I'm sorry it's taken me this long to write the second part I'm so embarrassed.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters
EPOV
"There's no way we can keep this child" I muttered looking down at the small sleeping figure that was laying in the baby carrier. I wonder if she knows where she is, wonder if she realizes that her mother clearly has no regards for her safety. But then again from the letter it appeared as if Renee had no options better than blood thirsty vampires. I watched as Alice finally set the baby carrier down and took the letter off the top of the baby carrier and quickly extracted the small piece of paper from inside the envelope. The handwriting was neat and particular but there were at least 5 tear drops strewn across the page.
Dear Alice and Cullen Family
I'm sorry I'm doing this, to be honest I don't even know why. But what I do know is that I can longer afford to keep Bella. When I say this I'm not just talking financially, my father has continuously put Bella in harm's way and I cannot let my daughter grow up in this environment.
Now that I think about it, I no longer want to live in this environment either. I couldn't even take care of my own daughter, couldn't keep her father around, and couldn't even provide her with a safe home….I don't deserve her.
Please I'm begging you to take care of her. If not please find someone who will because I am no longer available as a mother, a daughter, or a human being.
Renee
"What does she mean she's not available anymore" Alice whispered looking from the letter to the small figure asleep in the carrier.
"I don't know but I'm about to find out" I replied looking down at Bella and running out of the house.
It didn't take that long for me to reach the tiny house where Renee and her daughter had been living, that and the flashing police and ambulance cars made it very noticeable. I searched around looking for an officer and saw one walking out of the house. He paused to shake the hand of Renee's father, who appeared to be crying, and walked down the porch steps. I waited patiently for his human pace to get him to where I was standing and then questioned him.
"Sir if I may ask what happened here?" I asked trying to be patient with the officer so I could get as much information as I could.
"Killed herself, nasty job of doing it too. But then again one gunshot to the head will do it a person" he said shrugging his shoulders. Clearly this was not a big deal to him and I tried to remain calm as I watched the gurney that now held a big blue body bag be taken away to the ambulance car.
"What about…..her baby" I said quietly, did they know we had her? The last thing my family needed was cops showing up at our doorstep; we wouldn't have anything to hide but still that's a lot of human blood all at once.
"Father said that she had already given the baby. She decided it was too much and found a friend that couldn't have one of her own so the friend adopted Bella. It's all squared away so not really any of my business" he said waving goodbye and heading off to his car. I however, was already home before he even shut his car door. As I walked in the door I found my family seated around the living room. Bella was out of the carrier and snuggled away in Rosalie's arms as she continued to sleep and Rosalie continued to coo over her.
"She's dead" I muttered, probably not even loud enough for any human to hear, "she's dead and she told everyone that she had already given up Bella for adoption. The officers don't think there's any problem with it so they aren't going to look into it further. I heard her father saying he would send Bella's new mom a letter of Renee's passing which we all know is a lie" I muttered, too shocked at the situation to even really think about what I was saying.
"Let's keep her" Rosalie whispered, staring down at baby Bella, "Renee wanted her to have a family that could properly support her. We can do that and I know it's going to be hard but I really think that we can do it." Rosalie looked up at all of us as Emmett came and sat down next to her. "Please guys, I don't care who she calls mommy I just want that chance" and as she said this she hugged the little baby and rocked her back and forth. Well of course now we would have to keep her after hearing my sister say all of this, I could already feel the thoughts pouring into my brain.
"Edward let's do it! Think of exciting this could be" I could practically hear Alice squealing in my head.
"I don't see any problem with it, a few extra precautions yes but think about how happy Rosalie and Esme would be" of course Carlisle thought about all sides of the argument before coming to a just conclusion.
"You know" Carlisle said, this time out loud, "maybe we could keep Bella" and as he said this Esme grasped his hand and they shared a knowing smile. They knew their family was going to get bigger and that this was a chance at a real child. What was I supposed to do? Everyone had already made their decision, even Jasper was thinking up ways to get use to Bella's scent. I had no other choice but to simply agree and watch as this baby's life was forever changed. Her life was now in constant danger and the ones who could kill her were now her protectors.
"Oh get a grip Edward" Alice snapped at me, breaking my train of thought, "you look like someone just told you that you could never feed again" I rolled my eyes at her exasperation but then as her thoughts came rolling into my mind I knew that none of us would have to worry about where Bella would sleep tonight.
"Alice you knew this was going to happen" I said shaking my head, what didn't she know these days.
"YES AND HER ROOM IS ALREADY TO GO" she screamed running upstairs. The rest of us just stood there in shock while Jasper laughed and shrugged his shoulders.
"What are we going to do with her" he said smiling as Rosalie walked up the stairs towards Bella's new room and I followed after her. For some reason I couldn't get those little blue eyes out of my mind and knowing I was now like a brother to her made me want to watch over her. Just like Rosalie and Alice, I wanted to make sure she was happy and protected.
Bella's room was a soft pink color with a white crib outlined with lace. It was the perfect room for a baby girl. It also made me wonder just what kind of conditions she had been growing up in at home, or it was her old home now. Rosalie laid Bella down as gently as possible, probably even at a slower pace than any human I had ever seen and stood next to me as we both watched her sleep.
"I know you don't think we should keep her Edward" she said looking up at me for a split second and then back down to Bella," but I have a feeling that this little girl is going to bring out a whole different side to you" as she said this she waltzed over to Emmett who put his arm around her and they strolled off to their bedroom. I looked back down at Bella and wondered if Rosalie was right, but even if she was it couldn't mean it couldn't be that big of a deal. Right?
