Hello :))

First of all, I'd just like to say sorry for all the typos that I made in the previous chapter.. I was going through it just now, and I realized that I spelt the word 'fairie' wrong every single time...

Anyways, here's the next chapter. I'm not so sure where I'm going with this story yet.. I mean, I know the main parts of the story, but there are a lot of details that I still need to figure out..

Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer can have her perfect characters, but this story's minnnnnneeeee :)


I've always known that when my mother died, she was hurting more than anyone else. It was to be expected since Renee had been her first child, and always favourited above her brothers and sisters. When I saw her at the funeral, I thought that she would be crying like everyone around her, but instead, she maintained a straight face, and came up to me, giving the warmest smile I had ever received. No one wanted to take me in, not any of my 5 uncles and aunts. They had all said that their lives were already busy enough. Nana, on the other hand, greeted me with open arms and welcomed me into her life.

I let out a quiet sob as I place the book carefully in my bag and continued cleaning out her house, now mine. She had left everything that belonged to her under my name in her will. My aunts and uncles were all furious at me. They had wanted a little piece of her fortune for themselves. I looked around the room. All that was left to clean was her closet. There wasn't much in it, just a few of her dresses, and a couple of old suitcases. I took them out one by one single-handedly. They all felt pretty empty to me, except for the last one. I laid it on the floor of her bedroom and unbuckled to sides. It was an old fashioned suitcase, probably from when she was younger. I lifted up the top, and on top of everything was a white envelope with my name on it. I slowly tore the envelope open, curious as to see what was inside.

My beloved granddaughter, Bella.

When you read this, I will already be gone. Don't worry you little head about me, for I know that where I am going will be much more peaceful than the world ever was for me. In this suitcase are my most prized possessions. I leave it to you because you are the only one that will understand.

Remember that although I am not with you, I will always be watching you, and never forget that I love you with all my heart.

Nana.

It was short and sweet, just like something Nana would write, but I didn't understand. What did she mean that I was the only one that would understand? I peered into the suitcase and dug through the rest of the things in it. There was an extremely old and worn out dress, a few books that looked very much like the one that was currently tucked safely in my bag and what looked like a pendant without its chain. It was beautiful, made carefully out of crystal with silver lines to part land from sea, and one point in the centre that was made out of a blue jewel. I flipped it over, and saw a crest of some sort carved into the crystal. It looked familiar, I thought for a moment, my hands trailing along the parts where the crest was carved in the crystal. My necklace! I reached for the clasp of the chain, and carefully removed my necklace and placed it next to the globe. They were exactly the same. I had gotten the necklace as a gift from Nana on the night of my 16th birthday.

"Bella dear, you have one more gift!" I heard Nana's sweet voice come from the living room.

"Coming Nana!" I rushed down the stairs from my room, eager to see what Nana had gotten me.

"Now dear, you're finally 16... and I've been waiting for the perfect chance to give this to you…" she unhooked the necklace from her neck and brought it around mine.

"Nana… your necklace… I can't take this from you, I know how much it means to you…" I whispered.

"That's exactly why I'm giving it to you. Because you know how important it is, and I know that no matter what, you will never let go of it." She gave me a loving smile. "Remember, never let it leave your side. No matter what."

"I promise Nana, I'll take good care of it for you…" My eyes watered up as I pulled Nana in for a hug.

I stared at the two treasures in front of me, I knew that the crest and the pendant would fit together perfectly, but something told me not do put them together, at least not now. I put the necklace back on and put the pendant into my bag, next to the storybook. I then turned my attention back to the suitcase in front of me. I carefully placed the storybooks back into the suitcase, and then I refolded the old dress and placed it in as well. I was just about to close the suitcase when I felt something in the pocket of the dress. I reached my hand in and pulled out an old bronze key that had already started to rust a bit. I wonder what its for… I thought to myself. I decided that the suitcase was far too important to Nana to keep in this house and that I would take it to my own house. I grabbed my bag from the bed and took one last took at Nana bedroom, I my eyes started filling up with tears as I remembered all of the memories I had shared with her… Her things had all been packed into boxes by me and in a couple of days I would have them sent over to my house. I knew that none of the things in the boxes were necessary but I just couldn't bear to part with any of them. It was all that I had left of her, of my family. Of course, I knew that I had my aunts and uncles, but they weren't the nicest of people, especially to me, who in their eyes was the person that stole Nana's fortune from them. When I heard that I would be inheriting everything that belonged to Nana, I thought that it would just be some money that she had managed to scrape together over her years of living here, and her cottage, but boy was I wrong. Turns out, Nana was far wealthier than she had ever let on. She had left me enough money to last a lifetime without ever working, and a safety deposit box filled with old coins that she had kept from her life in England which were apparently now worth hundreds for some, and thousands for others.

