Chapter 2: Carlisle

Bella's POV

I went into Nessie's bedroom hoping that she was still awake so that I could say goodnight to her. However it was already to late. She was already sleeping soundly. She didn't look to comfortable in the position that she was in so I adjusted her slightly. I gave her a kiss on the forehead.

For a few minutes I just stood there watching her. She just looked so small and fragile. As I looked at her I got that feeling again. The feeling that something just wasn't right. It really scared me. I really hoped that I was just overreacting.

In that moment I also realized how much I have neglected in her in the past six months. My three little ones just needed me so much that I really didn't have much time for Nessie. I felt like a horrible mother for that reason.

I left and closed her door softly so I wouldn't wake her up. I went back to my own room to get ready for bed. We had to leave to the airport in a few hours and if I didn't get some sleep I would be a zombie for the rest of the day.

It seemed like mere seconds after my head hit the pillow that my alarm was blaring in my ears. I quickly turned it off and got out of bed. It was hard but eventually I got all of my children out of bed. Nessie seemed to have the most trouble. She kept complaining about a headace. She also kept drinking massive amounts of water.

Soon I was making them all breakfast. Nessie was refusing to eat for some reason though.

"Nessie, come on. You have to eat something" I said. Her behavior had completely baffled me. She had always had a very healthy appetite, until recently. Now I have a hard time just getting her to eat anything.

"But I'm not hungry" she said.

"Nessie you have to eat. You've gotten so thin. It's not healthy. You need to eat" I said.

"Okay fine" she said. She started eating, but very slowly. Like she really wasn't hungry at all. She had only finished about half of the pancakes that I made for her before she threw them away.

Soon I heard the taxi pull up. We all said our goodbyes to this house. We got our bags and loaded them up into the taxi and left. It was kind of sad to leave this place. It was the house that my girls knew so well. They had lived here all their lives. Except for Nessie that is, but she was also very young when we moved here.

The trip to the airport was a long one. Sarah and Abby wanted me to read to them non stop, Jack Jr was also a handful with his crying. Nessie was just sort of there. She just stared absentmindedly out of the window. She looked tired, as if she was going to fall asleep again at any moment.

My kids started to get more excited once we had arrived at the couldn't contain themselves much longer. It surely was going to be a long flight with these young ones. They couldn't wait to get to their new house. At least that's what they kept saying over and over. Nessie didn't seem to care at all.

Once we had boarded the plane the other surrounding passengers began to give me annoyed expressions. People show no sympathy to mothers with young kids. My girls finally settled down once I got out the DVD Player and played Frozen for them. No matter how many times they had seen this movie, it was always a guarantee that their attention would be on the movie while it played.

Nessie seemed content just to listen to her iPod during the flight. Meanwhile I took care of Jack. Not long after the plane had taken off I soon found Nessie asleep.

Her sleeping habits had changed a lot in the past few months to. She could be very hyper one minute and lethargic and sleepy the next. Sometimes it gave me some serious whiplash. I just hoped that whatever this was, it would pass soon.

I couldn't be happier than I was at the moment that the plane landed. My kids were starting to get pretty hyper and I had a hard time calming them down. I was afraid if this went on much longer another passenger was going to say something to me and I did not want that to happen.

I got them lunch before we headed to our new house where we would spend the rest of the day unpacking. It was a good thing that I had already preordered furniture and had it sent to the new house.

Unpacking was a long and boring process. At least I had Nessie to help me. For some reason she looked agitated and nervous. She also kept complaining of a runny nose.

She didn't look any better at all by the next morning. I decided to take her and the rest of my kids with me to my new office rather then just let her babysit them. She didn't look up to it.

I didn't actually start work that day. I just had to go in and set up my new office. I was also supposed to meet with another doctor who was going to show me around. This doctor was supposed to be my assistant until I was completely comfortable there. They weren't sure who to pair me up with, so I had no idea who I would be working with.

I went in through the entrance that I had been instructed to through.

"Are you Mrs. Brown?" asked the guy whom I assumed was the boss.

"It's Ms Brown" I said.

"Well it's nice to meet you. I'm David Cameron. You're new boss" he said.

"Well Nice to meet you to" I said.

"Are these you're kids?" he asked.

"Yes, this is Sarah, Abby, Jack Jr., and Renesmee" I said with a smile. "I didn't have anyone to watch them today" I added.

"Okay. As long as they don't get in the way today" he said.

"They won't. I promise" I said.

"Okay well I'm going to pair you up with Dr. Carlisle Cullen for the time being. He's a really nice man that'll help you with anything"

I felt the color drain from my face. It couldn't be, no, it just couldn't be. I felt my heart beat faster. There was just no way that this was happening. It just couldn't be the same Carlisle. It had to be a coincidence. Please tell me that this is just a coincidence!

Only it wasn't a coincidence. As soon as the door opened our eyes locked. His golden eyes stared right into my brown ones. First all he could register was shock. Then I could see hurt, and betrayal in his eyes. I didn't understand it though. He was the one who left me without even so much as saying goodbye to me. He was like a father to me and he just left. Without even saying goodbye. I wasn't even worth saying goodbye to. He was the one that threw me aside like yesterday's trash. What reason could he have for feeling like I was the one who hurt him?!

Or maybe I'm wrong and that's not even what he was thinking at all.

Dr. Cameron chose that moment to clear his throat. "Do you two know each other?" he asked.

"We met once. A long time ago" I said.

"Good. That should make this easier" he said before leaving. That just left me and Carlisle.

"Bella, is it really you?" he asked as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"Yeah Carlisle. It's really me" I said.

"You have a family now" he stated as he looked at all my kids. His eyes lingered on Nessie the longest. He looked like he was thinking about something really hard.

Carlisle walked up to her which made Nessie somewhat uncomfortable. Carlisle sniffed her discreetly and immediately a look of great concern appeared on his face.

"Mom who is this?" Nessie asked, obviously feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Carlisle regained some of his composure. "Forgive me young lady. I'm Carlisle. You're mother and I knew each other a long time ago" he said.

"Well nice to meet you. I'm Renesmee, but I prefer Nessie" she said.

Carlisle then looked at me.

"Bella is it okay if we speak in private?" he asked. I wasn't exactly sure that is what I wanted to do at this moment but I agreed to it anyway.

I left my kids and followed him somewhere more private.

"Bella, can you come over to the house later? Everyone has a lot of questions that they are going to want to ask you" he said.

"Why would they ask about me?" as if they even cared about me and my well being.

Immediately Carlisle looked angry. "I think we all want to know why you decided to cut us out of your life for good. Why did you call us monsters and just throw us aside like we meant nothing to you? Esme and I loved you like a daughter. You have no idea how your rejection still continues to hurt us and the whole family until this day" he said angrily.

What the hell was he talking about?! It was them that did that to me?! They were the ones who tossed me aside like I meant nothing to them! I was the one who had the right to be angry.

"What the fu-?" he cut me off.

"Now is not the time to discuss this. Besides I have a more pressing worry about your daughter Nessie" he said. Uh oh, had he figured out that she was Edward's daughter?

"What about her?" I asked.

"You don't know do you?" he said.

"No" I said.

"The scent of her blood is very highly contaminated with the scent of heroin. There are marks on her arm, undetectable to most eyes. But they indicate that she's been injecting it for a while now. " he said.

I felt myself begin to fall apart.

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