Bella's POV:
When I regained consciousness I was surrounded by police and wal-mart employees protecting me from Charlie. Renée was at my side as was Phil. A crowd of people had gathered wondering what was causing such a commotion but I couldn't answer, I was too embarrassed. I had decided to stop seeing my father,. I was so overwhelmed that I broke down and started crying. It took ten minutes for me to calm down enough to talk to the police. I told them I didn't want to go and I hesitated, because I knew if I told Charlie would kill me.
FLASHBACK
"If you tell anybody, they won't believe you" said Charlie. "It's my word against yours and I'm the police chief! Tell anyone and your dead!!"
END FLASHBACK
I only needed to think for a second before I made my decision.
"He hurts me"
At first the officer was shocked, the beloved police chief hurting his ONLY daughter, and then he was amused.
"Little girl, do you really expect me to believe that the police chief of Forks is hurting you?"
I was SHOCKED!!I had learned a little bit about child abuse and all of my teachers said that the police were supposed to help you and protect you and here I was getting laughed at!
So I pulled on my shirt slowly, while holding back a scream, because it really hurt revealing a bruise, in the shape of a hand on my shoulder and my arms, I pulled up the legs on my pants revealing black and blue bruises, I turned around pulling up the back of my shirt revealing what could only be the marks of a belt. I fixed my clothing and the expression on my face before turning around to face the officer saying without looking at his face.
"The hand prints are too big to be mom's and to small too be Phil's"
Slowly looking up, I noticed his face was as white as a ghost with a slight tinge of green; his breathing had slowly sped up until I could hear it from a foot and a half away. Before he looked at me he said
"Wait here I'll be right back"
While he was gone, Renée ran over to my side, afraid to touch me, did I really look that bad? She had had no idea and was shocked. Phil was standing to the side, his face red with anger, his fists clenched while he was struggling to control himself.
When I turned to see where the officer had gone, I saw him talking to Charlie. With the lip-reading I could do I could see that the officer wanted me to tell him Charlie abused me with Charlie right there. But before he got close to me, I gradually faded away, fear unmistakably noticeable on my face.