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Chapter 10 Memories

BPOV

I had a wonderful time in LA and wished that E3 wasn't just a three day event. There were too many games to look at in those three short days and in my case I was only able to attend two days. Dad welcomed me home hugging me so tight I thought I was going to suffocate. He was teary and just kept smiling while he nodded to himself. It felt like I was in an unknown territory; Mom and I were always together so I had no experience with having someone miss me.

"I love you Dad," I said before kissing him on his cheek hoping that was what was expected. I really meant it as much as someone can love someone in the short time I've spent with him since our reunion in Seattle.

Dad thanked Carlisle who waved before getting back in the limo where Edward, Alec, and Felix were waiting to depart to the Cullen's residence. Dad led me back into the house sniffling.

"I had a great time Dad. Umm I didn't find a good souvenir but I grabbed some T-shirts they were passing out at the show. One is a Mortal Kombat and the other a Mafia II T-shirt. I don't know if you'll like them but maybe you can wear it under your fishing vest. Oh I also found this shirt for you in Venice beach," I mumbled wondering if he would like it and showed him the T-shirt that had a graphic of a cop on it that said "I'm going to kick your ass and get away with it." "I got me one too," I added, lifting up the T-shirt that said "Whatcha gonna do when my Daddy comes for you," with a graphic of a cop in a police car.

"I love them Bells. All of them. Thanks," Dad smiled chuckling.

"Ummm, good. Errr I'm just gonna go upstairs and unpack. Okay?" I smiled heading towards the stairs.

I pulled out all the pictures Esme, Alice, and Rosalie gave me that were taken of me during the trip. I quickly sorted out the ones that were parent-appropriate and ones I needed to hide from him. I was sure Dad wouldn't want to see pictures of me from the nightclub and the brewery. I hid those pictures under the loose floorboard in my room that was discovered when Alice's stilettos got stuck. Once I put the pictures away I laydown on my bed and pulled out my phone to watch the video Alice sent of Edward and me kissing. He never mentioned it, so I wondered if he didn't remember.

"Bells when you're done unpacking we should go grocery shopping. I ate at the diner while you were gone so the fridge is empty," Dad shouted from downstairs.

"Okay Dad. I'll be down in a minute," I shouted back while forcing myself to get off the bed.

Dad was already at the door waiting for me when I got down. "We need to stop at Newton's Outfitters. Mike's dad, Jeff, gathered some empty boxes for me to take to Phoenix to pack your belongings. I want to stop there before we go to Thriftway so that I can see how many boxes there are and determine whether we need to get some more at Thriftway."

"Thanks, Dad. I don't know if we need that many boxes, there's really not much I want to bring back," I said sighing. The only thing I could think of that I wanted to bring back to Forks were things Mom and I collected at the flea markets and garage sales, Mom's illustrations, books, photo albums and videos. I didn't care about the rest of the things. Mom saved all my tests, drawings, and schoolwork in the basement but I doubted Dad would want those.

"Well let's just wait and see. Maybe there are things I'd want to keep just because it belonged to you and your Mom. Let's get going Bells; I don't want to keep Jeff waiting," Dad said opening the door.

When we got to Newton's Outfitters, Mr. Newton was standing outside the store and Mike was hauling the boxes from out back. There were a lot of boxes and I was sure there might be too many. Dad look satisfied with the quantity and thanked Mr. Newton for them. Through their conversation, I learned that Dad was borrowing their delivery van to drive to Phoenix. I smiled and waved at Mike before getting back into Dad's cruiser to head to Thriftway. I'd be seeing him during summer school so I needed to act friendly and I made a mental note to remind Dad to get them a thank you gift. After grabbing some necessities to last until we left for Phoenix we headed towards the diner to grab some dinner since I was too exhausted to attempt to make dinner for us.

Cora smiled and seated us at Dad's regular table. Dad ordered steak and a cherry pie, and I ordered a Garden burger. As soon as we finished eating we rushed back home since I was starting to nod off while stealing some of Dad's cherry pie.

Days passed by quickly and before I knew it, it was already the morning we were leaving for Phoenix. Dad and I got into the Newton's van and headed towards the Cullen's. Lone and Edward were hanging out by Lone's truck and Carlisle was standing by his car but there was no sign of Alice. I got out of the van and walked towards Carlisle. "Smooth ride," I said and shaded my eyes to peek into their Mercedes SUV. I didn't know Mercedes even made SUVs but then again I didn't know much about cars anyway.

