Title: Never Known

Chapter 21

Author: Britt

Disclaimer: I own Paige, Emma, Abby, and Alex.

Chapter Summary: This is present day…Bella is 22, Paige is 23, Emma and Abby are 7. Edward and Alice are 22. Emmett, Rosalie and Jasper are 23.

Author's Note: So as you can see I didn't hit how many reviews last chapter as I wanted but thanks a bunch to those who did review!!!!!

Bella

I listened sadly as Amy and Stacy told their stories. I was extremely sick to my stomach when I heard that it had been James personally who had raped them. Paige brought the evidence in and gave it to the detective, who luckily had enough tact to leave the room before looking at it.

I almost cried when Stacy and Amy called their parents, who sobbed in relief at hearing they had been found. Detective Cheney was sending the two to the hospital where their families were meeting them. Stacy and Amy both gave us their home phone numbers and e-mail addresses, begging us to stay in touch and thanking us profusely for saving them.

As soon as they were escorted out (by friends of Detective Cheney's…I made sure of this), a young officer walked in and whispered something to the detective.

"I was informed that there is a group in the lobby consisting of five young adults and four older adults who are saying that they are friends of Madison and Paige Johnson."

My stomach dropped and my heart raced as I realized that my parents were right outside in the lobby. Part of me wanted to run away screaming, however the larger part of me wanted to run into their arms.

"Tell them to come on in, but tell them not to say anything. I want to tell my story one time and one time only."

The young officer nodded his head and walked out the door.

Paige smiled at me and wrapped her arm around my shoulders.

"I'm here for you sis."

I smiled and laid my head on my sister's shoulder, letting her hide me when I heard the door open and a gasp that followed it.

Edward

"Excuse me?"

I looked up and saw the officer who had originally spoken with us was standing in front of me.

"Yes?"

"Ms. Johnson said to come on in but to just sit down and listen. She says she only wants to go through her story once."

We all nodded and followed him as he led us into the large conference room. I was in the back of the group, but I heard Renee's loud gasp so I figured she caught a glimpse of Bella.

"Wanna start Mads?"

I saw Bella shake her head and Paige smiled at her lovingly. It was abundantly clear to me in that moment how much love there was between the two. It was very obvious that Paige loved Bella as if she were really her younger sister.

Bella

Paige kissed my forehead before starting to speak.

"My name up until I was 14 was Paige McDonald. I grew up in an orphanage and when we were on a field trip to the zoo, when I was 14, I was taken. Two days later I was told I would be getting a sister."

Paige nudged me to start my part of the story.

"I have gone by the name Madison Johnson since I was kidnapped at the age of 13. Before that my name was Isabella Marie Swan, though I forced everyone to call me Bella. At 13 I was taken while at the beach with my family and family friends."

I stopped, not being able to continue. I couldn't admit out loud in front of my parents that I had been raped and had my daughter as a result of that.

Luckily for me, Paige continued.

"Madison…Bella…and I were basically made into house keepers. He beat us repeatedly, landing both of us with multiple broken bones over the years. The year after we were taken, I was 14 and Mad...Bella was 14. Victoria sent us down in the basement. I refuse to go into detail in front of everyone, but long story short Bella was forced to watch me being raped and then in turn I was forced to watch her being raped."

I heard two feminine gasps followed by sobs. I heard two very gruff curses and I knew that Esme and Renee were crying while Charlie and Carlisle were pissed. Obviously Paige heard it was well, but she didn't stop in re-telling our story.

"About two months later Victoria came home and gave us each a pregnancy test, confirming that their plan had worked. 7 months later…I gave birth to my little girl Abigail. 2 weeks later…Mad…Bella gave birth to her daughter Emily."

I winced as I heard Renee's sobs become louder and I even thought I heard a few sniffles coming from Charlie.

"I'm sorry to interrupt Paige but why didn't you two just run away?"

I answered Detective Cheney's question before Paige could.

"The reasons varied over the years. When we first got there we were scared and since we were too young neither of us could drive so we wouldn't have gotten very far. After we had the girls we were threatened. He would…" My voice trailed off and luckily Paige picked up where I had left off. It had been years since I had been the strong one, and finally with my parents in the room, I couldn't continue to be strong anymore.

"They made us sign a paper signing custody over to them. He said that he would turn in the paperwork if we ran away and then report the girls as kidnapped. We would be arrested for 'kidnapping' our own children."

Detective Cheney simply shook his head.

"I have a few questions."

I nodded.

"Go ahead."

TBC! Yes, I know it was short…And there are a couple short chapters but I'm not making any of you wait that long so shorter chapters=shorter update time. Longer chapters=longer update time. Also I know a few of you have been wondering about Paige and Alex. Nope, they are not getting together. However I do have plans for Paige and someone…do not worry :D.

Note: Yes, my beta left a note that she wanted me to keep up when I posted this but unfortunately she guessed my motives and I didn't want to give everything away just let so I took it off. Just know that my beta knows who I'm planning on putting Paige with. Anyone have any guesses? Let me know!