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The Truth

Chapter 21 – When Will You Understand?

Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time…it tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.

(BPOV)

My head was throbbing; my whole body hurts especially my shoulder which they hit pretty bad and now bleeding. My left cheek had a cut and I could feel blood together with sweat and tears drip down my chin. The too much smell of blood was making me really nauseous. I was fighting too hard for my eyelids not to close, I'm really near to passing out. My vision was a bit blurred, my head was throbbing and I'm feeling dizzy. They didn't hurt me for the past two days so I never expected that the torture would come today. Angela's boys used their bare hands on torturing me. I was defenseless against them, even if I tried fighting. They were big compared to me. And Angela was the one responsible for I think, the broken bone on my shoulder and the cut on my cheek.

When I heard Edward's voice, I felt hope and worry at the same time. When I noticed that he was alone, I was filled with worry and anxiety. If he was alone, there was no way that he could beat those three big guys. He couldn't just bring them down, because I know that those guys were trained for things like this.

I know now the reason why Angela, or should I say, Elaine kidnapped me. She was Edward's sister. She thought that I was stealing away her life from her and that I was getting her mother and brother from her. Well, she was wrong. I never stole anyone and anything from her. If you'll be the one to ask me, I'd say that Edward and Elizabeth still hadn't moved on from her death. There were times that you can notice it from their actions.

"This is nonsense, you know," I heard Edward said.

"Edward, she is stealing you and Mom away from me. Can't you see that? Or you're just defending her because she's your girlfriend," Elaine said in an annoyed tone.

Edward gave out a pained expression. I could see that he was also annoyed in his eyes. What a whiny little sister he had.

"Elaine, just stop this. You should have told us in the first place. This is your entire fault. I know that you've been through a lot, but that was just a part of your destiny. When you were already fine, you should have told your stepparents that you still had family. This act is very immature; you had so many people worrying. Because of you, many friends are worried, and Bella's father too…even mom.

"What you did made what could have been better, worse. We were supposed to tell Charlie and Mom personally that Bella and I are together, but you made them discover in the worst way. I know I shouldn't blame you, but still, mom is angry at me, because of you. You should've thought first how it may affect other people. This is not funny, and is never the right way to get our attention. I must say that I'm really disappointed at you. I never thought that you would do something like this," Edward said thoroughly, as if he was a scolding parent to a rebellious child.

Elaine's eyes were getting glassy because of her unshed tears. Guilt was a normal feeling for her. I know I'm being rude by thinking of this, but she deserved it. Edward was right. She was immature. She just probably misses that attention that her brother and parents used to give her.

Edward looked at my direction. I gave him a small nod, which only made my throbbing head, ache even more. He was about to walk on my direction, but one of the guys stopped him. They guys were about to throw him a punch, but was stopped by Elaine.

"She's going to bleed to death if we'll not bring her to the hospital," Edward explained.

"You chose her over me," Elaine said, controlling the anger on her voice.

Oh, I thought she was already feeling sorry for what she did. I bet that what Edward told her made her hate me even more. She didn't want to open up her mind that's why she didn't get the meaning of what he said to her. This girl needed enlightenment. Someone who she would listen to needs to talk and explain things to her. That person was her mom. She might actually consider that it's not only her happiness which matters; she's not the only one who deserves to be happy. She should know that she couldn't always get what she wants. She grew up getting all that she wanted, so this was the result. Elizabeth had a little trouble on raising her, I prefer if she was like Edward, even for a bit.

"I did not. You two are both important for me. She just really needs medical help. You should just stop this. Let's just go home, I'm sure Mom wants to see you," Edward said thoughtfully.

"My home is not here. I heard you and Mom sold our house is Alaska, how could you? Dad bought that house for us. He almost spent all his savings on that house," she said annoyingly.

"That house held so many memories. I know how much Dad's death hurt Mom. When I see her in their room, I never saw her not crying, holding tight Dad's clothes. I was even afraid that she'll lose her sanity, because there were times when she was hallucinating and staring at nothingness. When she met Charlie, it seem like she was back again. She learned that she could still love. She may not be like before when Dad was still alive, but she became better. She realized that she still had a thing to live for.

"Selling that house was hard for her. But the past should remain in the past, we need to move on. And in order to move on, we have to sacrifice a lot of things. I never regret anything, because it was all worth it now. We are finally living normally again. Gone were the days that I felt that we had nothing, that we were living for nothing." Edward looked tired of making his sister understand his point.

Just when Edward was about to try to go to me again, two persons suddenly appeared.

"Here are the backups," Emmett said, making his presence known.

"Oh, Emmett, we supposed to sneak up remember, why did you say that we're here?" Jasper chided him. He also entered the room.

I wanted to laugh on their actions, but it's the time to.

Just like when Edward first entered the room, their eyes drifted to the pictures of Edward on the wall. Jasper seemed amused, while Emmett was annoyed. And then, I watched as their eyes went to An—Elaine.

"Looks like she's one of the girls who are obsessed with you, Ed," Emmett said dramatically.

"No," Edward said firmly.

"I'm sorry, Edward… Guys, you know what to do," Elaine said softly that I almost didn't hear it.

The last thing that I saw was tears streaming down her face while she was exiting the room. She looked so defeated. However, her boys didn't follow her. Oh no. Please let not what I am thinking happen.

My eyes gave up, but I was still awake. I could hear punches, groans, screams, cries and many other more. In the middle of the fight, I heard a sound that made me felt safe and secure. The police siren.

I could finally rest.

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