Chapter 14: Reunited

Nessie's POV

I could not read my father's mind the way he could read mine. No. However I wish I could. The expression on his face made me want nothing more then to understand what was going through his mind.

I left my father standing there with that dumbfounded expression on his face. I looked for Bella quickly so that I could give her a heads up on what happened.

"Bella-"

"Nessie? What is it? What's wrong?"

"Bella!" My dad yelled from the hallway.

I looked back and saw my father literally shaking at the knees. Shock. Just pure shock. That was the only emotion that I could register on my father's face. There was something that I was not understanding. I could feel it in my bones. The answer was just beyond my reach.

Bella didn't seem to grasp what was going on either. Of course she had never met my father so her confusion was understandable. My father's behavior on the other hand? That was not something I could understand at all.

"Bella?" He repeated. "Is it really you?"

"Dad what're you talking about?" I asked him. Questions were bouncing around my head like ping pong balls.

"Bella please say something" dad begged completely ignoring me all together.

"Who are you?"

That was the first time in the last five minutes that she had spoken.

I looked at my father. "Dad I have no idea what's going on here but I told you she has no memory of her human life at all. So can you please explain what's going on? I'm assuming you used to know her?" I questioned.

"Know her? Nessie she's-"

"That's impossible we couldn't have known each other" Bella said.

"Bella you really don't remember me?" Dad was close to crying again. "I thought you were dead. We all thought that you were dead"

Dead? My dad definitely knew her then. So did the rest of my family apparently. How though? None of this made any sense.

A memory suddenly hit me like a bulldozer.

I could hear screaming. Lots and lots of screaming. I couldn't breathe. Then suddenly a bright light appeared a pair of ice cold hands grabbed me and pulled me out of my cramped enclosure. I smiled when I realized he was my daddy.

He turned me around and I was able to see my mommy and she was able to see me. She looked terrible. Like she was in a lot of pain. Yet she still managed to smile at me. She still smiled at me with love even though I was the cause of all her pain.

That was the last time that I ever saw her. The first and last time I ever saw her I should say.

I compared the image of Bella to the memory of my human mother. They were eerily similar to each other. It couldn't be a coincidence.

She was my biological mother.

I looked at my dad who just kept looking at me and Bella.

"Nessie you're right" he said.

"Right about what?" I knew what the answer was but I had to hear him say out loud for my sake and Bella's. His next words were going to change my life drastically.!

"She's your mother and the love of my life"

Now I felt weak in the knees. I would never be able to look at my professor the same way ever again. She was my mom. The connection I felt to her. It all made sense now.

"That's impossible" Bella said. "No. This can't be true"

"Bella I assure you that everything I'm saying is true. You're my wife and her mother. We all thought you were dead. All this time you've been alone and with no memory?"

I could see the tears forming in my father's eyes. There was no doubt he was about to cry and let all his emotions run amok. I felt the same way. I would explode soon if I didn't let them all out.

"No it can't be true. I had no family. They all died in a car accident. I was alone as a human. She would've told me-"

"Bella what do you mean 'she'? You told me that you never met any other vampires?" I asked. Whoever 'she' was had lied to her and that made me absolutely furious. By the look on my dad's face I knew he felt the same way.

"Nessie I lied to you when I told you I hadn't met any other vampires before. I met one before in Alaska. Her name was Tanya Denali-"

"Tanya knew!" dad bellowed. I moved a few feet away from him. Even as a human his anger still scared me. He looked like a raging bull just looking for the red flag.

"What did she say?" I asked but afraid to know. It was no secret that Tanya wanted to be with my father. She had tried so many times over the years. She never once gave up hope that he would start a relationship with her. It didn't matter how many times he rejected her. She was to in love with him to care.

It didn't take me long to figure out what she had done. She knew the truth and lied to everyone involved. She wanted to keep my mother out my father's life so she could have a clear shot at winning his heart. She didn't care how many people she hurt in the process as long as she got what she wanted.

My dad looked at me and nodded. It was evident that he had come to the same conclusion that I had. Like me he was trying to hold back his anger until Bella told us everything.

"She told me that she knew me when I was human. I had no family. I was all alone she said. She also didn't want me to tell anyone that I had met her and until today I kept the promise. I don't know why I'm breaking it now"

I was so angry that I couldn't listen to one more word. So I ran out of the house before anyone could stop me. It was dark out already and I honestly had no idea where I was going to go.

Something suddenly grabbed me and yanked me to the side. I growled viciously and nearly bit my attacker in self defense until I realized that it was my aunt Rosalie. She did not look pleased at all by my actions.

"Let me go!" I yelled angrily.

"Were you really just about to try to attack me young lady?" Yeah she was definitely upset. So was I for many reasons.

"Don't grab me like that then!"

"Nessie we've been looking for you and your father for days. You ignored your father and the rest of us for months. Now we've been trying to get in contact with you for days and you still keep ignoring us. Now you try to attack me? I think I'm the one that has the right to be upset here not you. Not that a bite from you would do anything to me anyway"

"Oh believe me I could bite you right now and I can guarantee that you would not like the result at all"

"Yeah sure I wouldn't"

My aunt was just intensifying my anger. Which was really strange for me because I usually got along really well with aunt Rosalie.

"Nessie you're coming with me whether you want to or not. It's time you answered some of our questions and don't you even think about trying to bite me again. Actually let me warn you young lady if you ever even try to bite me again I can guarantee that you would not like the result at all"

I had to hold back my tears of anger. I had to calm down and not lash out at everyone. My mom, dad, and I needed my family's help right now whether they knew it or not.

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