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Charlie sat in Swan Saloon watching his patrons like always. As of late he hadn't really spent time in the saloon, most thought it was because of his divorce. The truth was he didn't care about Renee and her lover, he had moved on just as soon as the divorce went through. He had been secretly seeing Sue Clearwater, the widow of his friend Harry Clearwater. Sue had two children her youngest son Seth was twelve and her daughter Leah was Bella's age.

Seth was only seven when his father died so he hadn't really had a male influence in his life. Charlie was excited to get to know Seth the closest he'd ever come to having a son was Jacob. That hadn't ended well, he looked up glaring at Edward. Seth used to have Sam Uley but once Sam and Leah divorced Sam stopped coming around. Though that was understandable considering Sam was now married to Emily Young, the Clearwater's cousin.

"Hey Sherriff," James said as he passed by the table with Victoria on his arm.

Charlie nodded at him but said nothing.

"You alright, Sherriff Swan?" Edward asked coming over to wipe down the table next to him.

Charlie shakes his head, "Yeah, fine," he looked around noticing the saloon was mostly empty.

Edward finished the table and moved on. Charlie saw Emmett on the other side of the saloon with Rosalie lifting chairs onto the table tops as Rosalie swept the floor. He stood up from his table and walked toward the bar and poured himself a shot of whiskey when he reached it. After a few minutes Bella walked in and approached Edward with a soft smile. She whispered to him and he smiled pulling her to him kissing her passionately.

"Bella what are you doing here in the saloon?" Emmett yelled from the other side of the room.

"The saloon is closed," she said with a shrug. "and I'm visiting my husband."

"Emmett is right, husband or not you shouldn't be here," Charlie said to her daughter. "Where's Renesmee?"

"With Ma, I had some errands to run." She answered.

"Come love, lets head home." Edward said placing his hand on the small of her back and leading her to the door.

When they were gone Emmett and Rosalie followed soon after. Charlie closed and locked up the saloon. he walked out into the street. For the most part he spent the night in the jail house watching over the criminals, which were mostly troublemakers who would be released in the morning. Sometimes he stayed with Edward and Bella, but their cabin walls were very thin, and he heard everything. Since he had left the house he had built to Renee he couldn't go back to it, so a lot of the time he stayed with Sue and snuck out early in the morning. That's where he went now he mounted his mare and rode toward La Push to the small cabin hidden a tiny grove.

Sue had lived there since her husband had died, she'd said she just need to get away without really leaving. Charlie, Billy, and Jacob had built the cabin for her and Seth. Leah at the time had been married to Sam, she was now staying with a friend in the village. Charlie arrived and was greeted with a smile from Sue.

"Is Seth already in bed?" he asked.

"Yes, it's just us." She answered, and he smiled.

In the early morning hours there came a knock on the door and Sue quickly dressed to answer it. Charlie got dressed and walked to the door, but knew not to step out of the bedroom. While the town and the village suspected Sue had a lover they didn't know who it was, and Charlie and Sue intend to keep it that way. He peeked through the crack in the door seeing that the visitor was Leah and she was in tears. Charlie moved closer to hear their words.

"What am I going to do?" Leah cried. "I can't raise a child on my own and Jacob already has a wife and child."

Charlie was shocked at this. Leah was having an affair with Jacob Black? That would mean that the reason she and Sam hadn't had children was because of him not Leah. It also meant that he wouldn't have any with his current wife. The village was going to have a field day with this. They spoke a little longer before Sue finally got her to calm down and get some sleep.

After a few minutes Sue returned offering him a smile, "Should I leave?"

"I think that's best." She answered.

"At least it wasn't Leah who was barren," he offered.

She sighed sadly, "But Jacob Black?"

"If it's any consolation he isn't that father of Tanya's baby." He said.

"How do you know that?" she asked.

"Boy talks to much when drunk," Charlie shrugged.

After several goodbye kisses Charlie was on his way back to town. He went straight to the jailhouse checking on Paul and Jared, two Quileute troublemakers. Upon his arrival he found that deputy Mark had already released them. He sighed sitting at his desk, he had considered passing the reins over to someone else, though Mark was out of the question. Jasper Whitlock had expressed interest in being sheriff before and after all he was ex-military. After a moment, on a whim he sent for Jasper. He would give up policing the town and focus on his true passion, running the saloon.