Sorry for the extreme delay of this one.
As you know, lots of things happened {losing all of my data}.
Nevertheless, I was able to overcome it by presenting to you with this chapter!
So now, I'll get out of your way. See you at the end!
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Truth Is A Whisper – Chapter 3: Nate the Angel
"How are you doing on this fine day?" Bella asked Renesmee as she carried her. Renesmee put her arms around the young brunette's neck.
"I'm fwine." Bella laughed at her adorable voice. Immediately embarrassed, the bubbly child hid her face in the mahogany hair. Grace and Amber laughed along with her.
Amber gently poked Renesmee's back and said with a teasing voice. "Aw. Are you embarrassed Nessie darling?" Grace shook her head, disapproving of Amber's actions, though a small smile was forming on her lips.
"Amber, don't tease Renesmee like that. You know how she gets when she becomes embarrassed, especially if you call her by that nickname."
Amber chuckled at the memory of how Renesmee was nicknamed after The Loch Ness Monster. It had all happened when Emmett had arrived to pick her up when they were in the middle of playing monsters. The bulky man had always complained that the young child's name was too long to be pronounced, thus she had needed a shorter name – a nickname. Because the children were acting as if they were monsters, it had reminded Emmett of a movie he had watched several times. The name of the monster was similar to the ash blonde's name. Just then, as Renesmee ran past Emmett, Grace called the little girl's name. The pondering man was not paying attention so when the jet black woman called her name, all he heard was 'Renesee.'
After saying that name a few times, he remembered the monster's name – 'Nessie.' Since then, the name stuck, and everyone has called her by that nickname. Of course, at first Renesmee was not happy with the nickname her 'uncle' had chosen for her. But, as more people began to call her by that name, she gradually became used to it.
Nessie squeezed Bella so hard that it was almost hard to breathe. So the princess wants to be saved, huh? she thought. Though she found it amusing, she obeyed the little princess request.
"Alright, both of you, that's enough. I think you've teased her way too much." All three women laughed again, and Nessie's cheeks became redder and buried her face deeper into Bella's hair.
"Mwommy?" a child with light brown hair asked Bella. She looked at him and grinned.
"Hey sweetheart." Putting Renesmee back on solid ground, she hugged him. "Ready to go home, Nate?"
Nathaniel, who is more often referred to as Nate by his closest friends and family, nodded vigorously. His hazelnut eyes danced in excitement at the thought of finally being able to go home. Bella smiled the kind of smile a mother reserved to her offspring. Then again, he is her son.
Amber gave Bella Nate's Spider-Man backpack, which was very light. The pack held only a few things such as a coloring book, a pencil case that has crayons, pencils, and an eraser. It also had an empty container with a plastic fork. Bella smiled express her gratitude to Amber, and put the pack on her shoulder.
"Wait, mwommy," Nate said, hurrying away to his desk. Taking a piece of white paper that had a colorful picture on it and giving it to his mother as he grinned. "Hwere. Itch for you."
The paper had colorful lines that Bella was sure represented something or someone. The picture had a big yellow spot on the left corner that was similar to a sun. There were blue lines that seemed to be clouds. Bella looked closely and was able to make out two faces.
"Itch chu and me," Nate said shyly. He ducked his head so his bangs would fall over his eyes.
"Thank you, Natie! It's very beautiful." Bella smiled proudly at her son and hugged him.
"It's true. You could be a great artist," Grace complimented. Mother and child beamed at the compliment.
"Yesh. Itch weally gweat," Renesmee added. Nate smiled and went to give her a hug. She hugged him in return and clung onto Bella's leg.
"Thank you, Nessie. That's really kind of you to say that," Bella said as she put her arms around the small figure.
Renesmee blushed and muttered, "No pwebwom."
Giving her a last squeeze, Bella addressed the two other women. "Thanks, Grace and Amber, for today. We'll be back tomorrow because we have other things to do." The two caretakers nodded their heads and took turns hugging Bella and Nate. Then Renesmee hugged each of them before gripping Bella's dress tightly.
"She's really attached to you," Amber whispered as she took Renesmee's hands off of Bella. Bella smiled slightly.
Bella crouched down to be at eye level with the clingy girl. "We'll see each other during dinner today, okay?" Nate nodded in agreement. Renesmee sniffled and nodded before going to a group of children on the other side of the room.
The mother and son left the daycare and got into her Audi. Bella buckled Nate in before sliding in the driver's seat. Looking at the rearview mirror to see Nate, she asked if he wanted to play a bit before returning home. It took awhile before the young boy answered that he wished to go play in the park.
"Alright, but we have to make it quick since I have a deadline due today. We also have to go change our clothes and go over to Renesmee's place for dinner. Okay?"
Nate's chestnut hair blew as the wind blew inside the car. He nodded, understanding. Bella smiled and closed the window before turning on the air conditioner.
When they had reached the Greenfield Park, Bella noticed that there were no more spaces in the parking lot. She had no choice but to park three blocks away. The two then walked from their car to the playground. Bella held onto Nate's hand tightly, afraid that she might lose him in the crowd.
