I'm so, so, so sorry that this chapter was so short! I had schoolwork and felt like I had to get a something up. I'll update more tomorrow, since I don't have school tomorrow!
Bella POV
"No!" I yelled at Mary. "She was ours! How could you let them take her?"
"I'm sorry, but she had already filled out the documents. I don't know where she got them from, but she completed them. Renesmee was already hers."
I felt tears starting to form. Edward held onto me tightly. "Bella," Edward whispered in my ear. Usually, that would have made me giddy. But today, I didn't even pay attention.
"Bella, Mary had no choice. She had to give Renesmee to the lady." I heard Edward's voice crack on the word Renesmee.
"But Edward," I sobbed. "She was our little girl!" I let the tears fall freely now. I leaned on Edward's shoulder, breathing in his scent. Even though Edward was the best husband in the whole world, I wished that it was Renesmee's shoulder.
I cried until the tears stopped. "Edward?" I whispered.
"I'm right here." I looked up and noticed that his eyes were red too. Suddenly, I felt angered. Mary had no right to give her to the lady. She had made Edward cry. Edward never cries. He's always the strong one.
I reached out and slapped Mary in the face. She looked surprised, then angry. "Get out of my orphanage!" she screamed at us.
From upstairs, I saw another little boy and girl peek out from their door.
Edward grabbed my hand. "It's getting late," he commented casually. I noticed that his voice was still hoarse though.
"Get out!" Mary yelled.
We walked towards the front door, opened it, stepped out, and never looked back behind us.
We sat in the Volvo. Since Edward seemed to be in a slightly better condition than I was in, he drove. I saw that he had to blink back tears once in a while. My tears never stopped. I pictured Renesmee in the back, sitting on my jacket. I pictured her in our living room, on our couch.
"Maybe," I said, my voice hushed. "She likes her new life. Maybe, her new" I gulped, "parents can give her what we couldn't."
"Maybe she's happy." Edward said wearily. We pulled into the garage.
We walked into our house. As soon as I saw the sofa that we had all sat on as a family, I collapsed. Edward caught me. He noticed it too, and he swallowed a lump in his throat.
We sat on the couch. Edward wrapped his arms around me, as if he was scared that I would go like Renesmee.
"Don't worry," I said. "I'm not going anywhere."
He smiled and then sighed.
"Besides," I teased. "I belong to one person only, and that's you." I put my finger on his cheek and trailed where the tears had left a path.
The events of the day so far had left me exhausted, even though it was still the morning. I led Edward upstairs to our room. I changed into sweats, and then lie there, thinking about how bad this day had turned out.
The bed shifted as Edward lie down next to me. I laid my hand on his side, and then closed my eyes. I waited for Edward's breathing to become even, and then I slid into a dreamless slumber.