Chapter 10: Families

Bella's POV

I couldn't believe everything that happened in the last few hours. It was all so emotionally draining. I haven't felt this tired since I was a human.

I couldn't believe that I had another daughter that I never knew about. I felt venom tears fill my eyes. I had another daughter. I had another baby girl. When I was on the verge of death I thought I heard another baby crying, a baby that was definitely not Renesmee. When I woke up as a vampire one of the first things I did was ask if they had heard another baby crying. They all assured me that they didn't and the only baby I had was Renesmee. Edward was acting weird but I didn't think much into it at the time. Edward, I can't believe that he did this to me! I can't believe that he gave our daughter away and then kept her a secret from me! I have never felt such anger and betrayal in my whole life! How could he do this to me.

"Mom are you okay?" Belle asked. I looked at her and felt my heart break even more. How could she care about me after the cruel way I treated her?

"I'm okay" I answered. I don't think she was convinced but she let the subject drop.

Just then Renesmee entered the room. "Um Belle I think that you should go see your adoptive family. They really want to talk to you. Oh and I told them about us and your pregnancy" she said.

"Wait!" I said. "What do you mean you told them about us?!" I shouted.

Nessie now looked nervous. "Uh, I, uh told them about vamp-"

"You what?!" I shouted.

In that instant Carlisle reappeared looking upset. "Nessie why would you do that?" he asked.

"I just thought it would be better if they knew because they knew you 17 years ago. They're not stupid they were going to realize that you all didn't age" she said.

"Nessie you shouldn't have done that" I said.

"Your mother is right" Carlisle added. "You just broke the Volturi's number one rule-"

"What is the Volturi?" Belle asked confusion now the dominant feature on her face.

"They're our version of royalty. They make the laws for vampires and the number one law is to never reveal the existence of vampires to a human" Carlisle said.

Belle hesitated before asking the next question. "What is the consequence for breaking the law?"

"It means that now we have to either turn your family or kill them. If we fail to do that then not only will the Volturi kill them but as well" Carlisle said.

"No! No! No! Nothing can happen to my family!" Belle shouted.

"and nothing will" Carlisle said. "As long as the Volturi never find out that your family knows. It's also imperative that your family never reveals our secret. That's why I'm worried about your siblings. Young children are extremely bad at keeping secrets"

"Actually if they were to tell anybody about us nobody would believe them because of the very fact that they are kids. They would just assume that it's their overactive imagination" I said.

"You might be right Bella. I hope you're right" he said

"Anyways I think we should talk to them" I said. I wanted to know exactly what happened the night my husband secretly gave away our daughter.

"I'm going with you" Carlisle said. With that the four of us left. We all got into Carlisle's car. Nessie told him the hotel and then we left.

At one point during the journey Belle's hands flew to her stomach. "My little nudger"she said as she rubbed her stomach. I smiled at the nickname she gave my grandson.

"Did you just call him 'little nudger'?" I asked.

"Yeah because the little guy keeps nudging me. Why?" she asked.

"When I was pregnant with you and Nessie I called you 'little nudger'" I said. She smiled.

"like mother like daughter" she said.

"She thought she was having a boy so she had been calling us EJ the whole time. It means Edward Jacob" Nessie said.

"That's funny. I thought I was having a girl" Belle said. I guess I must've started a tradition of Swan women thinking their unborn babies are one gender but are really the other.

We had arrived at the hotel so that was the end of that conversation.

We got off and walked through the hotel to the room where my daughter's family were staying. Belle was the one to knock on the door.

Right away someone opened the door.

"Mom"Belle said happily before hugging her.

"Oh Belle" she said before hugging her. "Just what were you thinking young lady?!"

"I'm sorry mom. It was stupid" Belle said.

"It doesn't matter just come in" she said as she looked at all of us.

Right away I recognized her parents. I knew them back when I lived in Forks.

As soon as we walked in two small kids ran up to Belle shouting her name. It was clear that Belle was happy to see them to. One look and I knew that the six year old girl was indeed my mom's daughter because she just looked so much like her. I couldn't believe that I had a half sister that I didn't know about! Do I have anymore relatives that I don't know about?!

I still couldn't believe that my mother had died and I wasn't there for her during her final moments. I knew that being a vampire I was going to lose my parents eventually but I always hoped that I would be there for both of them at the end. But now that I know I lost my mother years ago and I didn't even know it; well that's just excruciating.

"So you're Belle's real family?" her father asked

"Yes, I am her grandfather and this is her mother" Carlisle said.

"Can you two please explain what happened the night you received my daughter?" I asked as calmly as I could.

"Well 17 years ago your husband came to our house saying he wanted to give us something precious of his; his daughter. He said that you two had just had her but were unable to take care of her. He said that we were the first people that you and your husband had thought of to take care of her" Belle's mother explained. My anger towards my husband was starting to build.

"What happened after that?" Carlisle asked.

"Well in the following days he brought us money and some of the other necessary things to take care of a baby. Honestly Bella I don't understand how you didn't know anything. You signed all of the legal documents giving up your parental rights to her" Belle's father said.

"What are you saying?" I asked. It took my full concentration to keep calm.

Belle's mother then went and got a stack of papers. She showed them all to me. They all had Edward's signature and my falsified one. "Your husband brought us these papers a few days after the birth. We took them to a lawyer who confirmed that these were legit documents" she said. "Then the adoption was legalized"

Next time I saw Edward I was going to kill him with my bare hands!

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