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She's a missed legend

Chapter 3

Paul Lahote

There was complete silence when Paul walked into the Diner, somber faces all around. Charlie was to him first. Impatient to know if his daughter was safe or if he would need to take a trip to the emergency room. It wouldn't be the first.

Paul's hands rose up in the universal sign of surrender, hoping to stave off the Chief's questioning. "She's fine. Sent her to the house"

The relief that washed over the father was almost palpable. Brelynn tended to get hurt easier when alone.

Horrible scenarios played through his mind, each one worse than the last. Brelynn missing was never pleasant.

She was worse than Bella some days it was ridiculous.

Bella paused looking unsure for a second before nodding to herself, "Paul did she-"

The wolf's face fell into a grimace. He knew what she was talking about and he really didn't want her to finish it.

"Ten years."Gasps resounded around the room.

A strangled noise escaped Charlie's throat as he sank to the floor. "How could I have not of known?" It was a question everyone was asking themselves. But none knew the answer too.

Charlie cradled his head with shaky hands. He couldn't believe this. He didn't want to believe it.

His flesh and blood was being hurt…abused….now pregnant and he didn't know or do a damn thing about it.

He inhaled sharply as little things that didn't make sense before now did. "The signs were there. She hasn't been sleeping. Nightmares keeping her up, she's withdrawn, depressed too. She hardly eats." All of it was making sense. And now that the gate was open the flood was crashing down around him.

"She can't stand changes-new things- deterring from her routine. Failure to thrive, it's all there." Charlie felt like he was going to be sick.

He was Chief of police for Christ sakes! He should have picked up on this sooner!

Sue slide down next to him comforting him best she could. "She was telling us and we ignored her! All of us." Anger swept Charlie away in its grasps quickly. "I now see why she hates us so much."

The Quileute woman wrapped arms around her husband. She knew were his head was going. Charlie was blaming himself. Thinking he was a bad parent even though he isn't.

He was going to tear himself apart for not picking it up sooner, but no one could blame him for not noticing.

"Charlie she hid it well, don't blame yourself for this." Sue pleaded but it was futile. He made a disagreeing sound but Paul diverted Charlie's attention to himself before anything could be said.

"Sue's right. Swan didn't want anyone to know." He told Charlie. "She was horrified when I asked her how long. When she answered…she looked like she wanted to try and drown herself." His voice was tight and controlled but brutally honest.

Paul Lahote did not sugar coat his words. To him it caused problems later and never worked in the end.

The aggressive wolf's dark gaze scanned the Diner, taking in its occupants. As he took in his pack mates he could see the effect this conversation was having on them.

They were all shaking. Emotions and instinct running high and strong through them all, especially the younger ones like Collin and Brady.

It's a hard to swallow around the fact that a person, that they as a pack...as proctors of the La Push, the people in it...could let something like this happen. Something like this go unnoticed.

They were supposed to protect the people of La Push. Not just vampires but from any and all types of harm that may happen in their little community.

But because they were too busy ignoring her…keeping her out of Pack business… that they never stop to think…to check….care…get to know….or anything, they isolated someone that need them the most.

Brelynn Swan needed protecting and caring for and none of them were will to give it to her because she wasn't Pack. Because she wasn't an imprint or a person that needed know, like Charlie who wasn't just a parent but also married to a counsel member.

Paul could see it radiating from each of his pack brothers, the tremendous guilt and shame they all felt for letting it get this far….for not caring…..not paying attention.

The silence was deafening as everyone sank into their thoughts until Claire made her presence known.

"Here Paul, take her home, Brelynn will be able to deal with her better than there than I will here." Emily passed the fussy little girl over to him making sure he had a good grip on the wiggling two year old before stepping back.

She smiled sadly at him, "Go before she thinks you won't be coming back. You know how she thinks." Paul nodded.

He knew how Brelynn's head worked. They all did in fact.

Brelynn had been left home alone before and had completely flipped. Bella was supposed to come home after her shift at the Diner and told Brelynn that but she never did. It didn't help that the Clearwater siblings had patrol, Sue was out of town and Charlie was working the night shift.

Nobody remembered about her until Leah and Seth came off of their shift and was walking up to the house.

Brelynn was sitting on the front porch step.

She was freezing, shaking so bad they could see it. When they had asked her how long she'd been outside she told them all night. It was almost two when they had gotten home.

