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Renesmee's POV

I finished the half turn it took to face him and our eyes met. He was gorgeous. Tall, dark haired, reddish brown skin, and those choc..o..l..a..t..e br..ow..n. I shook myself, what was I doing? This was my new guardian. I was only 16 to human eyes, I felt 20, but that did not count as I was technically only 10! Here I was drooling over a guy twice my age. Ok, so he looks like Taylor Lautner, only 10 times more gorgeous! So, he's built! I was his charge! I should NOT be having thoughts like this about my Mom's best friend, the reason She and the rest of my family are dead! And he definitely should not be looking at me with his mouth half open like he's a dunce! I know he's pretty smart! I glared at him and returned my gaze to Mr. Jenks who was looking a little confused.

"Mr. Black? I'm Mr. Jenks, attorney to the Swan family as well as the Cullens before they passed away. This is Miss. Renesmee Carlie Cullen, your new ward." I turned to Jacob Black with the frostiest look I could manage on my face.

"Hello Mr. Black." I said as I held my hand out to him. "Thank you for coming."

"Call me Jacob. Since I'm in charge of you it would be ridiculous to be so formal. What did Charlie call you?" Our hands met and I felt like I had come a little too close to the fire for comfort. His hand was burning hot! After a moment I realized it felt good, comforting. When a throat clearing hurrumph sounded behind me, I realized I had never answered the question. I blushed,

"He called me Renesmee, he said that since my MOM had named me that I shouldn't be given a nickname."

"Hmm, well, I find that a bit of a mouthful, it'll have to be Nessie. Its shorter, like you, and easier to say, and remember." I nearly choked with rage, he had the gall to call me "Nessie!" How dare he without knowing me better. I was about to rip into him, when Mr. Jenks interrupted.

"How about we start?" I returned to my seat fuming. Well, when I had my first chance I was going to have a few things to say to Mr. Jacob Black. I waited quietly for the two men to find their seats, and Mr. Jenks to resume his discussion. "I would like to thank you for coming in as well, Mr. Black. Everything is actually pretty straight forward. These here are papers giving custody of Renesmee Carlie Cullen to Mr. Jacob Black. Please sign here. Thank you. With custody, you have also gained some assets. Mr. Charlie Swan wishes Renesmee to stay in Forks, where she has grown up for the most part, and where she can continue to see him on a daily basis if she so desires."

"I, do."

"Well, that being said, he understands that you might have trouble with a place to stay. As a contingency plan he made arrangements long ago, that if anything ere to ever happen to him, you were to be the owner of his house. That would be these papers here. Please sign on the line here. Thank you. That takes care of the assets of Mr. Charlie Swan. Next we need to look at the assets of Edward and Bella Cullen as well as the rest of the Cullen family." I stared at him in amazement. What was he talking about? Charlie had NEVER said anything about assets from my family!

"What assets?" Mr. Black and I both said at the same time.

"All the members of Carlisle Cullen's family had considerable assets in real estate, bank accounts, business investments, and CDs. Just before their deaths, all those assets were put into your name Miss Cullen. Arrangements were made in the case that they died before you were of age that whoever had guardianship of you was to be put in charge of these holdings. Now, there are two ways we can do this. All of the financial assets are gaining interest at an incredible rate. We can keep those where they are, and what Mr. Charlie Swan had me do was to roll the money from the real estate holdings into a joint checking/ savings account for you and he. He also put Mr. Black's name on the account. That has been where all your financial requirements have come from Miss Cullen. You have no financial worries ever again, trust me." Unable to speak, I gaped at him. "Now, besides the joint accounts with your name on them Mr. Black, Mrs. Bella Cullen, and Mrs. Alice Cullen made arrangements for you in their wills. They bought some stock, and real estate and put your name on the papers. They told me that someday you would need the money. I'm not sure how they knew that though. So, here's your investment portfolio." He handed Mr. Black a manila folder. "There's a bank book and account number with that as well as a credit card. Again everything has been gaining interest for the last 10 years, as I could find no way to reach you with regards to the death of Mrs. Alice, and Bella Cullen, so you have a nice size portfolio. I think that about covers everything. Do either of you have any questions for me?" We both shook our heads. "Well, then thank you. Here's my card if you think of anything. Have a nice day." He showed us to the door. I was seething, so now this traitor had control of MY money, and apparently a huge wad of cash thanks to the people he betrayed! How dare he even be alive! I was furious. Well, just he wait, when we had some privacy I was going to let him have a piece of my mind!

Jacob's POV

As we left the office my mind was reeling. Too much information to process. First, here I had imprinted on a 10/16 year old half vampire, who was the daughter of my best friend! I had never thought I'd imprint on anyone after it didn't happen with Bella. And now it was on this woman/child, my ward no less. I had responsibility for her until she was living on her own. Then there was the shocking news that I wasn't as poor as a church mouse. I was nearly a millionaire in my own right! Bella and Alice had bought me a huge share of stock in a company that ten years ago was practically unknown. Five years ago they had broken into the big time and their stock went through the roof. I was a major stockholder, and that investment alone had pushed me into major money. The rest was a set of upper class apartments, and a well known bed and breakfast that catered to the rich and famous. So here I was, the guardian of my imprint, and now rich! I needed time to process. I turned to Nessie. "I need to do some things, and think. I'll meet you back at Charlie's ok?"

"OK, I'll see you there. And then we need to talk." Only then did I realize that he was not looking at me with the friendliest of eyes.

"Alright, we'll talk. See you this evening." She left and I realized two things, I needed to talk to Sam, and I needed a car. The car problem was easy to solve. I took a cab to the nearest dealership, and bought a dark blue Prius off the showroom floor. I had the money, and the craving for something fancier like a Porsche or a Jaguar, but realized that I was responsible for a young adult and needed something that fit that image more. Sides it was more environmentally friendly. Next I drove out of town, and at the first National Park I encountered, pulled into a camp site, and behind the bushes I phased. "Sam?"

"Here man, what's up?"

"Well, a lot. I'm still trying to figure it out myself.

"Oh, my, you imprinted didn't you! On the half vampire that's now your ward no less!"

"Well,yes, there's that, then there's the fact that she's only 10/ 16, looks to not be happy with me right now, and that her mom and aunt left me stock in X corp, and real estate.."

"Wow! You have no monetary worries then for sure!"

"No money worries, yes, girl, imprint, ward worries I have plenty of for sure!"

"Well, Embry has managed, and Claire is technically two years older than Nessie, but Nessie at least will look legally old enough in two years. So you don't have as long of a wait at least."

"There's that. But what about whatever has her so mad now?"

"Well, come home and find out. Nice car by the way!"

"Thanks, let Billy know I'll come see him as soon as possible. I need to settle in, buy some clothes, talk to Nessie."

"Will do. Don't be a stranger."

"I won't." I phased back, and started back to Forks wondering what was in store for me there.

Ok, Lots of information, sorry. Fight on the horizon,in more than one way. Review, review, review, please. Thank you.