Epov
What did I do?
Why didn't she want me there?
She didn't like Mike, did she?
Was that it?
It couldn't be. The guy was threatening her, and now... whatever did he do must have shocked Bella.
Well, of course it did, she fucking fainted.
I was just so lost when I saw her crying.
It was so painful.
And now that I don't know whether or not I was the reason she's crying...
I sighed frustrated as I sat down on the crappy hospital chair.
I wouldn't leave before Bella was out of here.
But something needed to be done about Mike.
I just needed to figure out what.
After a few ours Bella had calmed down.
She apologized, but I didn't know what for.
I understood she wasn't okay. A lot have been happening to her lately.
"I'm sorry Edward, I was just… So emotional and tired", Bella apologized again.
I nodded to her understandably. "I know, Bells. It's okay"
"No… I can't just… I mean that- I'm glad you are… protective of me. I appreciate it. But I can't stand to hear those thoughts. I don't want to hear them, you know." Bella explained quietly.
Though I didn't really understand where she was coming from.
"So you are saying, that…?"
"That I don't want you to get back to Mike. Leave him be, don't do anything stupid, please. My father-"
Suddenly she just stopped talking.
"Your father? What about him?" I asked. I really wanted to know.
Tears were glistening in her eyes.
I guess this was part of the whole thing she had to tell me.
"Tell me, Bells", I pleaded.
"My father was abusive. First just verbally but then, physically too", she whispered as the tears slipped down on her cheek.
It can't be.
Her father?
"Why didn't you ever tell me?" I asked and I was hurt. I really was. I thought she trusted me enough.
"I couldn't, I was always so scared what he might do next time. Once he pushed me down the stairs", she cried.
I took her hand in mine and squeezed it gently.
"You told us you tripped", I said quietly.
"No one would have believed me. I couldn't believe it myself."
"I'm really sorry, Bells. I wish you would have told me..."
She just cried harder. I hugged her and it seemed to calm her down a bit
"Is that why you left?" I asked. It was selfish. But I needed to know.
"He made me do it. He made me leave with him. I didn't want to Edward, you need to believe me!" Bella sobbed.
I believed her.
"It's okay", I whispered to her.
"At first I thought it was going to be a new start. That he might change. For a week or two, he was okay. He let me be. It was better than be yelled at and slapped. Then it started again. I hadn't cleaned the house like he had told me to do. He dragged me from my room and put me in the cellar. I lived there. He brought me food and water once a day."
That was horrible.
I didn't know what to say.
Bella was so messed up. It wasn't her fault.
"I'm not sure how long he kept me there in the cellar, but after three days he hadn't showed once, I got out. I was dirty, sick and starving. I found my father lying on the floor, dead."
Bella wiped her tears, not so upset anymore.
Maybe it was good for her to talk about it.
"He was there dead. I'm not sure what had killed him. I didn't really care at the point. I just stood there for a while and then I went to eat. What kind of person does that? I left my dead father lying on the floor. I didn't even care", Bella exclaimed.
"Shh", I soothed her.
"It's okay. Your father had done terrible things to you. It's okay."
"I understand if you think I'm crazy or that you don't want to see me ever again. I wouldn't."
What is she talking?
"I would never do that to you, Bells. You are not crazy and I most definitely want to take care of you", I whispered to her.
"How can you even look at me after all I have told you?" Bella asked, tears already welling in her eyes.
She didn't understand, did she?
I wanted to say it to her, but not like this.
"It doesn't matter, Bells. You are here now, and you are okay. It's all that matters." I said and kissed her cheek.
AN: Bella told him about her father. Edward was so sweet, wasn't he?
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