All things Twilight are Stephanie Meyer's, everything else is mine.

Plot bunny from a manip I saw in a FB group. Drabble fic with alternating POV's.

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I know you've wondered about Jane...

Chapter 38 – EPOV – Epilogue 2

Eleven years old. That's how old Lainie is when Jane shows up on my door step.

I'm at the office, on the phone with Bella, who is freaking out and pissed as hell, asking me what she should do. I can hear Caleb in the background playing and know this isn't her problem to deal with, it's mine. I tell her not to let her in and I'll be right home.

I rush out of the office, despite protests from my staff. Calling my mother from the car I let her know what's going on, and she says she'll take care of the office.

Pulling into the driveway fifteen minutes later I see a car I assume must be Jane's, a figure leaning against it. It doesn't look like her life has improved all that much. I park my car and stalk over to her. I'm fuming mad at this point, ten years of anger crashing together. How fucking dare she show up to my house and disrupt my family.

"Edward, please, I just want to see her," she says upon seeing me, her hands up in surrender, backing up at the anger I'm no doubt emitting. My hands are in tight fists. I would never hit a woman, but after all that she has done I don't consider her one.

"You literally have no right to see her. You abandoned her and after over ten years decide to stop by and upset my family? My wife doesn't need the stress of you, Jane, as I'm sure you could see. She's eight months pregnant, and she is Lainie's mother. Emotionally and legally," I spit at her.

Jane doesn't argue the point, but I do see the hurt cross her face. "I screwed up. I just want to see her, just see her, and I'll go. I promise," she begs.

My jaw clenches. "Are you on anything?"

"What?" she asks, confused.

"Drugs, Jane. What are you doing these days?" I clarify and her eyes widen.

She shakes her head vehemently. "None, I swear."

I take a deep breath and make my decision, and it's not the one I always thought it would be. "You get five minutes, that's it. You are not to tell her who you are. You will be introduced as Jane and that is it. If she chooses to engage in conversation, that's fine, but then you will tell her you have to go."

Tears fill her eyes. "Thank you, Edward."

"One more thing, don't you dare upset her, and you will not come around again after this. You are lucky I haven't called the cops yet. Do you understand everything I have said?" I question forcefully.

She nods frantically and we move to head inside so I can be near Bella. I need her to calm me before I do something I'll regret later. Out of the corner of my eye I can see Lainie's school bus heading down the road toward us.

As soon as I step in the door Caleb is waddling to me and I scoop him up in my arms. "Daddy!"

"Hey, buddy," I smile down at him and my eyes search for Bella.

Her arms are crossed, resting on her protruding belly; her eyes are shooting daggers at Jane. I walk over to her and rub her stomach to soothe my girls.

"Sshhh, baby. She's only staying for a minute," I reassure her.

"I don't like this, Edward," she seethes

"It's five minutes, that's all."

There is a Mexican standoff in the entry as we wait for Lainie to come in, and the tension is thick. Jane looks almost ready to run, mostly due to Bella's momma bear glares; she is such a good protector of our cubs and more so with all the pregnancy hormones running through her system.

The door swings open and Lainie bounces through, stopping when she sees all of us just standing there. Her smile fades as she drops her bag to the floor and walks to me, wrapping her arms around my waist. I use my free arm to return her hug while Caleb calls out to her.

"Leelee!" he squeals and she stands on her tip-toes to hug him as well.

"Hey, baby bear," she says before looking up at me, then over to Jane, and back to me.

"Lainie, this is… Jane," I say, trying not to clench my teeth.

"Hi, Lainie," she says sweetly, smiling at her, but Lainie isn't fooled.

Her gaze moves around the room, first to me holding tightly onto Caleb, then to Bella, who is still shooting daggers and ready to strike, before landing back on Jane.

"You need to go," she announces, shocking everyone in the room, but neither me nor Bella say anything. Because it's then I know she recognizes her from the few baby pictures she's seen.

"W-what?"

"I know who you are," she responds coolly. "I have a mommy," she continues on, moving to Bella and wrapping her arms around her expanding waist. "Someone who loves me with everything she has even though I'm not hers by blood, but I'm still hers. Someone who would never neglect me and who has given me everything you wouldn't."

Hurt crosses Jane's face and I can see tears well in Bella's eyes as she leans down slightly to kiss Lainie's hair.

"Maybe one day, when I'm older, we can meet up, but for now, you need to go. You are disrupting my family," Lainie stresses and I can see the defeat in Jane.

Jane tries to keep her composition and gives a sad smile and nod. "Okay, I'll go. And maybe one day we can meet up and talk… when you're older."

Dejected, Jane walks to the door and lets herself out. I stare at it for a moment, waiting for the hum of her engine to fade in the distance before closing the gap between me and my girls. As best as I can with Caleb in my arms I wrap them up and kiss them both.

"I am so very proud of you, Lainie, that was very mature of you," I say, but I can see the tears in her eyes. "Sshh, baby."

"I don't want to see her again," she cries and I set Caleb down on the floor and pull her into my arms.

"And you don't have to if you don't want to, baby girl."

One more epi to go!