"Do you like it? It seats seven adults so it should come handy when we all go out to eat in Phoenix," Carlisle explained proudly gazing at his car.

"It's such a nice car, I'd live in it. It's so nice compared to the beat-up Fiesta mom and I lived in for a little while.

"D...Did you just say you lived in a car with your Mom?" Carlisle stuttered warily.

"It's a long story whichI'm sure I'll end up sharing once you all see my house in Phoenix," I answered as I strolled towards Edward and Lone.

"Where's Alice? My Dad is growing impatient." I asked pointing to Dad who was standing outside the van kicking the gravel around him.

"Oops, I'd better go and drag Alice out of the house before the Chief pulls out his gun," Edward laughed running into the house.

Esme came out holding two large picnic baskets and headed towards Lone and me. "Here's one for you and Charlie, and here's one for you and Edward," Esme explained handing us the picnic baskets.

"Don't Alice and Carlisle get one?"

"Don't worry, Bella. Carlisle already brought out his and loaded into the car," Esme chuckled.

"I'm not done getting dressed! Let go! Let go of me before I kick your ass!" Alice shrieked while Edward dragged her and her suitcase along. Alice glared at all of us laughing at her and straightened her clothes. "You'll regret this," Alice threatened pointing at Edward before stomping off to Carlisle's car. I had no idea what more she needed to do as she was fully dressed and her hair and makeup was done which was more than I could say about myself. All I did was take a shower and pull my hair into a ponytail.

I sat in the van while the guys discussed where to take the first break on the road and as soon as that was decided, Dad came back into the van and we all headed out of the Cullen's driveway.

It was past midnight when we pulled into the motel near Los Angeles as we took a break in Portland, Medford, and Sacramento along the way. It felt weird to think that I was just here only a couple days ago and that Dad was here with me this time. We planned to leave at seven in the morning so that we could grab a bite to eat before arriving in Phoenix. We went to our rooms and Dad crashed immediately. I was really tired but took a shower before I crashed as I felt sore all over from sitting all day in the car. I was the least tired from the rest as I didn't drive at all. Everyone else took turns driving the Newton's van, Carlisle's car and Lone's truck.

Dad woke me up half an hour before we were leaving the motel looking refreshed and excited. I tried not to show my hesitancy in stepping foot back in that house. After a quick bite to eat at the diner near the motel we were back on I-10 heading East towards Arizona. We took a short bathroom break in Blythe while Dad called his friend in the Phoenix Police Department who took care of changing the locks to the house confirming our arrival at the house around 1 p.m. as scheduled.

When we got to the house there was a Phoenix police cruiser parked out front. Since there was no one around I assumed my Dad's friend was inside the house. When we pulled into the driveway the front door opened and a man dressed in uniform stepped out of the house waving at Dad. Dad and I got out of the van and he introduced us to his friend, Captain Jason Brooks.

"Nice to see you again, Charlie. Welcome to Phoenix. I hope the drive wasn't too awful. Come on inside and cool off, you must not be used to this heat since I hear it rains most of the time in Forks," Captain Brooks smiled leading us into the house. It felt a little odd being lead into my own house. I lingered a minute outside mustering courage to step into the house. Dad must've noticed that I was missing as he came rushing out of the house.

"Bells? Are you okay? Do you want me to sit outside with you for a little while?"

"Dad, what does it look like in the house?" Phil and I left early in the morning the day of the press conference and I didn't do any cleaning days prior to that so the house was a huge mess last I saw.

"I had Jason send in a cleaning crew after the locks were changed. It looks nice and clean in there Bella. Jason packed all the things that appeared to be Phil's in boxes and sent it to Phil's lawyer's office. It's likely he's missed some things but I'm sure it's better than seeing everything all there," Dad explained rubbing soothing circles on my back.

"I'm ready to go in, Dad," I asserted and we walked hand in hand through the door. Edward and Jasper stood in the foyer looking worried as I entered the house. When I looked in the living room I noticed all of Phil's baseball memorabilia were gone and the living room looked a lot like what it used to before Phil moved in with us.

