Story of My Life

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"Am I too late to voice my objection?"

I froze at the sound of this intruder's voice.

Charlie froze as well and I felt Edward tense beside me. At once, we all turned around to look them in the face. My heart sank at the sight.

It was her.

My mother.

I had dreamt this would happen. Well, it was more of a nightmare. In my dream, she came here with a mission. She wanted to break Edward and me up. And she did. Quickly she won over Edward. She convinced him I was still a drug addict and was going to kill our baby. Edward then turned on me, saying I was the biggest mistake of his life and he never wanted to see me again. He called me dirt and told me that 'the kid wasn't his' and my heart broke. He left and I fell to my knees, tears streaming down my face. And Renee cackled in the background, like the Wicked Witch of the West. Then I would wake up and realize, it was just a dream. But this wasn't. She was really here.

"Renee," my father was the first one to find his voice.

My eyes shifted from my father, who looked incredibly uncomfortable, to my mother who appeared to be at ease. She looked no different than when I last saw her. Mine and Ayden's absence took no toll on her life. In fact, it probably made it a lot easier. She was dressed like a street-walker. Her jeans were too tight for a woman her age and her red halter top's neckline plunged much too low. And the fact she had on clear high heels made me gag. She paid my father no mind; instead her eyes were focused on Edward and me.

I looked to my husband, praying he could solve this situation. But his eyes were narrowed at my mother. Clearly he was annoyed by her presence. Renee was glaring back at him, an evil smile stretched across her withered face. The drugs were aging her quickly.

"You know, it really hurt me to find out about this wedding," Renee began, moving towards us. "My only child is getting married and I didn't even receive so much as a phone call, let alone an invitation."

There were so many things I wanted to say to her. All these years, she never once gave a damn about me. She was more important than I was. Her love life came first. If I didn't have anything to eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner, that was my own damn problem. She didn't have time to feed me. She was too busy falling in love with men who used her. While she was getting high and beaten up by her boyfriend, I was struggling in school. I was falling in with a bad crowd, but she wasn't there to even notice. Not like she would care if she had noticed. So, why now did she decide to care? Did she honestly hate me so much that she'd try to sabotage my wedding? Had that been her intent on coming?

"You know what Renee, today is not the right day for this," Charlie began, moving in towards my mother. I did not fail to see the broken look he wore. It pained him, more than it ever would pain me, to see my mother. She had been the love of his life, his pride and joy. He bestowed everything in her and she threw it back at him. He looked at the woman Renee had become and he blamed himself. Charlie believed that he failed my mother and me and that's why we left. That was more than enough to wound a man's ego. Even though Charlie had found interest in another woman, it would take a very long time to heal the wound Renee left in his heart.

"Oh Charlie, don't give me that bullshit," Renee backed away from him, her arms raised. "I will do whatever the damn I please. And this is what I feel like doing, right now. I couldn't give a fuck if it's a 'bad time' for you."

"What's gotten in—?"

Edward cut Charlie off quickly. "Who the hell do you think you are? You come into my house, on my wedding day, and think you can speak to my father like that? You've got to be high as all hell to think your little plan is going to work out."

Renee laughed directly in his face, "You would know about people being high. I mean, fuck, you're married to Bella, aren't you?"

I never imagined Edward having a desire to hit a woman, but the look in his eyes clearly exhibited how much he wanted to punch my mother in the face. I stepped in front of him, to assure he wouldn't do so. No matter how badly I wanted him to.

When I was sure Edward was as calm as possible I handed Ayden off to him, turned away from them and then focused my eyes on my mother. She really did have bad timing. Not like I ever had intentions of seeing her again. I'd dealt with a lot of shit today and it wasn't even 6 pm. I really had not wanted any more added onto this already stressful day. And seeing my mother and fighting with her was most certainly stressful.

"Why are you here?" I asked the question we were all dying to know the answer to.

"It's quite simple, you see," she turned away from me and moved towards the table we'd just recently vacated. She plopped down into one of the seats and stretched out. I rolled my eyes and waited for her to continue. "You think just because you don't live with me anymore Isabella, that I don't know what's going on in your life."

I heard Edward snort behind me. I found no humor in this. "Oh, like you knew what went on my life when I did live with you?"

"Clearly," she replied as if it were common knowledge.

