Authors Note: She has been mentioned before, but now we see why Alex is so terrified of her brother hanging out with Nessie.

Chapter 38 – Sandy

Bella's POV

My husband left instantly after Alex mentioned her brother. Thank god she didn't notice his use of inhuman speed. Edward had told me he didn't like him, but I didn't know he despised the boy enough to risk being seen by Alex. I decided I needed to know why this boy was so dangerous, and I had only one way to find out.

I sat Alex down and began to question her about her brother.

"Okay Alexis, I need to know what about your brother is so dangerous that you are in tears over him being with Renesmee." I thought that was a safe place to start the conversation.

"Well, he is a rather smooth talker, he is very good at talking girls into bed with him." I didn't like the sound of that. "I guess what I'm so scared of is what happened with Sandy." I had heard the name mentioned before.

"What happened to Sandy?" I asked, in a tone I had used with Renesme many times to calm her down.

Alex took a deep breath before telling her story. "Sandy was my friend a while back. Before I met Renesmee. She was sweet and innocent and a good friend of mine. But whenever she came over Blake would sweet talk her into hanging out with him." She chuckled as the tears fell and continued her story. "I just thought it was annoying, I never saw how dangerous it could be. Anyway eventually she began coming over just to see Blake. He invited her out to parties to drink and smoke with his friends. I thought it was kinda sad that such an innocent girl like Sandy would get into stuff like that. But at the time I didn't see the danger. She kept trying to be cool and impress them. At the time all I saw was my friend avoiding me and hanging out with my brother. Things were said and we stopped talking altogether.

"I still saw her all the time, but she dressed different, she acted different, and I could hear those two fucking from my room. She always wore sunglasses and long sleeves, and got tattoos and piercings. I hated her for abandoning me, and we didn't talk until she ended up in hospital and none of her new friends showed up to see if she was okay.

"She had overdosed on heroin and almost died from it. When I was the only one who came to see her she told me the truth. She showed me her arms that were covered in needle tracks and scars from where she cut herself. Her eyes were red and bloodshot and she told me about how she'd gone to a party once and been offered some stuff and she said yes and got hooked. She told me about all the drinking and the sleeping around, and the cutting.

"I made her promise to get help and she cried in my arms for hours. It was like we were friends again." Alex wiped at the tears streaking down her face and continued. "But once she got out of hospital it was like it had never happened. She went out like before and got herself into trouble. After we moved I didn't see her again. I hear she has a kid now or something. God knows who the father is.

"But Renesmee is different. I promised myself I would keep her away from him and I failed. I tried to make sure they never got to know each other. I tried to make sure he never got his hands on her. Sandy wasn't the only one of my friends that Blake had corrupted. But she was innocent and vulnerable to his tactics. He told her she was pretty and complemented her, and she did whatever he wanted because he paid attention to her.

"Renesmee is innocent, and naive, she's vulnerable to him and I promised myself I would protect her from him. She's my best friend, and I love her. In a friend kinda way. I tried to protect her." Alex finished her speech and fell silent for a lack of anything else to say.

No one spoke. I knew for certain I would die before I let that happen to my daughter. But Edward would find her, I knew that, I trusted him to protect our baby. Right now, another little girl was falling apart and just needed a mother to ease her pain. It didn't matter who's child she was, she was a child, and I was a mother. She needed someone and I was there.

Without thinking twice about it I wrapped my arms around the sobbing girl and held her as she cried. Part of me wanted to be mad at her for letting that boy near my daughter, but I saw how much she cares about Renesmee. I saw how much pain she was in and the mother in me took over.

Authors Note: And this is why Bella is an great mother. I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I can.

~SophieAngel69