Chapter 4: Father

Nessie's POV

I suddenly felt very tired as I stood there watching everything unfold. The journey to get here and the lack of sleep was starting to get to me. I could barely keep my eyes open. But someone must have noticed my predicament because a cold hand grasped my shoulder and said "Come with me Nessie. You can come sleep in one of our spare bedrooms," I think it was grandma Esme but I was so tired that I couldn't even be sure. All I knew is that my eyelids were getting heavier and heavier by the second.

I didn't remember much after I laid down on the bed that was offered to me. I fell asleep right away. When I opened my eyes again I wasn't sure how long I'd been asleep. I glanced out the window and saw that it was dark outside.

I saw something move in the shadows and I almost screamed. Until I realized that it was just Edward. My heart felt like it was going to gallop right out of my chest.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you,"

"Scare me? You almost gave me a heart attack. What are you doing in here anyway?"

"I heard you talking and I thought you were awake. But I was wrong,"

I felt as if the blood had been drained out of my face. I knew that I talked in my sleep. My brother made fun of me for it all the time. It was downright embarrassing.

"I'm a sleep talker,"

"Just like your mother," his lips twitched into a smile. "You remind me so much of her,"

It dawned on me for the first time that my biological father was right here in front of me. For the first time since meeting we were alone. I'd often wondered what I would do if ever found myself face to face with him. Now I have absolutely no idea what to think.

I wondered if he was as clueless as I was. I didn't know what to say to him and maybe, just maybe, he didn't know what to say to me either.

He walked over to me quietly. He looked at me curiously. It made sense. Before today he didn't know that I existed or that we even could exist. I wondered what he was thinking. What he was feeling. If he even felt the slightest bit of remorse for what he did to my mom.

"Leaving your mom, lying to her the way that I did, it nearly killed me. But I had to do what I thought was best,"

"Best for who exactly? You? My mom? I don't understand,"

"For your mother. She was always in danger when she was with me. When she was with my family. I left her for her own good. You need to understand that,"

"No I don't understand," was he delusional? Did he think I would agree with what he did to my mother?

"She needed to have a life without me in it. For her own safety. I never could have lived with myself if something had happened to her,"

"Things can still happen to her even without you around. Accidents, illness..." I let my sentence linger right there. The image of my mom and sister being taken to the hospital was forever seared in my brain.

"Your mother is in the hospital?! Why?!" he was panicking now. I was surprised.

"Carlisle didn't tell you?" I was shocked. I'd thought for sure that he would've found out by now.

"I left the house after everything came out. I just returned a little while ago. What happened to your mom? Why is she in the hospital?!"

"She's dying that's why. She's in the hospital dying of COVID-19. The doctors are going to remove her from the ventilator in a few days-"

"NO!" he screamed so loudly that I nearly jumped out of my skin. "NO! NO! NO!" he picked up a chair and threw it against the wall so hard that the chair shattered into a million pieces and left a dent in the wall.

"Why do you even care about what happens to my mom? You left her,"

"Because I love her that's why! I have always and will always love your mom,"

"But you left her. What kind of love is that? You abandoned my mom. You lied to her. What kind of love is that?"

"You're just a kid you wouldn't understand,"

I was starting to get mad now. "What I understand is that you lied to my mom and broke her heart into a million pieces. As far as I'm concerned that's not true love. Someone who truly loves someone wouldn't do what you did,"

"It was a necessary sacrifice,"

"A necessary sacrifice? Are you kidding me? Do you actually believe the crap that you're saying?"

His eyes actually turned black with anger but that didn't scare me. "Young lady you need to watch what you're saying to me. I am your father after all,"

Oh hell no. Hell no! "No you're not. I had a father. He actually loved my mom enough to marry her and stay with her until the day he died-"

"A human could not have been capable of loving your mother the way I did,"

"Don't you dare talk about my father that way! He loved my mom enough to marry her and spend the rest of his life with her! He never lied to her or hurt her the way that you did! He loved my brother and I like we were his own kids! I had a father who loved my mom and I! You're just the guy who helped create me!"

I'd never felt so angry before.

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