Sorry I went AWOL...the hubs is a douche and took my poor laptop.

"What…what does all this mean?" Bella whispers and I don't know what to tell her.

I have no idea what this means.

Her father thought that Bella was the reason Renee was dead.

But it was not Bella.

It was Elizabeth.

Realistically neither of them was the reason Renee died.

It was an accident.

A horrible accident.

But try telling that to a grieving husband.

If I lost Bella…

I don't even have Bella but if she was mine and I lost her I would probably want someone to blame too.

But to blame a child…

It makes me furious that he could not see past his anger and sadness and realize that his children were a link to his wife.

"Bella." I breathe and suddenly the room is freezing.

I turn my head towards the hallway and there she is.

Elizabeth.

"You were meant to be mine." She whispers.

My hands wrap around Bella's waist and I hold her to me.

"No. I am meant to be hers."

"But I called for you. I brought you here." She says as she moves towards us, her hand outstretched.

The bruises on her throat I saw once before are back.

Bella trembles in my arms.

"He was wrong. This was all wrong. None of this should have happened." I tell her, knowing I need to do something before she gets angry.

I don't want to see her angry.

"Your father was wrong. Bella was not the one who killed your mother, but you weren't responsible either. It was just an accident." I say, slowly moving Bella behind me.

I need to protect her.

"No…he was right. She is the evil one. He made a mistake killing me and I know it. And now…she needs to die."

One more for the night...