As they reached the kid's playground, Nate immediately ran for the swings. Bella sat on the green bench in front of the swings to watch Nate carefully. She saw that her son was having trouble swinging by himself.
"Mommy, help?"
Always ready to lend a helping hand, Bella went behind Nate and began to push him gently. Nate laughed, enjoying the wind in his face. He cried for Bella to push him faster and higher. Bella obeyed the while his joyful laugh rang in her ears and warmed her heart.
Thirty minutes later, Nate with his hazelnut eyes and crooked grin, has played on the swings, see saw, slide, and monkey bars. His playmate of a mother was tired. Even though she was, she continued to play with him because it was one of their bonding moments. Unfortunately, her phone rang to remind her of her deadline, which meant that they had to go home.
"But mwommy, we hawen't been ew long 'nuff," complained Nate from the top of the yellow slide. Bella gave him her stern look. "Okay, we go now." He slid down from the slide and landed in front of Bella. He put on his jacket and pouted.
Bella inspected his appearance. She "tsked," not liking the way he was filthy by having dirt on his face and shirt. She took him to the women's restroom to clean him up with the wet napkins she had gotten from her bag.
I hate being tweated like a kid, Nate thought to himself. He scrunched his face to show that he was not at all happy when Bella started to clean his face.
"Mwommy, I'm fwine!" he said, exasperated, as he pushed Bella's hands away from his face after a few minutes. Bella gave him a stern, disapproving look before her face softened.
"Alright, you don't look as bad as before. But, do change into this shirt since you're all sweaty from all that running around."
Nate complied with Bella as she helped him get out of his Rocawear splash polo in exchange for his splattered old English tee. Bella looked at him and smiled. She then began to fix her hair by pulling it to one side and securing it into a braid.
As she finished styling her hair, she said, "Much better. Oh wait, let me fix your hair." She reached towards his light brown hair. Nate ducked just as her hand was almost touching his hair.
"Mommy, don't! I wike my hair messhy," he said aggressively. His eyes were semi-glaring at Bella's own chocolate orbs. Bella, however, found it a bit funny, so she giggled.
"You're just like your…" she trailed off as she noticed Nate's curious gaze. Honestly Bella you've got to be more careful! she scolded herself mentally.
The day she had given birth to Nate, Bella sworn to herself that she would not include his father in their lives. She would not speak about him or contact him, and she asked her friends to do the same. "It would not do any good for my child to bring up the forgotten past," she had told Emmett in the hospital after giving life to her angel.
"Let's go, okay?" Bella said, changing the topic.
Nate looked at his mother before nodding and putting his black cap on his head. It seemed odd to him that whenever his mother would reach the topic of his father, she would stop her train of thought. He had no idea why they were not allowed to talk about him. Whenever he tried to know about his father, she would hastily change the subject. Nate was sure that he was alive, but he just didn't know his exact location or why he was not in his life.
They gathered their stuff. As they left the park, Nate was still in deep thought. Bella noticed her son's faraway eyes and wondered what could be going on his little head. Unconsciously, she began humming a melody that Nate was familiar with. He had heard the song many times whenever his mother was tucking him in for bed or when she wants peace. He smiled to himself before practicing the tune with his left hand on an imaginary piano since his mother was holding his right hand.
"Wow. I can tell you've been practicing," Bella commented and grinned appreciatively at her son.
Nate ducked his head, hiding his blush unsuccessfully. His mother giggled before noticing the redness of his cheeks. The traffic light turned red and they stopped walking.
"It's alright, you know. It means you really want to play that song on the piano."
Seconds passed by before Nate spoke up.
"Itch not datch mommy. I want chu pway it for yuu."
Bella POV
The light finally turned green, enabling us to cross the road. But I didn't walk. Nate took two steps in front of me before turning around, realizing I wasn't walking with him. He tilted his head and look at me with those hazelnut eyes that made my heart melt. The adorable expression that he had was equivalent to his crooked grin.
What my young child had said circulated in my mind, and I smiled a tearful smile. Squeezing my hand, he came up to me.
"Whatch wong mwommy?"
I smiled before answering and walking again. He followed behind me. "Nothing, sweetie. What you just said made me proud and happy that you are my son."
He looked confused before grinning, a grin that was becoming more and more similar to his crooked grin. He was showing his pearly white teeth that shone brightly in the sun. In turn, I smiled at him. A breeze gently swayed my loose ends. I stopped walking and squeezed my eyes shut, so as to not get dirt in them. Tucking my loose ends, I slowly opened my eyes. As I turned my face to the right side, I noticed two people amongst the crowd.
They were sitting on a black bench on the sidewalk. His attention was directly on me. The emerald eyes I had not seen for almost three years showed two emotions that betrayed his feelings: shock and agony. I saw a third expression that quickly left his face.
A person bumped into me. But all I could think about was why. Why had he shown his face? I was finally happy. I was finally forgetting the past to embrace the present. Why did he have to show his face here of all places? Why! I screamed internally to myself.
Our eyes pierced one another. We were locked in a heated look. He broke our contact to glance at the companion next to him. He wasn't alone apparently. She was with him like always. She held my eyes and a hurt expression came to her face.
She whispered something that looked like she said my name. I responded unconsciously.
"Alice."
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