I felt calmer after seeing the living room with most of Phil's things gone. Now that I was in the house Captain Brooks wished us well and told Dad to call him if there was anything he needed. Captain Brooks hugged me and whispered into my ear to take care of Dad and that Dad looked really good and happy now that he had me. I smiled and thanked him for all he'd done for me and promised I'll take good care of Dad.

"Want a tour of the house?" I asked and Alice immediately came and wrapped her arm around mine. Since they've already seen the living room and the dining room I showed them Mom's craft room where she drew and painted. Then I opened the door to the basement and told them the laundry was also down there, then showed them the guest bathroom, mom's master bath and bedroom, and my bedroom with the connecting bathroom.

"Can we see some pictures of you and your Mom?" Alice asked hesitantly. It seemed like everyone was walking on egg shells around me.

"Sure. They're in the antique trunk in the living room," I replied leading them back to the living room.

Charlie's POV

Shocked was an understatement when I saw how rundown Renee and Bella's house was. My heart felt heavy when the realization hit me that they must have really struggled with money for a long time. Bella had told me on the drive over that the house was old and it was a HUD Repo home Renee purchased at a bargain price. She laughed telling me that Renee's friends had helped them put up drywall, doors, windows, and fixed the plumbing in the house and that Bella and Renee slept in their car in the garage until the house could lock as the door and the screen was barely holding up when they purchased the house. The house was larger than mine but it was close to downtown in a very rundown neighborhood with many elderly people and questionable characters. The house on the left looked vacant and the house on the right was occupied by ASU students. I felt a little relieved when Bella explained that the occupants were new and that both houses were previously owned by elderly couples who recently moved in with their children so they were not the neighbors Bella originally grew up around. She told me that the elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Davies, who lived in the house where the ASU students now occupied, used to babysit Bella during the hours Renee worked outside the home. She explained to me that it was only the last few years they were able to live on just the income from Renee's illustrations and until then Renee worked at a 24 hour diner down the street forcing Bella to stay at the elderly couple's home on the nights she worked. I made a mental note to track the old couple down and thank them for taking care of Bella. The more I found out about Bella's living conditions growing up the more I regretted not asking for joint custody.

My mood picked up when Alice asked Bella to show some family pictures. The first picture was her first birthday which appeared to be taken in a trailer home and Bella and Renee had the happiest smile on their faces holding one cupcake with one candle lit on the cupcake. Bella wore a party hat and looked genuinely happy.

I was thankful despite money being tight that Renee had taken a lot of pictures of Bella growing up. The next picture that caught my attention was of Bella carrying an umbrella wearing shiny new red rubber boots. It looked really dry and sunny outside but there were puddles and a hose lying on the ground. I assumed Renee had created puddles for Bella to play in. When Alice turned the page everyone burst into laughter seeing Bella all muddy sitting in the puddle crying.

"What happened?" Alice asked with tears running down her cheeks.

"Ummm you see it was really sunny out but I wanted to use my new umbrella and rain boots Mom purchasedso she used the hose to make some puddles and it was fine until she thought it would be fun for me if she used the hose to make it rain so that I could use the umbrella but the water pressure was too strong and it caused me to fall and slip in the puddle," Bella explained laughing blushing crimson from her face down to her chest.

"That's so precious," Carlisle said and nodded at me.

The next picture Alice pointed out was so hilarious that it caused Alice to rolloff the couch laughing. The picture on the page showed Bella about three years old dressed as a princess in a pink dress full of ruffles holding a beach sand bucket full of candies but like the previous picture when Alice turned the page you saw Bella standing with her nose scrunched up with a wad of white wet glob stuck to her and pink paint running down her body.

"I'm scared to ask what happened," Alice declared crying from laughter. "How could such a cute pink dress turn into that mess?" Alice continued, pointing to the picture.

I was thankful Bella could see the humor of her childhood mishaps. "You see, again money was tight and Mom didn't want to ruin perfectly good clothes to make a princess dress so she dyed paper and those thick paper towels and sewed that pink ruffled dress out of them. It was fine until it started to rain," Bella explained covering her crimson face.

"Hey, don't be embarrassed, you got to experience so many precious moments with your Mom. I don't even remember what I did for Halloween back then. My parents took very few pictures of me growing up," Jasper said smiling softly at Bella.

"We have pictures but nothing so awesome like these," Alice said, hugging Bella.

