AN: So sorry for the late update with this one guys. Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed last chapter.

This one is for Drish.

loopifrog393 – SORRY!!

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Last chapter

"You gave me hope. You're my prince charming." I smiled wider, tears filling my eyes again. He sat up and moved closer to me. Looking into each other's eyes; he reached up and brushed away the tear that had fallen on to my cheek.

"And you are my life Bella." He whispered.

Bella's POV

"Bella are you ok?"

"I'm so sorry Bella, I didn't know it would be so horrible."

"Don't worry Rose slapped the bitch!" we all turned to look at Emmett who had added in the last comment.

"What? I thought it would make her feel better!" he argued. Rosalie rolled her eyes.

"Oh Rose, you shouldn't have done that, you could get into trouble." I told her,

She shrugged and then smiled at me.

"It was worth it."

"Thanks." I smiled softly at her,

"Where did you two go anyway?" Alice demanded.

"For a drive." Edward told her.

"Where?" she insisted.

"Just for a drive Alice." Edward sighed.

"Well you had to have gone somewhere. It's 5.00 pm; you've been gone since 11.00 am!"

"Alice why does it matter where we went?" Edward demanded.

"It just does."

"Fine, if you must know I took Bella to Vegas where we got married." There was a silence as everyone stared at us in shock. I rolled my eyes.

"He was kidding." I told them. Alice reached out for my left hand,

"No ring." She told the others. They all let out sighs of relief.

"Well that's good; I would never have forgiven either of you for not letting me plan your wedding."

I sighed and rolled my eyes again.

"Promise me Bella, when you two get married, you'll let me plan your wedding." Alice asked.

"Alice, he was kidding, it's not like he proposed." I told her.

"Bella!" she pleaded.

"Fine Alice you can plan it, now can you all please let us in to the house." Edward snapped.

"I thought you weren't getting married?" Emmett asked, clearly confused.

"They're not; they are just trying to get past Alice." Rosalie soothed him, rubbing his arm."

"Hey!" Alice complained.

"Bye Alice." Edward said grabbing my arm and gently pulling me inside.

-xXx-

"The lawyer is coming around after dinner." Carlisle informed us as we sat around the dining table. The atmosphere in the usually warm room became tense as everyone turned to look at me.

"Oh." Was all I could say.

"His name is Jonathan Carter, he's a good friend of mine from Seattle." Carlisle told me. Edward reached over for my hand under the table and squeezed it gently.

"Well now, who's for dessert?" Esme asked, distracting everyone's attention away from me.

-xXx-

I was sitting in the living room watching a televison with the Cullens, when there was a knock at the door.

"That'll be Jon." Carlisle said, getting up from the couch. I could hear him greeting someone in the hall and moments later he came back with a good looking middle aged man, he had blonde hair cut short and striking gray eyes.

"Everyone, this is Jonathan Carter." A chorus of hellos rung out through the room as everyone greeted him.

"Jon, this is Bella." Carlisle said, gesturing over to me.

"Hi." I said shyly.

"Hello Bella." He said smiling. His smile was very comforting and I immediately felt better.

"Why don't we go into the dining room?" Carlisle suggested. Everyone made to follow him in to the kitchen, but he held up his hand.

"I meant; Esme, Bella, Jon and myself. I'm sure the rest of you can find something to entertain yourselves with." I hesitated and looked at Edward who was sitting next to me. He smiled reassuringly at me. Carlisle, who must have noticed, sighed.

"Fine Edward you can come." I smiled and grabbed Edwards's hand, pulling him off the couch.

When we had all taken a seat in the dining room, Jon turned to me.

"Now Bella, I've just been informed that they have a two new witnesses, Mrs Helen Mallory and Officer Kate Marsh. I froze.

"Do these people mean something to you Bella?" Esme asked me gently. I nodded.

"Mrs Mallory was one of the first people I told about Victoria and Kate Marsh worked with my father, she was the police officer who interviewed me when Mrs Mallory took me to tell the police what Victoria had done."