I clasped the buckles of the suitcase back together and dragged it out to my car and placed it gently in the backseat and drove back home. I didn't live far from Nana, just a few blocks away. I never wanted to move out, but eventually I found a little apartment for myself and so after Nana persuaded me, I bought it and moved in. When I entered my apartment, it was the first time I had felt truly alone in the world. I was around 4 in the afternoon, and I had taken a day off of work, thinking that cleaning out Nana's house would take longer than I thought, but now that I had nothing else to do, I figured that I would read the storybooks that I had found in Nana's suitcase. Before I could even make my way over, the doorbell rang so I ran over to answer it. I opened the door and found a gorgeous blonde haired girl with ice blue eyes standing at the door.

"Is this the Swan residence?" she asked me.

"Umm, yes… Who are you?"

"Sorry, you must be Isabella Swan, I'm Rosalie Hale, I've been managing your family for a while now. I'm an account, advisor, lawyer, whichever one you want to call me." she smiled at me.

"Oh, Nice to meet you, and please call me Bella. Would you like to come in for a while?"

"Sure, and call me Rose."

"So, um, Rose, is there a problem? I mean, there's got to be a reason why you're here."

"Well yes, several reasons actually. You see, Nana hired me when I first came into this business, and your family was my very first client. I've always had a very good relationship with your family. I manage everything that comes under the family name, and this is only for the Swan family, meaning, only Nana, your mother, and now you. Do you understand?" She raised an eyebrow at me.

"So my father didn't know about this?" I questioned.

"No, he didn't. Anyways, at first Nana was going to give everything that she owned to you mother, Renee. However, she passed away before she was able to inherit these things, so now, they are for you…" she paused for a moment, "and someone else."

"What? Who else?" Was it one of my aunts or uncles?

"Well, this isn't going to be easy, but in your grandmother's will, it stated that everything she owned would be given to the children of her first daughter, Renee Swan."

"I don't understand. I'm an only child…" I replied, confused at what she was getting at.

"Umm… not exactly."

"What do you mean not exactly? My mother only gave birth to me, I know for a fact that I don't have any brothers or sister, my mother died when I was 12."

"Yes, you don't have any younger brothers or sister, but I was looking through your family files the other day and I discovered a document… a document that stated that your older brother had been given up for adoption about 4 years before you were born."

"W-what…?" I whispered, barely able to make any sound at all.

"He was adopted by a couple in England. I did some math and found out that if he was born around 4 years before you, then your mother was probably only 16 years old at the time, 17 at most."

"So they gave him up for adoption…" I knew that they wouldn't have gotten an abortion. Nana wouldn't allow it, She believed that every person, even an unborn child, should have a chance in life.

"Yeah… So what do you want to do?" Rosalie patted me gently on the back. "You know that you don't have to decide right now, as long as you don't touch his part of the inheritance, then you can wait as long as you want…"

I pondered for a moment, "No. I want to meet him." I stated. Although I didn't know him, he was now my only chance of having a family, and I definitely would not be letting that go.

"Great! Then when do you want to leave?"

"The sooner the better…"

"Alright, then I'll just book a flight and we'll leave tomorrow." Rosalie smiled at me, suddenly getting really excited.

"Rose, you don't have to come if you don't want to, I mean, it isn't in your job description, right?"

"No it isn't, not for anyone but the Swan family." She looked at me sincerely, "Your grandmother did a lot for me when I first met her, and I've never been able to repay her for her kindness, so now that I have the chance to help you, I'm not going to let it go."

"But… I'm not her."

"No, you aren't, but you were her most precious treasure in the world, she said so herself. She used to say to me, 'One day, when I'm gone, you just come over here and keep my little Bella company. She's got no one else but me.' I promised her, and I'm not the kind of person that goes back on a promise."

"Thanks R-rose…" I choked on my own tears, Nana was right. I did need someone to be here with me. Someone like Rose, whom I knew, treasured Nana almost as much as I did.

"Anytime, but I gotta get going if we want to leave tomorrow morning! I'll pick you up at 8?"

"See you then" I waved goodbye to her as she left the building.

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