Then came pages and pages cataloging Bella's many injuries over a period of time. I was horrified and felt sick to my stomach seeing her in pain even when it was something that had happened in the past. The worst picture from the many in the album was of Bella sporting a cast on her left leg, arm, and a bandage wrapped around her head.

"Bells, what happened in that picture?" I asked warily.

"I got hit by an ice cream truck," Bella replied giggling. Edward gasped, looking shocked.

"Oh my god, only something like that would happen to you but how exactly does that happen?" Alice asked giggling.

"Easy. We were slow at getting enough change to buy ice cream and the truck was about to leave so while Mom was tapping on the door of the ice cream truck, I tried to stop the truck by standing in front of it but since I was small the truck driver didn't see me so I got hit and flew to the sidewalk. Thankfully the truck was moving at a snail's pace so I came out with only a few broken bones from when I hit the dumpster and landed on the ground," Bella explained laughing.

I was growing paler by the minute and didn't think my stomach could stand my hearing any more about Bella's injuries. After seeing so many pictures of Bella's injuries I learned something very important. Bella's extensive medical bills must've been a major contributor to money being tight. Carlisle must have noticed my overwhelmed look and threw me a lifeline suggesting Alice and Bella should go get some pizzas for our lunch. I couldn't thank Carlisle enough.

"How are you holding up?" Carlisle asked squeezing my shoulder after the girls left for the pizzas.

"I'm thrilled I got this chance to see what their lives were like but at the same time it pains me to know that I could have helped make their life easier."

"Don't be so hard on yourself. I think Renee did a fantastic job raising Bella despite the circumstances. The smiles on Bella in all those pictures were genuine leading me to believe she had a really great and unique childhood. Just look at her now; she's neither bitter nor troubled. She grew up into a kind, caring, and intelligent girl that any parent would be proud of."

"Thanks Carlisle," I sighed trying to convince myself what he said was true.

"If Bella doesn't want to keep all the things in Renee's craft room, would you mind if I took the remaining items home? I think Esme would love to have some of the things Renee used for her art."

"Oh of course. Why don't we just pack everything up and I'll have Bella look through them at home and I'll take the ones she doesn't want to Esme?"

"Thanks Charlie. That sounds perfect. I'll start packing the things in the craft room with Edward and Jasper then. How about you go and look in Renee's room before Bella returns?" Carlisle asked and I nodded.

When I entered Renee's bedroom I immediately spotted an antique chest by the foot of the bed that I didn't notice during our earlier tour of the house. When I opened the chest I felt a pang in my heart. The chest was full of Bella's belongings when she was still a baby. There were blankets, booties, hats, dresses, pajamas, and stuffed animals. Some of the items were actually ones that Renee and I purchased for Bella when we were still together. In it also was the little swan pendant Billy crafted out of silver for Bella when she was born, a little baby bracelet Esme and Carlisle had given Bella that was a match to Alice's with the Cullen crest charm, and the little gold heart baby's ring that I got for her so that she will grow into a woman with a heart of gold. I crumpled onto the floor and cried holding the little blanket Bella was wrapped in when Renee left Forks with her. I hated myself for letting them go alone. I should've left Forks with them.

"Dad? Are you okay?" I heard Bella's soft voice laced with worry. She walked into the room slowly and bit her bottom lip contemplating something. She then sat down beside me and leaned her head on my shoulder.

"Mom used to always open this chest and look through it whenever things got really bad. She said it gave her strength and hope that tomorrow was going to be a better day. She never really let me see what was in it though. She said she was going to give it to me when I got married but when I got older I got sneaky and looked inside. I was disappointed cuz it was just a bunch of my old baby things."

"When you have your own child you'll know why your Mom felt the way she did. You were her everything and by looking at your things it gave her the strength she needed to get through whatever that was troubling her. I had your nursery to sit in when things got too hard for me."

"We should go downstairs. The pizzas are here and if we don't head down fast they are gonna get eaten up by Edward and Jasper," Bella smiled and got up holding her hand out to me. We walked down the stairs hand in hand.

"Look at what I found! These are so cute. Did you and your Mom make these?" Alice asked holding up colorful plates with flowers, fruits, and pictures of a woman and a little girl drawn on them.

