[(re-posted) I know you might be bothered by my removing and posting of this chap. It's just that every time that I re-read it, I feel like editing it, so that what happens. I hope you won't hate me! And I'm not abandoning The Truth, it's just hard for me to make the chap good enough to post. HOPE you understand! ;)]

Here's chapter 10, hope you enjoy.

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Where Are You Now

Chapter 10 – Sister

(EPOV)

"Did you adopt Emerald from Saint Anne in Montana?" She asked anxiously.

How did she know that we just adopted Emerald? I thought mom said that it's too hard to notice that she was just adopted because she has some features of me, just like her eyes and her nose.

"Yes, how did you know?" I answered hesitantly.

She breathed in first before answering, "Edward, she is our daughter."

I think my mouth opened in shock.

"Is this some sick joke?" I snapped.

"No!"

"Oh my god, but how? I mean there are least percent that you could be—"

"Yes, there's low percent that I could be, and I became. I know. it's nobody's fault."

I looked at her, but she looked away from me, like she's so annoyed.

"You mean all this time; I've been with my real daughter?" I asked in a doubting tone.

"Yes. Is it so hard to believe? Just look at her and you can see ourselves," she answered fumingly.

"I'll just get coffee, it's getting late. Or you want food?" I said just to have an excuse to be alone for a while.

"No, I'm fine. Just give me coffee."

I went to the kitchen and started mentally talking to myself.

Emerald is the fruit of my cheating on my wife, and my wife even took care of her. I'm feeling a little guilt about it. She loved Emerald as her own daughter, when she doesn't know that Em's real mother is her best friend and the girl that I had a one night thing with.

Life is really full of unexpected things, I thought as I pour the coffee to the cups.

I carried the cups and I went back to her. She was staring at Emerald's second birthday photo on the wall.

"Hey." I handed her the cup, and she took it.

"Thanks," she said gratefully.

I sat back on my previous spot and I watched her. I am watching her just to know that she is really Em's real mother.

Okay, she has Emerald's hair, and her lips. Maybe when she smiles, it's like Emerald.

She caught me looking at her for the second time and she blushed deeply. Emerald also blushes like that. I have no doubt now that she is really her mother.

"Why is Emerald in the orphanage?" I asked.

"I...I can't support her. I'm struggling with money at that time. I still have to finish college. And the best way that she can survive is leaving her in the orphanage. I pay for my apartment and my tuition. There are days that I only eat once a day, sometimes I don't eat at all. Just think about it when Emerald is with me at that time, oh I can't even imagine it. I've done a lot of sacrificing just to be where I am right now. Maybe you can't understand me because it is obvious that you are wealthy," she answered seriously.

Oh, she's not the kind of girl that I thought she was. I thought her answer was she doesn't want to take care of Emerald because she's too young to be a mom. But it isn't, you can see sincerity, longing, and sadness in her eyes.

I feel bad for her. Maybe if Camilla didn't steal her life, she's not here. Maybe she could've had an easier life, not like this. In the first place, what Camilla have done is wrong. I don't know what to think of her now. This is really a big mess that she has created. But the damage has been done. I have to make up to her in exchange of all the things that Camilla have done.

"I want Emerald back," she said demandingly.

"No," I said instinctively.

"But I'm her mother," she insisted.

"I'm her father," I said back.

"Fine," she huffed.

"Fine what?" I asked confusion.

"We'll share her," she said nonchalantly.

"How?"

"I don't know. Maybe we could talk about it tomorrow. Its 1:30 in the morning already, it's late... I'm leaving. I'll just be staying in a hotel. Thank you so much with all that you've done. Thanks for introducing my parents to me and for taking care of my baby." She smiled genuinely. She does look like Emerald when she smiles. Beautiful.

"You can stay here," I offered.

"But it's too much. You've done enough for me today."

"No, you can stay in the guest room."

"Can I just stay at Emerald's room?" she asked shyly and he blush came back again.

"But I'm not sure if she's staying there. She sleeps in my room for a while now."

"Then I'll just be staying in the guestroom," she declared.

"No, I'll take the guestroom. You can sleep with Emerald in my room."

"But, it's your room and yo—"

"I'm fine. It's just one night anyway."

"Thank you," she said with a grateful smile.

I carried her bag for her and I led her to my room, where Emerald was sleeping. When we got there, I opened the door. When Bella saw her sprawled on my bed, she smiled brilliantly.

"She's so cute," she whispered to herself.

We went inside, and I placed her bag at the side of the bed.

"Thank you," she said.

"No problem. There's a bathroom here, feel free to use it."

"Okay, good ni—mornight," she mumbled.

"Mornight?"

"It's morning already, but when you look outside, it still looks like night. So its mornight, my friend during high school taught me that," she said and laughed softly.

"Oh, I just learned something today," I said enthusiastically.

She laughed some more, and then I grabbed some nightwear in my closet. After that I went out so she could rest.

…

(BPOV)

It's the first time that I have ever slept this peacefully.

Last night, when I sunk onto the bed, Emerald unconsciously snuggled to me. And her grip on me was really tight, as if she never wants to let me go.

I woke up with two arms wrapped around me, one small and one big.

And then I saw two sleeping figures on my side, Edward and Emerald.

He said that he was going to sleep in the guest room. How did he get in here?

I wanted to wake him up so I could stand, but he looks so peaceful to disturb. He's just as handsome as he is when he is awake.

I wonder…what if this is the way I woke up in the hotel room where everything happened. What would I feel? Will it be awkward? Will we do i—

I was disrupted with my thoughts by a shouting girl outside.

"Edward! Get up already! I'm bringing Emerald to the mall!" The girl with the high pitched voice shouted.

I should wake Edward now. He has a visitor.

I shifted a bit so I could wake him up.

"Edward, wake up. Somebody's looking for you and Emerald," I said gently and I shook his shoulders.

He just groaned, and remained asleep. Another thing, his arm tightened round me, squeezing both me and Emerald, who is in between us. I tried to remove his arm, but it was too tight.

This is such an awkward position.

"Hey, wake up!" I whispered harshly.

He didn't even stir. What a deep sleeper.

"I swear, if you don't bring Emerald out, I'm going to go inside!" The girl shouted again.

No! She can't open the door. She can't see us like this. What would she think?

"Edward! WAKE UP!" I shouted at him.

It successfully woke him up…and Emerald, whose eyes were so curious on why I am here.

But it's too late. The girl has opened the door already, and we're still at the same position.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. I didn't know that Edward has a girl here. It's just too soon. I'm genuinely, seriously, super duper sorry to interrupt," she gushed.

Edward immediately removed his arm around me and he stood up.

"No, uh…she's not…she's Emerald's mother," he said lazily.

"Edward!" I chided him.

He just said to her that I am Emerald's mother. She saw us on the same bed, and she maybe knows that Emerald is just adopted.

"Oh my gosh! Why is she here? Is she going to take her? No, she can't take my precious niece!" The pixie girl said.

Yeah, I just called her pixie. Well she looks like one. She is short, with short black spiky hair, and she's wearing designer clothes. She's one of them…one of the rich people in his family.

"No, she's not going to take her. Alice, she's your sister," Edward said to her.

"My sister? My sister is dead, Camilla is dead," she said exasperatingly.

It looks like she's not going to like me. This is not going to be good.

I'm not sure if I'm able to update my stories tomorrow, because I'll be going to a place where there is no computer and no internet access. I hope I can come home early tomorrow so I could update. :)

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