After that Charlie refused to have her alone at home and if you were suppose to be home – you had to be home. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.

Shaking his head Paul turning his attention to Claire in his arms, "Come on Claire. You want to go see Bewyn?" At the mention of Claire's mispronounced way of saying Brelynn's name, she squealed before screaming 'Bewyn… Bewyn' in the poor man's sensitive ear.

"Paul, be careful with her." A tense Quil warned, all he got in response as a waving hand from a retreating back.

Brelynn Swan

When I got home I had to talk my way through another panic attack. I kept thinking about what kind of trouble by big mouth had probably gotten me into.

Paul did not let things go. And he defiantly wasn't going to let this go and neither was Bella for that matter which just made it all worse because separately they were both stubborn ass. Together I would never hear the end of it or be able to leave it be.

I took my time in the shower trying to stall the inevitable. But it was for not because he wasn't even back when I got out. So I dressed comfortable. Tank top with a pair of Seth's clean basketball shorts before throwing on my swim hoodie.

Paul still wasn't back and I was really starting to think he wasn't coming. It wasn't the first time someone told me there were coming back but never did.

I was working myself into a fit when I heard the sound of an engine pulling up to the house before car doors slamming.

I took a deep breath then exhaled forcibly through my mouth. Paul was back. He hadn't lied or forgotten about me which made me smile even with the horrible day this was turning out to be.

"Brelynn" He yelled, I rolled my eyes, it wasn't like I wasn't already on my way down stairs anyway, and there was no reason for him to be yelling for me.

"I'm coming. Geez..." I hollered back at him coming down the stairs. At the bottom was a funny site. Paul had Claire in his arms trying to hold on to her as she flailed around crying.

When she caught sight of me, Claire reached out in my direction clenching and unclenching her first calling out to me. "Bewyn! Bewyn!"

I smiled I loved feeling needed – wanted. It never failed to make a warm feeling run through my body, this little girl never failed to make me feel just like that every time.

Unless Quil was around, then I felt useless and ignored again with the unbearable need to cry. If Quil was around, Claire only wanted him and would refuse anyone else.

Claire was flailing out of Paul's arms by the time I made it to them I relieved the struggling man of his unhappy armful quickly before injures arose. Cradling my favorite little person she settled down and laid against my shoulder, comfortable and quiet now.

Her position made it to where I could feel her forehead against my throat. She was warm, warmer than she usually was, making me frown.

"Claire" I asked catching her attention, "do you not feel well?"

She sniffled some, nodding her head. My frown deepened as I remember what Paul had said earlier about her being fussy and sick.

"Paul" I turned to him he was standing in the kitchen door way with a drink in hand. "Can you get me the thermometer please?" I asked. His dark eyes narrow at me a frown pulling at his lips before he nodded.

As he turned back into the kitchen I headed into the living room across from the kitchen. I'd just sat down with Claire curled up in my lap when he came over with the thermometer.

I nodded to him, mumbling a 'thanks' as I took it. It took a couple minutes for me to coax her to let it into her mouth but it wasn't long before it was going off, letting us know it was done.

Looking at it I sighed. It read 99.8, she head a slight fever and she was not going to like the medicine she was going have to take.

It was a struggle but between me and Paul we accomplished having her take the medicine without her spitting it up on us. She was crying though, she didn't like medicine so I stood up with her in my arms and started doing my rocking bounce.

It looked funny but always worked on putting kids to sleep. I don't know how long I was doing it for but it was long enough that my back and legs were starting to hurt.

I turned to Paul, to ask him if she was asleep or not, but I froze. He was watching me with the oddest expression that I could place.

When he spoke, it startled me. His deep voice was loud in the quiet house even with him speaking softly. "You know," he said, "you are the only person I have ever seen, be able to put a kid to sleep so fast with little effort."

I frowned looking to the sleeping bundle in my arms before meeting Paul's heavy gaze. "It's not hard and I enjoy it. Makes me feel accomplished when I can calm a child down that no one else can." I half shrugged trying not to disturb Claire.

Turning to where he could see Claire I asked "Is she asleep?"

I wanted to lay her down, she was heavy and I was starting to hurt badly. "Yeah she's asleep."

Nodding I went upstairs and laid her down on Bella's bed. Her room was the cleanest and the closest so that's were Claire was going to rest. I Bella had a problem with it she could go run into a wall for all I cared.

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