Chapter 4: Found Family

Edward's POV

I would cry tears of happiness right now if I could. Many many tears of happiness. After so many years we had finally found my children. I loved both of my kids more then anything in this world. I was ashamed to even remember how much I wanted them dead before they were even born. I had thought that they were purposely hurting my Bella. That was until I heard their thoughts in the womb. That is when I realized how much they really did love their mother.

From that moment on I loved them more then I loved life itself. I loved them just as much as I loved their mother. When they were born we truly did become the perfect happy family. Their existence brought so much happiness into the world. At least to our family anyway.

Jacob imprinted on Nessie the day that they were born. Leah imprinted on EJ soon afterward. I'm still not sure how I feel about wolves imprinting on my children. My kind's natural enemy imprinting on my kids was a bit too much to handle sometimes. It made my children happy though. Of course they did not know about the imprinting but they could still feel a connection and it made them happy.

When the Volturi came that was a very intense and scary moment for all of us. Bella and I were beyond terrified of what they would do to our kids if they got their hands on them. We would have given our lives to protect them and make sure that they live. Thankfully nothing happened and the Volturi let us live in peace.

After that we could truly be happy and live in peace. My kids were everything and more then Bella and I could ever ask for. Nessie and EJ were as close as any two siblings could ever be. Yes, they fought a lot but they always made up right away.

It was right after their first birthday when they suddenly went missing. We were out on a hunting trip and they just simply vanished. Jacob and Leah were going crazy searching for their missing imprints as well. Jacob got both of the packs involved in looking for EJ and Nessie.

At first we thought that the Volturi had something to do with their disappearance but when we broke into their castle they were found to be innocent. Aro even offered to send some of his guard to help us search for them

We searched and searched like crazy for our missing children. Leah went her own separate way to search for EJ while Jacob stayed with us. We haven't seen her since then.

Now here we were years later. We were only visiting this town when Esme came across their scents. At long last we had found our children.

We had found our kids but for some reason they seemed to have absolutely no memory of us. It was sad it broke all of our hearts.

As I observed my kids I grew more and more concerned. Something did not seem right about either of them. EJ was thinking about alcohol a lot. To much actually. More then what could be considered normal for a teenager.

My son was popular because he was on the football team. He had many friends. He also had a girlfriend by the name of Anne. As I listened to his mind I gathered he and his friends liked to go to and have a lot of parties where there was a lot of drinking and drugs two things he seemed to have issues with He was also extremely worried because he had just found out that he had gotten his girlfriend pregnant.

Oh son. I thought to myself.

As I listened in on my daughter I was saddened by how alone she felt in this world. Her parents were not around much and her brother was never around either although she had no idea why.

I heard her getting a text. When I heard it in her thoughts I could not form one coherent thought.

Why don't you kill yourself already? Please do the world a favor and die already. -Anne

Anne. The very same girl my son was dating, the very girl he had gotten pregnant, was also one of my daughter's worse tormentors. I was infuriated by that text. How dare that girl treat my daughter this way!

I instantly grew horrified when Nessie actually began to consider giving her tormentors what they wanted. I watched in silent horror, sadness, and anger as my daughter thought of using knives, medicine, or a gun as a way to end her life. How can she feel so unloved that she would even consider suicide as an acceptable option!? The very thought of my daughter dying scared me and made me sad. If there is one thing I was absolutely certain of it's that I would not let my daughter even try to end her own life. I simply would not allow it.

I secretly followed her home that day. I made up the excuse that I had to go hunting although I was sure that Bella saw right through me. She always did.

I watched as Nessie looked at all of her suicide 'options'. I was prepared to stop her if necessary even if it meant revealing myself. Luckily I didn't have to. She stepped outside and gave me the chance to destroy any means of hurting herself that she possibly could.

If there is one thing I was certain of it is that both of my children were in desperate need of help and even love.

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