I felt my hands settle on my hips as I glared daggers at her. "You knew nothing. You were in your own little world, where everything revolved around Renee. The only time you came to me was if you needed one of two things, drugs or money. Most of the time, you wanted both. You knew nothing then and you know nothing now."

Something I said sparked an emotion in Renee, for she stood up quickly and stepped in towards me. "Is that really what you believe? That I was fucking oblivious."

"I'd rather believe you were oblivious than think you let me live like that," I replied angrily. "Because if you knew anything, you'd know how fucked up my life was."

"It still is," Renee replied, pointing towards my swollen belly. "Once a whore, always a whore."

Edward may have the restraint not to strike my mother, but I sure as hell didn't. Her words lit a fire under me that I feared would never be put out. My hand acted on instinct, reaching up and slapping Renee clear across her face. She staggered backwards, clutching her swollen cheek. Her eyes were black as she stared back at me. In a split second, the situation went from controlled to chaotic. She lunged forward at me, but Charlie caught her in time. Edward grabbed me from behind and pulled us away from my parents.

I didn't want to go. I wanted to go right back there and beat the shit out of my mother. Who the hell did she think she was? How dare she speak to me like that! How dare she blatantly lie to my face? She didn't know a thing about me! She didn't give a shit. Why lie? What point was there?

"Let me talk to her," I said, ripping my arm out of Edward's grasp. He looked to me with panic stricken eyes.

"She'll hurt you," he said feebly. I shook my head at him. He worried about me, far too much. I started backing away from him, towards my parents who were currently arguing loudly. I needed answers and standing around was not going to help me get them. "Bella, she will hurt you."

"No more than she already has," I said to him over my shoulder.

I knew Edward was going to follow me, but I didn't pay him any attention. He could not change my mind on this. I had to speak with my mother. I had to get some things off my chest.

I walked up to find my father forcing Renee into a seat. She was cursing at him angrily, bitching at him for reprimanding her. Charlie didn't seem to care. When they noticed my approach, their postures changed. Renee attempted to stand, while Charlie became more defensive. He forced her back into her seat once more and stood in front of her, in means to keep her from attacking me. I laughed at his attempt.

"I want to talk to her," I told Charlie. He wore the same expression Edward had. He thought this was a bad idea as well. I didn't care though. This was my decision, not theirs.

"Bells," Charlie shook his head at me, "I already called some of the boys from the station. They'll be here in twenty to pick her up and make sure she never comes back."

"That gives us plenty of time to talk," I told him. He looked at me like he believed I was crazy. I laughed lightly at his look. "Please, I need to do this dad."

"Bella," I turned to see Edward standing right behind me. His eyes were pleading for me to stop. I sighed heavily. I hated going against Edward's wishes, but he had to understand I needed to do this. I'd been carrying around my past for so long. Talking to Renee would get the rest of the dead weight lifted from my shoulders. It would relieve me and allow me to fully move on.

I took a step closer to my husband and grabbed hold of his hands. "I promise you, I will be fine. There is nothing she can do or say that will hurt me now. I have you."

He looked into my eyes for a long while before nodding his head. He understood my needs and, as always, was willing to give in to them. "We can leave once you're done."

"Thank you," I breathed before standing on my tip-toes to kiss his lips. He held my waist in his hands in order to kiss me tenderly. I smiled against his lips before pulling away and coming back down to deal with the hellish reality that was my mother.

"Momma," Ayden spoke out.

Ayden.

How had I managed to forget my own son in all of this craziness? He is the one person I am responsible for when things get out of control! How was I going to bring another child into this world when I lost track of the one I already had? I was the second worst mother in existence, my own being the first.

I spun on my heel to see Ayden standing at Edward's feet. He had his left thumb stuck in his mouth and his eyes were looking down on the ground. I knew the reason for his actions immediately. He was scared. Very, very scared. I knelt down in front of him and pulled him to my body.

"Grandma's here…" He whispered into my ear. I squeezed his little body tighter. "Momma, does that mean he's here?"

I stiffened at his words. I had prayed, night and day, that Ayden wouldn't remember him. But of course I had been wrong. Ayden's memory proved to be brilliant, because he hadn't seen Billy Black in nearly 10 months, yet he sat her quivering as if he'd seen him just yesterday. As if it all happened just yesterday.

"I promise baby, you're safe," I spoke surely. Nothing would happen to Ayden, never again. I would never fail him again. Edward would never fail Ayden. He would always be there to protect us. To keep us safe.