"Mom taught pottery classes at the town's recreation center one summer when I was really young. She took me along with her so I made a lot of plates and bowls with her help. It was a lot of fun. They're really old now but Mom took very good care of them so they're still in good condition."

"We're definitely taking those back to Forks," I said looking at the plates feeling proud of how talented Bella was even as a little girl. I really wished I could've been there to see her make these plates. I could easily imagine Bella smiling and having fun drawing and painting the plates.

"I think we have some paper plates we could use instead," Bella replied before searching the cabinets for paper plates and napkins. "Here's some," Bella said and placed the paper plates on the table.

After we finished the pizzas Carlisle and I started going through the items in the kitchen to pack while Bella and Alice went to pack Bella's room leaving Edward and Jasper in charge of the living room packing the photo albums, videos, and books.

EPOV

After we spent a few hours packing it was time for dinner so we all piled into the Mercedes and headed to Lo-Lo's Chicken and Waffles as planned by Bella and Alice to throw me a little birthday dinner. The Chief and Bella were carrying several shopping bags along with several cylindrical poster cases. I wondered what they were for and hoped that they had nothing to do with my birthday. I really didn't want to take anything away from this trip for Bella and the Chief.

The food was great and before we ordered the red velvet cake Bella suggested she started to pull items out of the shopping bags.

"Ummm. As a thank you to all of you for helping my Dad and I to move things back to Forks, I'd like to give you some keepsakes to remember my home in Phoenix. They're not new because they are all things Mom and I collected over the years at flea markets, garage sales, and objects we got from Mr. and Mrs. Davies before they went to live with their children but I hope you all will like them."

"Bella, they are special things for you to remember your Mother by. It's for you to keep," Dad said to Bella.

"I have plenty of other things to remember my Mom by and she's forever in my heart. Nothing compares to that. Okay, so here is a little something for you, Carlisle," Bella said and handed Dad a GI Joe tin lunch box.

"Bella is that an original one?" Alice asked looking extremely surprised. Bella smiled and nodded. "Bella, you could make so much money from that," Alice gasped.

"I don't care about money. I just want your Dad to have something that Mom and I liked. I think this GI Joe lunch box is from the late sixties. Maybe you had something like this growing up?"

"Thank you Bella; this is great. I think I had something similar and I can't wait to show this to Esme," Dad said smiling looking genuinely excited.

"Here is one for you. It's a Barbie lunch box and I placed a vintage Barbie doll in it," Bella explained, handing the lunch box to Alice.

"Oh, Bella, I can't accept this; they're so precious. You should keep them for yourself," Alice said so I tried to grab it from her hand and Alice growled at me.

"I'll have it if you don't want it," I teased Alice.

"I really want you to have it. I wasn't into playing with Barbie dolls growing up," Bella said smiling at Alice.

Then Bella handed a poster case to Jasper smiling. "This is for all that you've done for me over the years. Our old neighbor, Mr. Davies, was quite a collector and he gave me a lot of things," Jasper gasped when he pulled out a vintage original Lone Ranger movie poster.

"Duckling, seriously I can't take this. You could easily make a grand off this poster. Chief, please tell Bella that she should keep this or sell it herself."

The Chief shook his head smiling. "She wants you to have it, Jasper. It'll make both of us happy if you'd accept it."

"Now this is for you, Edward. Happy Birthday! I'm sorry it's not gift wrapped and you might want to hide them from Emmett." Bella said and handed me a poster case and a shopping bag.

When I looked in the shopping bag I found two vintage Star Wars lunch boxes from the 70s and two original Star Wars movie posters. I couldn't stop smiling. Emmett and I have been collecting Star Wars collectables since we were kids but neither one of us had the lunch boxes or the original movie posters. All these itemscombined could easily make more than a grand on eBay for Bella.

"Thank you Bella. I love them, but are you sure you want to let go of all these things?"

"I'm sure. Mr. Davies gave those to me to put towards my college fund, but thanks to Volturi Games I no longer have that financial problem. There is more stuff Mom and I collected still sitting in the basement which will leave me plenty of things to sell. Phil never knew about these items so that's why he never went through the old boxes in the basement."

"Well I'll be happy to help you sell the goods on eBay," Alice said bouncing happily in her seat.