"Why did nothing ever come of it?" Jon asked me.

"I got scared and lied; I told them I had made the whole thing up." Esme and Carlisle looked at each other.

"And how long ago was this?" Jon asked.

"About 9 years ago. This is bad, isn't it?" I asked. He hesitated.

"Please." I said.

"Honestly, no. They could claim you've already made this claim before, that because of that all you really are is an attention seeker. That and if Victoria really was hurting you, you would have done something about it then." Jon told me.

"But she was a little girl!" Esme cried. Jon sighed.

"I know that Esme, but a woman who can pretend to love her step daughter without creating suspicion for 10 years is bound to be a good actress. I fear that they are planning to turn the case from whether or not your step mother hit you to that of your mental health."
"But I saw Victoria hit Bella!" Edward argued. Jon turned to him.

"You did? When?"

"The night I took her out of there. I was hiding in the bathroom, when Victoria came in and hit her."

"So you didn't actually see it?" Jon asked.

"Well no, but I heard it, isn't that enough?" Edward asked.

"I'm afraid not. We'll still put you up on the witness stand, that is of course if you are willing. But without you having actually seen it, there's little chance it'll stand as questionable evidence." Edward sighed in frustration.

"Surely there's something we can do?" Carlisle asked.

"Well we could have a psychiatrist talk to her, prove she's not really self harming." Jon suggested.

"Excellent idea." Carlisle exclaimed, jumping up from his seat.

"I have a friend we can take her to." He said as he left the room. I looked over at Jon,

"Do you think I stand a chance of winning?" I asked him.

"I hope so." He sighed. I nodded as he confirmed what I already knew, Victoria was going to win and soon I would be back living with her...

-xXx-

The next day I found myself sitting next to Carlisle in the waiting room of Dr. Drishti Neelam, the woman who would decide if I really was insane.

"Ms Swan, Dr. Neelam will see you now." Said her secretary, I thanked her and walked towards the door leading into Dr. Neelam's office.

"Hello Bella." She greeted me, she was young, in her late twenties maybe, she had a dark complexion, long brown hair, brown eyes that were so dark they were almost black and a large friendly smile.

"Hello." I greeted her.

"Please sit." She said, gesturing to the couches in front of her. I moved to sit down in a small baby blue armchair.

"So, what now?" I asked.

"Now you tell me about Victoria and you father."

"Where do I start?" I asked.

"How about at the beginning." I hesitated; did I really feel comfortable spilling all of my secrets to a complete stranger? But then I thought of Edward, when I first confessed to him, he wasn't much less of a stranger than Dr. Neelam was now. So I began.

"My father was the Police Chief of Forks." She smiled at me reassuringly and I suddenly realised I did feel comfortable telling my secrets to this woman. So I told her my story, with her only interjecting every now and then to ask how I felt about a particular part. When I was done, I glanced over at the clock on her wall that showed I had already been here well over an hour.

"Well that's all for today. I would like to keep seeing you though Bella."

"So I really am mental?" I asked her. She laughed lightly.

"Of course not, but there are a few issues I'd like to keep talking to you about." I smiled and nodded at her.

"Friday, at 4?" she suggested. I nodded again.

"Until then, take care Bella." I thanked her and headed back out into the waiting room. Carlisle was still there reading a gossip magazine. He was so intrigued that he didn't even glance up when I came to stand in front of him. I coughed. He looked up guiltily,

"Oh Bella, your done are you?" I smiled at him.

"The lives of Tom and Katie that exciting?" I teased.

"Yes, well there wasn't much else to do." He blushed, causing me to start laughing. He rolled his eyes.

"Come on you." He said starting toward the exit. I hurried after him, still laughing.

AN: I know I said this chapter would be the court case, but I'm still working out some of the legal jumble. If anyone could help me, I would really appreciate it. I got 29 reviews for the last chapter, my most yet! Thank you all! Please review!