Author's note:

Okay so this is my second story.

I hope you guys like it. I will try to update every day this month. But next month school starts so I will only update every couple days.

If you like this story, please review because if I don't get reviews then I will stop writing this.

I also am looking for a beta for this story, so if you're interested message me.

Disclaimer:

I do not own any of the publically recognized characters or places. The only thing that I created was how the plot and the story fit together.

Need to know:

This story will be in Bella's point of view unless there is a heading that tells you otherwise. Example EPOV (Edward's point of view), EmPOV (Emmett's point of view) ect.

Previously on "You left me":

"Emmett please. Don't leave me."

Emmett didn't answer. He got into his jeep and drove away.

Now I had no brother to protect me from Charlie. I had no brother to help me through the hard parts in life. My brother is gone and he is never coming back. I am never going to see him again. What am I going to do?

Chapter 2

Over the next 2 years Charlie kept abusing me. He would hit me and rape me. He also like to use knives on me. He cut me and left some scares on me.

We never got a call from Emmett and my dad blamed me for his leaving and just hurt me worse. Just because we never got a call from Emmett doesn't mean we didn't know what he was up to. You see, Emmett left us and he became a famous actor that mostly shot movies on New York and Hollywood. I went to stores and read magazine articles about my brother. I cried with each one I read because they all showed pictures of Emmett happy with his friends, happy without me.

Every time Charlie would read those articles he got even madder at how successful his son got. I only angered him more and he took it all out on me.

One night I decided I couldn't take it anymore. I grabbed a backpack and threw a few changes of clothes, some undergarments, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, and all of the money I could find. Charlie was at work for the next 5 hours so I didn't have to worry about him catching me. I looked in all of the places I knew Charlie hid money and took it. By the time I was done, I have about 200 dollars. I quickly shoved the money in my bag and started my journey.

I planned to go to New York because I have always wanted to see the city. I don't care if Emmett lived there. I probably wouldn't even bump into him and even if he did see me or I saw him, I would ignore him. He has hurt me enough and I am not going to let him back into my life so he can just leave again and hurt me even more than he already has.

I decided that I was going to use my money and take various busses to get to New York. But I wasn't going to buy a bus ticket until I was out of the state, or at least far away from the city, so there would be no trail for Charlie to follow. When I go to New York I plan to try and find a job and get a cheap apartment. I will finally be able to start my new, better life.

2 weeks later . . .

I was finally here. New York. After taking several busses, and walking many many miles, I made it.

Well, I better start looking for a job and an apartment after I find a job. It was late at night and I was tired. Where was I going to sleep? I looked around and noticed a park with lots of benches where I saw several homeless people sleeping.

I thought about going over there and sleeping on one of the open benched in the park. Who cares? No one will know me. If it's what I have to do for one night, then I will do it.

I walked over to the bench and grabbed a blanket and small square pillow I had bought in Illinois and laid on the bench. I drifted off to sleep. That night I dreamt of Emmett leaving how he never called or came back or anything.

I woke up to the sunlight with tears in my eyes from my horrible dream. I packed up my bed and found a public restroom where I brushed my teeth and used a washcloth to wash my body. I washed my hair, put some makeup on and go changed.

When I looked presentable, I went job hunting. I looked in a lot of diners and clothing stores, but they all said that they weren't hiring. Well looks like that job hunt didn't work out so well.

It was about one o'clock in the afternoon and I decided to get lunch. I stopped at McDonalds and ordered a McChicken and a small soda off the dollar menu. After I was done, I started walking down some streets looking for places that were hiring.

I was out of luck and it was starting to get dark. I sat on a bench outside of a strip club to rest.

All of sudden, I noticed a man in a suit walk out with and girl. He was dragging her by the arm. She was protesting. He finally let go of her and shouted at me, "You are fired! Here's your final pay check, now don't come back!" The girl reluctantly walked away.

The man sighed. He rubbed his forehead and looked around. His eyes landed on me. "Hey what's your name?" He asked me.

"B-Bella." I said.

"Hi, I'm Berry. Do you have a job Bella?"

"No, I was actually looking for one."

"Great, do u want to be a dancer here?" He asked. Hmm, a dancer at a strip club. I heard they make good money, better than a waitress or a sales clerk, plus they get tips.

"I would like that. Thanks." I said sincerely. He seemed like a good person.

"Do u have a place to live?" He asked.

"No I said, I just moved here. I ran away from my abusive dad."

He looked like he felt bad for me.

"Well some of the girls that work here also don't have homes and they share an apartment and split the rent. I could introduce you to them and see if you like them."

"I would like that very much. Thank you."

"No problem, but can you start tonight because as you just saw, I need a dancer."

"Sure. What do I wear and is there a place for me to put my stuff.

"We have costumes that the girls wear and yes we also have lockers for the girls too. And I want to tell you something. I treat all of the girls like family, they have all been through stuff and I'm sure you have too, and I think of them as my family, so I am happy that you can be a part of it." He said.

"Thank you so much, I would love to join your family." I said. I am so happy that I got a job, even though it was one where I had to dance half naked in fount of a bunch of guys, I didn't mind. I was confident and at lease I was making money.

"Okay then, follow me and I will go introduce you to the girls." I nodded and followed him into the club.

The club was dark and there were flashing lights and spotlights on many little stages with poles on them. There was also one big stage that was in the center of the club. There was a bar on the left side of the club and various doors all around. We walked up to one of the doors and he opened it. The room looked like a dressing room it had mirrors and makeup and various revealing costumes that I assume I would have to wear.

"This is Bella. She will be working with us now. She also has no where to stay, so if any of u guys are looking for a roommate talk to her." Barry said.

A girl came up to me. She had wavy strawberry blonde hair. She was very pretty. "Hi Bella, I'm Kirsten."

"Hi Kirsten." I said back.

"Well I heard you were looking for a place to stay. You can stay with me until you get back on your feet." He said to me.

"Wow thank you so much. I hope we can be good friends." I told her.

"I do too."

"Well Bella, It seems you made a new friend. Kirsten will show you around and you can just pick an outfit off of one of the racks. Since you're new we are going to start you off with waitressing. All you have to do is ask what drink people want and give it to them. Easy enough right? Oh and don't forget to be flirtatious, show them your chest. Give them a view of your ass. Give them a 30 second lap dance. That's how you get tips." Berry told me.

"Okay thank you." I said. Then Berry left.

I figured out that I'm really good at my job. Me and Kirsten now share a place and we split the rent. I now have enough money to get new clothes a haircut and all other essentials. For the first time in years, things are going really good for me. And I am happy.