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APOV

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"What the fuck has happened here?" I screech.

"He hired a Nanny, darlin', that's all," Jasper says trying to soothe me.

I look at him seething. "Where did this bitch come from?"

"Didn't she say California?"

"Why is this happening now?" All of a sudden I feel more than just angry, I feel scared.

I look at my husband for more answers, but he has none to give me. Sometimes he's as helpful as an ingrown toenail. Until the court hearing in July, I will just have to put up with the nanny. I will be awarded Gracie; I know I will. There isn't a judge in the state that won't give her to me, a married woman who has known her all of her life. It should be me raising that girl, not a single man. After the doctor told Jasper and I we would never have a baby of our own, I realized that getting Gracie is the only chance we have. I will not let some nanny be the reason the courts change their mind. Damn Rosalie, damn Edward and damn this Bella Dwyer!

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EPOV

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April 2013

It's been about two months now since Bella decided to stay and be Gracie's nanny. As I stand here watching them out my office window, I can't help but smile. Gracie has never been this happy; she's head over feet in love with Bella. That's all she talks about from the moment she wakes till she falls asleep at night. Bella has to do everything for her now, tuck her into bed, comb her hair, help her dress; those two are a match made in heaven.

We're having a picnic lunch today under the old oak tree, Gracie wants sandwiches and tea today, so that's what we're having. I laugh as I watch my girl's horse around with each other in the grass after they laid down the picnic blanket.

That's right, I said my girls…I think I might be falling in love with Bella. I've never been in love so I can't be certain, but these feelings I get whenever I'm around her, I just can't explain them. I see the way she is with Gracie and it's like someone's tugging at my heart. Bella treats her as if she was her own; cares for her like a mother should and loves her like Rose would.

I can't help but want to protect this woman with my whole being and love her with my whole heart. I will never be able to repay Miss Esme for bringing Bella into our lives.

"Papa, come on, let's eat!" I'm brought out of my thoughts by my angel waving at me from the backyard. Shaking my head I laugh as I head outside to have lunch with my girls.

"This looks delicious, ladies." I tell them as I sit down.

"Well, thank you kind Sir." Bella bends at the waist and bows.

"Okay, Papa, we have to be proper. So, when you sip your tea, you have to have your pinkie pointing out like this." Gracie says in all seriousness.

I throw my head back and laugh, Gracie reminds me so much of her mother.

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APOV

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NO! No, I won't allow this.

"Do you see what I see, Jasper?"

"Not sure what I'm meant to be lookin' at?"

"You are meant to be lookin' at our little girl slipping away from us!" I say through gritted teeth.

"You think because Edward laughed at something Bella and Gracie did, we're losin' her? How did you come up with that idea? I think it's good seein' my brother laugh. He's so serious sometimes."

Edward and Bella are getting too damn close, I need to think of a way to keep them apart… Tanya!

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"Oh Tanya…" I use my sweetest singsong voice as I enter the main house.

Where the hell is she? I swear if she's doing nothing but ogling Edward, I will have her head… there are beds to be made. When I head upstairs to the guest bedrooms, I hear a noise coming from Edward's room. Low and behold, there's Tanya lying on his bed smelling his pillows,

"Tanya! What are doing?" I love making the twit jump.

"Alice! I was just… seeing if I needed to change the bedding." She really needs to work on trying to be coy… and smart.

"Whatever, Tanya." I huff. "I have something to discuss with you that can ultimately help us both." I'll let her think she has a chance with Edward and it'll help me get Gracie.

"Help me how?" She is so self-absorbed.

One word will seal her fate,I just know it. "Edward."

"Really? You want help with Edward?"

"No, Tanya, if you help me, Edward can be yours." It takes effort not to roll my eyes at her.

"Ok...what do you need?"

"What WE need is to get rid of Bella Dwyer. She's becoming a thorn in my side, have you seen the way she hangs all over Edward?" I scoff.

I wonder if anyone else notices the smile Tanya gets on her face with just the mention of Edward's name, it's kinda creepy.

"She's making him very uncomfortable, I see how he smiles at her to be polite. It's nothing like the smile he gives me." Tanya beams at her wisdom—the idiot.

"Yes, so are you in? My plan is to get her off the Plantation and out of North Carolina?"

"What do I have to do?"

I've reeled Tanya in, hook, line and sinker.

"I need you to keep a low profile, don't let her know about you and Edward." Or at least your obsession with him, I think to myself. "And try to learn any and everything you can about her, so we can use it to have Edward throw her out."

"So like an undercover spy mission?" She really does think she's smart.

"Yes, that's exactly what it's like." Bella Dwyer, you will make a mistake and we will catch you at it. Then Gracie will be mine. I can't help but smile outwardly and internally at the thought of becoming her mother.

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