always came first before your father!"
He sighed heavily before saying "what do you want me to do then?"
"Give me custody of her" I said, getting to the point.
"Mother! I can't just do that!" he exclaimed.
"Yes you can, by signing the papers I plan to bring to you tomorrow" I said.
"But she's my daughter; I'm not going to hand her over! She wouldn't want to go with you, she'd be too far from what's familiar to her" Charlie said.
"She's the one who brought it up to Officer Laurent before bringing it up to me. I'd say she'd like nothing more than to leave" I said.
Charlie paused for a minute "she…she really wants to leave?"
"Yes."
"Is it because of me? Because of what happened tonight?" I could hear the heartbreak in his voice, but I was past caring.
"Tonight was the last straw for her; as it was for me. She wants to get away from Renee, from this place and be with people who she feels actually care about her" I explained.
"I do care about her!"
"She knows you do in your own way, but she's had enough. If you deny me this, I will take you to court and fight it, I will fight for custody for her. Keep that in mind" I said, before hanging up to leave him time to think about this.
I called my lawyer, knowing he'd send the papers to my house first thing in the morning.
I went back inside to my granddaughter's room. She was in a deep sleep, the medicine and the events from tonight wearing her out. I got myself changed for the night and went to lie down. Before I could make it on the bed my phone went off; alerting me to a new text message. It was Charlie.
What time should we expect you?
I told him ten o'clock; smiling at the fact that after tomorrow I would be taking care of my grandchild. I knew Renee didn't approve, and that I would get a mouthful of her shit tomorrow. But I wasn't going to let that stop me from getting custody over Bella. She deserved better than what my son and that foul woman could give her.
As promised, the next morning after I checked Bella out and picked up the papers my lawyer had faxed me, I arrived at Charlie's house in Forks. And as predicted, Renee gave me shit, for taking her only child away.
And I gave it back to her tenfold. Stating that if she really cared about her child, she would have been there waiting for her; that she would have learned to pay the bills and balance the checkbook rather than having her daughter do that for her. Renee had excuses for all of them, but I knew they were bullshit.
At the end of the meeting, I had both signatures and Bella was officially mine.
Her joy at being able to leave and go with me was amazing. After the night she had last night, I knew this lifted her spirits a great deal.
And that night, after picking up Grandpa, we were on our way to the Ranch.
AN: There yah go! There's the second chapter! Bella is going with her grandma to the Ranch and you got introduced a little bit to Sam and the part he plays in the story. Hope you all enjoyed it! Review and let me know what you all think!
