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Edward watched from the shadows as the man unlocked the door to the jewelry shop, he knew this was Sylvester Brandon even if he hadn't gotten a good look at him the night he found Bella. It took every ounce of restraint and will power he had not to attack the bastard to tear him apart and drain him of every drop of blood that pumped through his body. Hatred coursed through Edward's veins, his eyes glowed with the emotion and the only thing stopping him was his promise to Carlisle never to harm a human.

Edward had watched the town and its inhabitants for the last two weeks, watched how they interacted with each other, and watched who was deferred to and who held what positions in the community. It seemed the Brandon family while not the richest family in the town, had a lot of societal power. Their word was golden and no one went against it.

The youngest daughter was fifteen and a proper southern belle or at least that's what she wanted people to think of her as. Edward had found out that young Cynthia Brandon was a real hellion, he listened to her thoughts and found out she snuck out windows in the wee hours of the morning, she hated her sister Mary Alice who Edward had surmised must be the mysteries Alice of the letter the mother of Isabella. Some of the thoughts that ran through that young girls mind made Edward cringe. She thought she was better than everyone else. She thought her sister deserved what had come to her, and the worse thing about it was she knew the truth. She knew what her father had done to her sister. She knew the treatment her sister had endured at his hands. She knew of the baby and she wasn't even being told to lie she wasn't being threatened to be kept quiet. She was doing this all of her own free will. Prancing around town, in her new dresses her hair to perfection not caring that her niece had been thrown in an ally and her sister was locked in a mental ward.

At this moment Edward wasn't sure who he hated more, the father or the daughter. When he'd first heard that the motherless child had a young aunt he felt bad for the girl but after hearing her thoughts and seeing the way she pranced around town. Not a care in the world about anyone but herself Edward suddenly didn't care anymore what happened to her. After watching the store for over an hour, watching people come and go, finally Edward was to disgusted and left back to his house back to relieve Carlisle of his duty to watch Bella he had to get some stuff around before his shift at the hospital that night.

Edward took Bella out of her basinet and sat in the rocking chair rocking back and forth gently humming Bella's favorite song he'd composed for her. "I don't know how your Mommy turned out normal" Edward whispered to her. He didn't really know that Alice was normal but something about the ink splotched words on that crumbled piece of paper, something about the fact that she'd taken the time to do something anything even though her chances of success were minimal told Edward that this women he'd never met was exceptional that she cared about her child above all else and for that Edward respected her.

"What are you saying," Carlisle asked coming into the living room pulling on his coat with his bag in his hand.

" I was just Telling Isabella I didn't know how her mommy turned out normal with a family like the Brandon's raising her. The fathers well there are no words to describe that man and the sister is a self-absorbed bitch, pardon my language but she knows everything and doesn't care because it doesn't affect her.

Carlisle sighed and lowered himself into the chair across from Edward he looked between him and Bella. "I know we just got here but do you think we should leave,"

Edward looked down at the little girl in his arms studying her countenance and swallowed. "Yeah I think its best, that way Bella isn't hidden away and we can move around with more freedom then we can here. Every day for the last two weeks I've been worried someone would find out about her and take her from us," his hands tightened reflexively on the baby at this thought but he gentled his touch as not to hurt her.

"Ok, Edward I'll resign from the hospital today and we'll be gone tomorrow," Carlisle gave a week smile and stood up he patted Edward on the back and leaned over to Kiss Bella's forehead. I think we'll go to Ashland Wisconsin, you start packing well I'm gone," Edward just gave a jerky nod and held Bella close vowing silently to protect her from harm.

"Ok I'll get everything around." Edward nodded. Carlisle got into the car and made his way to the hospital, he thought about all that had transpired in the last few days and he wondered what would be coming next. He made his way to the head of the hospital and gave his resignation. The head wasn't that happy but he couldn't do anything sure Carlisle had a contract but he just paid his way out of it without any difficulty. He didn't like moving around so much but for Edward and Bella's safty he would do it anything for his children's safety and though they'd only had Bella for a few weeks she was already his daughter and nothing would change that. She'd already found her way into his heart. He'd protect her with his life if it came down to it. He'd face Flames and turn to ash if it meant she could live. He'd do the same for Edward for those two were everything to him. He finished up his day at the hospital and made his way back to the house he'd call the realtor and put it on the market after they were settled in Wisconsin it wasn't like they needed the money.

He pulled the door open just as the sun crested the horizon to a empty house and everything outside loaded into their wagon, he found Edward holding Bella, "I see you have everything ready."

"Yeah, I figured you could take Bella in the car and I'd take the wagon with everything." Carlisle nodded it seemed Edward had thought of everything.

"Ok then let's get going, hopefully we can be there and settled before five." Edward nodded and handed Bella over to Carlisle as they separated into their separate vehicles and to the next chapter of their lives. Neither of them knowing how much it would change for both of them.

A/N thanks to everyone that reviewed you hit the goal and surpassed it 19 reviews amazing. Ok so they are off to Wisconsin. It said Esme ran to Ashland before her baby was born it didn't give a state since she had been in Wisconsin prior to that I said it was still in Wisconsin just a different town. . So in one in a half years they'll met Esme . ok here's what I'm going to do every chapter I'm going to set a review goal. Right now I have 31 reviews I'd like 50 before I post a new chapter I know you guys can do it.