"Why in the hell are you here tormenting our daughter and our grandson!" I heard Renee yell in the other room. "Our daughter? That's funny you fucking faked your own damn death because you couldn't be a big girl and raise the child that you helped create!" Charlie's voice was hard and almost demonic. "I left to get the hell away from you! If you had left my money alone I would have taken Bella with me! She would have known that one parent would never replace her and its funny that you did but I didn't!" I pulled the pillow close to my chest and held back the tears. "I didn't replace her! She decided to take off with that no good hick. He knocks her up and now she's stuck with his ass. But I will be damned if she stays here with these. These ignorant people!" There was suddenly a loud crash and before I even knew what my body was doing I was standing in the kitchen. My hands flew to my mouth with the scene in front of me.
Charlie was laying on the floor and Renee had a broom in her hand. I ran over to her and hugged her tightly. "Someone needs to call 911." Phil said coming in from behind me. "Renee what happened?" I asked as I rubbed her back trying to calm her and stay calm myself. "He started coming toward me while he was yelling. I. I wasn't going to let him do what he had done before to me. And him talking about you and your family I just couldn't let him do that." Renee said trying to calm down too. "He's still breathing." Carlisle said from beside Charlie's still body. "I called 911. Should I go get mom and Leah to a hotel or something so that they don't come in and start anything else?" Seth asked and I looked to him. "No I've got something to say to both of them first." I said leaving Renee's side and heading out the front door.
When I reached the porch I saw Leah and Sue snooping around one of the barns. "Hey!" I yelled making both of them jump. "Just so you know the cops are on the way along with an ambulance." I said as I made my way toward them. "Who's the ambulance for?" Leah asked with a smug look on her face. "You if you don't wipe that smug look off your face now and listen." I said as calmly as I could. "All of you had no right coming to my home and causing trouble. I will be sure to tell the cops that when they get here. Now the most important thing I want to tell the two of you and I will tell Charlie the same thing when he regains consciousness, I don't want you to ever come back. I don't want Christmas cards or birthday cards. I want to pretend that I never even met you. And since Seth is eighteen if he chose that he wants to stay then he is more than welcome to live with myself and Jasper. Do you understand?" I asked. Sue started to say something but I cut her off. "Do you understand me!" I said again more aggressively. "You can't keep me from my child or your father from his grandchild." Sue said and I rolled my eyes. "I can keep the both of you away from my son. As for Seth if he chooses to stay it will be up to him as to if he wants to see you or not but you won't see him in my house." I said.
Sirens were coming up the drive when I turned to walk back to the front porch. Blue lights could be seen first and then red. As the cops pulled to a stop in the driveway I opened the door up for them. "There are three people here that are trespassing and were inside my house when I got home from the hospital. Sue Clearwater, Leah Clearwater, both of which are out by that white car, and Charles Swan who is lying on my kitchen floor unconscious." I said as three police officers walked in the door. The ambulance crew made their way in and I pointed them in the direction they needed to go. I watched as one of the police officers that had walked in the house walked back out and over to Leah and Sue. As he was talking to them I walked inside to see what the other two were doing and if I could be of any help.
"Ma'am I need to take your statement." A police officer came up to me and said. "Of course anything to help." I said as I motioned him to the hall so that we could talk a little more privately. "How do you know the man that is being taken care of by the EMTs?" the police officer asked and I sighed. "He is my sorry excuse for a father. I told him about nine months ago that I didn't want to ever see him again after he said that I should abort my child. That was in Forks Washington where he is the chief of police. I moved here with the father of my child and reconnected with my mother, the red head standing over there in the corner." I said and he nodded. "My I ask where is your child?" he asked and I responded, "Up stairs with his Aunt and God-mother. I didn't want Charlie to be near my son when I saw that his new wife's car was in my drive way." The officer again nodded. "And can you tell me who all of these people are and what they had a hand in today?" I nodded and listed everyone that was there and what had happened.
When I was done telling the officer what had happened I watched as Charlie was taken out of the house on a stretcher. "Would you like to file trespassing charges against the three that were here unwelcomed?" the officer asked and I nodded. "Absoulutely and I want a restraining order on all three of them as well, not just for me but for my son as well." I said when I saw Alice and Savannah coming down the stairs. "Yes ma'am all I need for you to do is come by the station tomorrow morning and sign the paperwork that I will finish when I get back there." He said and I nodded as I reached for a crying DJ. "Sh baby it's okay." I said as I rubbed his back. "Thank you so much. As for what happened in the kitchen my mom isn't going to be arrested is she?" I asked and he laughed. "No ma'am she was acting in self-defense on your behalf. Her reasoning is just and Mr. Swan is still alive. I tell you what though I haven't seen a woman take a man of that size down on her own before." He said and I laughed. "I get my strength from that woman I hope." I said and he nodded before walking away and out with the rest of the officers.
That evening Renee cooked homemade Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes and corn on the cob for all of us including Seth. "Bella I want to thank you for allowing me to stay here tonight. You too Jasper." Seth said as we were eating. "Well I told Sue that if you would like to get away from the small town that knows all about your past you are more than welcome to live with us. There will be rules of course but you shouldn't be judged by a stupid mistake and that's all the people of Forks will do is judge you till the day you die." I said as I took a sip of tea. "Really? I mean Jasper are you okay with that?" Seth asked and I looked to Jasper and smiled. We had talked about it after the police had left.
Emmett took Seth and showed him the game room while Jasper and I took DJ upstairs. "Jaz I told Sue something and I want to run it by you before I tell Seth. You know he had a rough childhood growing up and he turned to drugs. I can tell he's straightened his life out and I also know that everyone in Forks judges him for what he's done. I think he would benefit from leaving Forks but he doesn't have any family other than Sue and Leah. What would you say if I asked him to move here?" I said as I laid a now feed and sleeping DJ down in his crib. "I would say that you are the most kind hearted and forgiving person that I know. I think it would do good for him to get out of there too and we could always use a hand around here. But there has got to be some rules. For you and DJ's safety." Jasper said as he kissed my temple. "I can agree to that." I said as I lead him over to the chair in the corner of DJ's nursery.
"I'm okay with it because I know how it is to be judged for a past mistake. But like Bella said there would be rules. You'd have to help around the ranch, clean up after yourself, basic stuff around the house you know. No random girls in the house, no drugs, no parties there is a newborn after all. And last but not least if you try to hurt my son or Bella I will end you." Jasper said and Seth nodded. "I hate what I did to Bella in the past and I do want to make it right. If you'll let me that is Bells. As for the helping around the ranch I'm willing to learn and I will help you and Bella with whatever you need of me." Seth said really excitedly. "Welcome to Whitlock Ranch Company. Boss man is Jasper Whitlock but the one you need to be scared of is the two boss ladies, Mrs. Maria Whitlock or mama as we call her and Ms. Isabella Swan future Mrs. Whitlock" Emmett said with a smile on his face.
Dinner went on with small talk and everyone getting to know Seth. DJ seemed to be taken with Seth the moment I placed him in his arms. "So this is little boss man then right?" Seth asked as he held DJ's bottle for him. "Pretty much." I said laughing. Everyone enjoyed being around each other and that was all I could ask for especially after the hell of a day we just had.