Chapter 9: Father

Nessie's POV

Being here made me anxious. At the back of my mind I could sense danger. Although it could have easily just been my imagination. Yet the way Edward looked at me in the beginning had me on edge. His golden eye color should have been a clue that he was safe to be around. Yet I still felt anxious.

My mind rationalized my anxiety beindmg due to the fact that I was meeting a new vampire. I always felt fine around humans. After all humans couldn't hurt me. But vampires? It was different because I knew that if a vampire really wanted to kill me I'd be dead in a fraction of a second.

"So Carlisle said that he knew my mother. Did you know my mother to?" I asked him. His reaction when was instantaneous. His eyes went pitch black. His lips pulled back revealing his teeth. He was like a lion ready to pounce. I was scared. I did not know what I had done to get such a reaction from him. My heart was beating rapidly. I thought he was going to kill me.

Then Edward relaxed. His eyes returned to the normal gold eye color. I didn't relax though. His reaction scared me and I wasn't sure I could trust him. As much as I tried I could not understand what I had said or done to upset him so quickly. He was a full vampire and could easily kill me before I'd even have a chance to defend myself.

Ryan rubbed my arm in a soothing fashion. Some of the tension left my body. I released the breath that I didn't even realize I had been holding. "So where are you two from?" Edward asked.

"He's from San Francisco and I'm from Phoenix,"

"Phoenix? As in Phoenix, Arizona?" Edward looker curious.

"Well it's one of the places we lived in. We kind of moved around a lot when I was younger because I grew up so fast. My mom was afraid that it would attract the attention of the humans and so we-"

"Your mother is alive?" Edward gasped. Genuine shock being the dominant emotion on his face.

"Yeah she is," I answered. "So did you know her?"

"How is she? Where is she? Is she still human?"

Whoa that was a lot of questions. Okay three was not a lot but still. He had also completely ignored my question. Oh well I'd get an answer out of him one way or another.

"She's a vampire now. Unfortunately that's the only way a human can survive the birth of my kind. I'm sure you've noticed that I'm different. My scent being a mixture of human and vampire,"

"Yes," Edward nodded.

"It's because I'm half human and half vampire. So is Ryan here. Unfortunately my mom could not survive the birth as a human. I will spare the gory details of my birth but the only way she could survive was as a vampire. When I was born I acted out of pure instinct and I bit my mother. I'm venomous so I was able to save her that way,"

"So where is your mother? Is she here?" He sounded relieved, happy, and excited all at once. As for me? I could feel the waterworks coming on again. How was I going to tell him that my mom was missing?

"Nessie where is she? Where is your mother? I need to see her,"

I could not speak anymore. I could not even form the words in my mouth. Luckily I didn't have to. I had Ryan here to help me.

"She's missing. Her mother and my mother went missing a few months ago. That's why we are here. This is where they were when they disappeared,"

The happiness instantly disappeared from Edward's face and was immediately replaced with horror.

"What do you mean missing?"

"My mom went on a hunting trip up north a few months ago and she never returned," I cried. "Jacob tried to find her but he did not have any luck,"

"Who is Jacob?" Ryan asked curiously.

Oh shit! I didn't want to anybody to know that I had left someone behind. Damn now I have to talk.

"Jacob is sort of, well, a family friend you can say. He's also a werewolf,"

"I thought you had no one else?" Ryan questioned. "Why didn't you mention him?"

"Well it's because I didn't want you or your dad to try to send me home or anything,"

"Is he your stepdad or something?" Ryan asked. Edward's eyes grew darker at the question.

"No. He and my mom aren't married. He is like a father to me though. In all the ways that count. He helped my mom raise me,"

Edward looked angry again. Once again I had absolutely no idea what had upset him so much. But he didn't look like he was about to kill me like last time. He was one hell of a confusing vampire.

"He doesn't know you left. Does he?"

"Welll I think by now he's figured it out. It's fine though. He's been taking care of me all of my life even though he's not my dad biologically. He's probably happy that he doesn't have to take care of me anymore,"

Edward had left while I was talking. Although I hadn't noticed that he was gone until I finished.

"Oh Nessie," Ryan said. "You really think the guy who raised you as his own daughter isn't the least bit concerned about where you might be right now?"

I shrugged my shoulders. I didn't want to answer his question. I preferred to believe that I was right and Jacob, my father, wasn't worried about me. After all I wasn't his child biologically. Why should he worry about me?"

"I'm going to go look for Edward," I whispered. I got up and left without looking at Ryan again. I walked upstairs and stopped when I heard Edward's voice.

"No I understand Carlisle. A little warning would have been nice though. No stay at work as long as you have to. Okay bye,"

"Edward?"

"Nessie," he smiled when he spotted me. "Come in,"

"Was that Carlisle?"

"Yes unfortunately he has to stay at work a few extra hours. Some doctors called out sick and the hospital has a lot more patients than usual,".

"Is it the coronavirus that's going around?" I asked. I'd been hearing a lot about that virus on the news lately. Cases were going up in every country around the world. It scared me because even though I was half vampire I was still half human. I've gotten the regular flu several times in the past. Nobody knew for sure if I could die from things like the flu or not. God I hoped not.

"Unfortunately yes. Carlisle believes it won't be long before it's declared a global pandemic. But don't worry Nessie. Let's talk about something else. There's something that I need to tell you,"

"What?"

I was shocked when he showed me a photo album. It was full of pictures of him and my mom as a human. I gasped when I saw the wedding pictures of him and my mom.

"Does this mean that-"

"Yes Nessie. I am your father,"

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