After dinner Dad, Alice, Bella, and the Chief headed to the motel leaving Jasper and I to return to Bella's house where we will spend the night and continue packing. Jasper suggested we spend the night so we could sneak a peek into their home videos before we finished packing them.

As I went to the kitchen to grab some beers and chips I heard a bellow from the living room. "Edward, hurry up!" Jasper shouted laughing.

When I entered the room I observed Jasper rolling on the floor clutching his stomach and Bella being hosed by Renee on the screen. It was the video version of the picture we saw earlier. The picture didn't do the incident justice. It was way funnier on video.

"Dammit, I want to see it from the beginning," I said grabbing the remote from Jasper rewinding it to the beginning of the tape.

As soon as the video started I burst into laughter. On the screen was Bella bouncing on the bed dressed as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shouting "Cowabunga," then she bounced off the bed crashing into the dresser and whimpered "Turtle Power," in tears with Renee laughing in the background.

The next scene had Bella wearing a white beret, face, arms and hands painted in blue, wearing white pants and white sneakers singing-

La la la la la la

Sing the happy song

La la la la la la

Smurf your whole day long

…

"The Chief's gonna love this tape. She looks so happy. It'll give him relief to see that she had an amazing childhood," Jasper said and I couldn't agree more.

The next scene showed Bella wearing glasses, an orange turtle neck sweater, mini skirt, and orange socks shaking her booty in the kitchen eating a cookie with Renee singing in the background.

Scooby Dooby Doo

Where are you

We got some work to do now

Scooby Dooby Doo

Where are you

We need some help from you now

…

Jasper's jaw dropped and when I looked on the screen Renee was now dressed as Cheetara and Bella as WilyKit from the Thundercats. What Renee was dressed in had to be illegal to accompany Bella trick-or-treating. Renee's consisted of a black spotted blond wig, orange one piece bathing suit and orange boots.

"Wow!" Jasper said. "Wow indeed," I chuckled and fast forwarded the tape. I don't know why but I felt guilty watching the Chief's ex-wife in a bathing suit.

"Oh my God, look at that! Chief Swan is going to love this!" Jasper said pointing the screen. Bella was dressed in a Halloween policeman costume watching Cops on TV singing along the "Cops" theme song.

Huh

Bad boys

Whatcha want Whatcha want Whatcha gonna do

When Sheriff Bella Swan come for you

Tell me

Whatcha wanna do

Whatcha gonna do

Bad boys Bad boys

…

"I don't know about that. The lyrics aren't really appropriate for Bella's age. What was Bella's mom thinking teaching her that song or letting her watch Cops at such a young age?" I said pissed at Bella's Mom.

"Dude, calm down. I think Bella's Mom was a realist. She probably didn't want to shelter Bella from things that went down around her. I'm pretty sure Bella had her fair share of growing up in rough neighborhoods. It was probably safer to teach Bella how unsafe it was and making her actually see some of the things that happened around her," Jasper explained calmly. Logically I could understand what Jasper was saying but that didn't mean I should like or accept it.

After we finished watching the videotape we were worn out from the laughing so we quickly finished packing things in the living room. Jasper went to sleep in Renee's bedroom and I went to Bella's room. Her bed was tiny but her pillow smelled just like her. I cuddled the pillow and fell asleep quickly.

I was rudely woken by Alice shaking me awake, ordering me to get my sorry ass out of bed and hop in the shower. I showered quickly using Bella's shampoo and body wash leaving the shower smelling just like her. When I got to the kitchen everyone was busy having breakfast.

"Did you sleep okay? I heard you slept on my bed. Wasn't it too tiny for you?"

"I sleep curled up so I didn't have any problem. Actually I slept really well," I said smiling at Bella.

As soon as we were done with breakfast, Jasper, Bella, Alice and I went to the basement to finish packing while our dads started hauling the boxes out to the cars. By noon we were done packing up and loading the boxes into the cars. Dad, Alice, Jasper and I went to a nearby Chinese restaurant forsome takeout. We all didn't have to go but Dad wanted to give Bella and her dad some alone time before we all headed back home.

A/N

I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I wanted to show a little something about Bella's childhood and needed a little calm before the storm before I throw something big in the next chapter. Oops, that sounds almost like a cliffy doesn't it. Sorry!

As promised in the beginning of the chapter I'll be sending out a special Outtake to all reviewers. I think you'll like it!

Thank you for reading my story.