Chapter 10: Rotten Luck
Nessie's POV
I tried not to make eye contact with any of the people that were looking at me. I could feel their eyes penetrating my body. The embarrassment was real. Very real. The officer just dragged me to the E.R without a single thought to how I was doing.
I was an absolute mess. My baby girl was about to be placed in foster care. I was arrested. My leg was killing me. To top if off everyone here got to witness my humiliation first hand!
"She has a leg wound," the officer told the receptionist as soon as we got there. I couldn't help but feel extremely irritated when he described it as a leg wound when the knew damn well the wound was caused by a bullet. Maybe it was just a way for the police department to cover their asses for not getting me treatment sooner.
"Okay we will get her in immediately," she turned to the girl next to her and said "Cindy can you call Dr. Cullen for me? He's the only one not with a patient right now,"
I felt the blood drain from my face. I took a deep breath. Hopefully it wasn't Carlisle. I couldn't face Carlisle after what I had done. I especially did not want him to see me like this. In handcuffs.
I hoped against all odds that it was not Carlisle. That it was a different Dr. Cullen. What would the odds of that be though? Still I hoped that it wasn't him or if it was him that he was busy.
Of course luck was not on my side. Carlisle came strolling through the door less than two minutes later. He didn't immediately notice me as he was looking at some papers he was carrying. He looked extremely worried about something. Though what a man like him could be worried about was beyond me.
The moment he saw me his expression changed from worried to one of complete shock and then anger. I gulped nervously. Maybe I was better off back in the jail cell. Although I couldn't blame him for being angry at me for robbing his family it still scared me.
Then he looked at the officer with nothing but anger in his eyes. "Why is my gran-why is she in handcuffs?!"
"Because sir she is a wanted criminal that we finally apprehended last night. Now can we get to the reason why we're here? The girl has an injury after all,"
I could see the anger and questions. Lots of questions. In Carlisle's eyes. For whatever reason though he chose not to mention the fact that we already knew each other. So I thought it best not to bring it up either.
"What is your name kid?"
"Renesmee," I still didn't know why he was pretending not to know me but I went along with it anyway.
I couldn't get a good on read Carlisle. He looked relieved but angry at the same time. It was hard to tell what the dominant emotion was.
"Sit over there," he ordered the moment we were in an exam room. I didn't care that he sounded upset it just felt really good not to put weight on my leg anymore. I pulled up my pant up my pant leg and revealed the nasty wound to him. His anger was immediately replaced by concern when he examined it.
"How did you get this wound?"
"I-"
"No one is sure how she got it doctor,"
"I wasn't asking you," Carlisle said angrily. "I was asking her,"
"I was shot last night. I think the bullet just grazed me but I'm not sure. Also I don't know why he's lying. I told the police since last night and they chose not to believe me,"
Oh if I thought Carlisle was angry before I was dead wrong. The look of anger on his face as he looked at the officer was nothing short of scary. "So she told you since last night that she needed medical attention and you're only just bringing her in now!"
"Sir she is a criminal. One that we believe would say anything to get out of jail,"
"She is a child that happens to be in police custody right now. Last time I checked that meant her wellbeing is one hundred percent the police's responsibility,"
"Doctor with all due respect I don't tell you how to do your job so don't tell me how to do mine,"
I couldn't believe that Carlisle was defending me. Even after what I had done he was still defending me. He didn't say another word on the matter but I could still sense his fury.
"The bullet just grazed you and left a nasty wound that became infected. I've alalrea cleaned it and I am going to stitch it up properly. Clean it twice a day and with antibiotics and pain killers you will be fine,"
Carlisle didn't even acknowledge the officer as he dismissed me. As I got into the back of the patrol car I couldn't help but wonder what Carlisle thought of me being in jail.
The sound of the jail cell slamming shut behind me echoed in my ears. The only good thing about being back in my cell was that no one could see me anymore. The humiliation was over for now.
A few hours later my lawyer Eric came back to check on me.
"Thanks for helping me out earlier," I said to him.
"Nessie it's my job as your lawyer to look out for you. They could get into a lot of trouble for ignoring you. They should,"
"So why are you here?"
"A. To check up on you. B. To continue discussing your case with you,"
"Do you think that there is any hope for me?"
"I'm working on a good defense for you already. You were a homeless kid. You did all these things for survival,"
"Yes and?"
"We just have to get the jury to sympathize with you. Understand your reasons for why you felt you had no other choice,"
"Well-"
We were interrupted by a police officer opening the cell. "They are here for you,"
"Who?"
"Your family,"
"I thought you said you didn't have family?" Eric asked.
"I don't," I was very confused. "That's why I was homeless,"
What I saw when I was brought out shocked me even more. It was the Cullens. More specifically Carlisle, Esme, Bella, and Edward.
"What are you doing here?"
"Did you really think we would just leave you here after finding out you were in jail?" Carlisle questioned me.
"I was under the impression she had no family," Eric said as he stood by my side.
"We are her family," Carlisle clarified. "Who are you?"
"Oh excuse me my name is Eric. I'm the lawyer that was assigned to Nessie,"
Something strange and terrifying happened just then. Bella's gold eyes suddenly went pitch black. She crouched down in an animal like way and growled before throwing herself at Eric.
I was knocked down in the chaos but I saw Carlisle, Esme, and Edward restraining Bella and pulling her away. Eric had gotten knocked down as well. Other then looking terrified he was unharmed
What the hell just happened?!
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