Chapter 6: Daughter
Bella's POV
I held my daughter's makeup bag in my shaking hands. Every fiber of my being urged me to destroy it. Destroy the result of Alice's betrayal toward me and my daughter. Never again could I look at that makeup company or any of its products and feel nothing but hatred.
"Destroy it" I heard Nessie say.
I looked up at my daughter. Her whole body was shaking. With anger? With sadness? Both perhaps? I had no way of knowing.
"Are you sure?" I asked her.
"I'm sure" she said. Determination in her voice. "I can't stand the sight of that logo anymore"
I didn't hesitate to do as she requested. Like me she now hated the makeup company with a vengeance.
My daughter started crying again. I just held her and comforted her as best as I possibly could. She seemed so weak, so fragile, so vulnerable, so...human. It broke my heart to see her this way. Sure I may have only known her for a few hours, and known that she was my daughter for less time then that even. But I already loved her as much as any mother could love a daughter.
I can still vividly remember my pregnancy with her. Every time I felt her move it filled me with absolute joy. I was happy that I was going to have a baby with Edward. Something no one in this family would ever dreamed was a possibility. I could not wait for her birth. To meet this miracle that Edward and I had created together. She filled me with pure love, joy, and happiness.
I nearly died when I gave birth to her. If it weren't for Edward I would have died. He saved me and turned me into a vampire.
When he told me that our daughter had died I was devastated. Devastated beyond all possible belief. My baby was dead. No words could even begin to describe the pain I've felt all of these years.
When Edward told me that she had died he said it so emotionally, with so much pain in his voice, that I never would have even imagined that he was lying. That he had just committed the most cruel act against me that he could ever commit. So I believed him blindly. We all did.
He comforted me. That cruel traitorous monster actually comforted me every time he saw me hurting over the loss of our daughter.
Then there was Alice. Oh Alice. I can't even comprehend how she could betray me like that. How she could betray her own family for a makeup company. She was my sister! I thought she loved me! I thought she loved her niece! Her family! But she betrayed us all! With sisters like her who needs enemies?!
Soon everyone, besides my husband and so-called best friend, got home. Of course Nessie was the automatic center of attention. My daughter looked embarrassed to have all the attention on her. I understood perfectly how she felt.
Nessie's warmed up to everyone quickly. Emmett was making her laugh pretty much non stop. She let Rosalie give her a makeover. Carlisle was asking her questions. Lots of questions. Being the result of a human-vampire relationship he was naturally very curious about her. Esme was being Esme. It didn't take long for her to start well mothering her the way she was with the rest of us. Nessie didn't seem to mind though. In fact I think she loved it.
Then there was Jasper. I couldn't tell for sure how he was feeling but I knew something was wrong. I wondered if he felt as betrayed by Alice as I did with Edward? I didn't dare ask though. Something told me that he needed his space.
I was happy just being with my daughter. She fell asleep while we were watching a movie on the couch. I grabbed her carefully and took her up to mine and Edward's room. I laid her down on the bed gently. I could not resist kissing her cheek.
Then I heard the doorbell ring downstairs. I was the one that went and answered it.
"Bella we need to talk now" Alice demanded.
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