"I'm scared momma," Ayden cried, his tears dropping onto my shoulder blade. I don't think it's possible, but in the moment I held Ayden tighter than ever before.

"Don't be scared baby," I finally said while pulling back to look into his eyes. "Go sit with daddy. I have to talk to your grandma. I promise I'll be back in a few minutes, then we're gonna go home."

Ayden latched onto my once more, but only for a short moment. When he pulled away, his little hands found their way to mine. "Will you and daddy read me a story?"

"Of course baby," I said without a beat. Ayden nodded his head at me before letting go of me and moving to stand with Edward. I took in a deep breath and replaced me thoughts. After a moment, I stood up to see Renee standing beside Charlie.

"You've got five minutes," Charlie warned me.

"Thank you," I said to him before walking past the two of them towards the woods that surrounded the Cullen household. "Follow me mom."

She did as I asked. I kept walking until we were well out of hearing range. I stopped abruptly and turned to glare at my mother. I had years worth of ranting to let out on her.

"I don't know what you were thinking by coming here. Clearly, you weren't thinking. Because if you had used any common sense, you would have realized this would end badly."

"Badly how?" She said, somewhat interested by my statement.

"You just don't get it," I half-laughed. She stared at me blankly. I threw my hands up in the air before continuing, "I'm done with you mom. If my leaving wasn't enough of a message of that, this is. You're not a part of me anymore. You have no influence over me, no part in my heart. You mean nothing to me now. You've wronged me for the last time."

"Don't talk to me like you're better than me," Renee said quickly. "You're the one who's fucked up Bella. You are a drug addict who's going to have two kids before you're even 19. You're the one who tried to kill yourself. No one loved you. You had no friends, because no one wanted to play with the freak. You're the failure, not me. I did everything I could with you. I tried Bella, but there was no helping you."

I bit my lip. Even though I told Edward nothing Renee said could hurt me, that wasn't true. Her words were the truth, the painful, ugly truth. I'd been trying to forget my life before Forks, but it was very hard to do so with these painful reminders. I wanted to tell her she was lying, that people did love me, but I couldn't find the words. I couldn't see a reason to fight. She was right. I had been wrong to confront her.

I turned away from her, unable to continue this conversation. "You're such a coward Bella."

She was right, again.

"That's why you came here," she continued her little monologue, "You didn't leave because of me. You were afraid of yourself. You thought you could be better up here with your father. Well, let me tell you something," she was standing closely behind me; I could feel her breath on my neck, "this wont last."

She was…wrong.

I caught a hold of Edward's eyes. He was watching us intently, his eyes fixated on me. Even from here, I could sense what he was feeling. He was concerned, worried for me. All he wanted was for things to be better. He loved me, with his whole heart. He wished for my happiness. Which made Renee wrong. I was loved. I had gotten better. I wasn't afraid anymore. This was going to last.

After looking into Edward's bright emerald orbs, I turned to Renee with new found confidence. "I feel bad for you."

"Excuse me?" She said with a snort. "Sorry for me? What for?"

"You don't know what it's like to be in love," I told him simply. "You don't know what life is like. You're stuck playing your games, passing it by. You never stopped to actually enjoy it, and that makes me feel sorry for you. You'll never appreciate anything. That's a shame."

"I've been loved by many," She tried to assure me.

"You've never been in love," I said, shutting her down. "Love makes you a better person. Love shifts your world. It teaches you to grow. The only thing you've grown into, Renee, is a big baby."

"I am not," Renee said in a futile attempt to defend herself. But she didn't get a chance to further her defense, because the familiar sound of a cop car blared loudly from the Cullen driveway. I smirked at her.

"I believe your ride is here," I said to with my back turned, without so much as a look back. She didn't deserve one.

Edward and Ayden met me half way, while Charlie breezed past me to assist Renee to the cop car. I threw my arms around my husband and my son and pulled myself tight against them.

"Can we go home now?" I said exasperatedly.

"And read my story!" Ayden cheered.

"Yes, of course we can," Edward informed us. I grinned up at him goofily. "I'll go tell the guests we're leaving. We'll need to make our rounds and say good-bye, of course."

He handed Ayden to me before he started to walk away. He stopped only a few feet away from us and turned back to look, "I have a surprise for you after we read Ayden's story."

I couldn't wipe the goofy grin off my face. The awful encounter with my mother only moments before was now forgotten. Ayden and I looked at each other and simultaneously said, "Surprise?"

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