Chapter 9

Bella's POV:

I have only been in Phoenix for a few hours. I was going to see my brothers for the first time in four years. I was kind of nervous. The last time I had seen them was the day of the incident. Renée said that I would go to counseling and later this month we had to see an evaluator. Charlie wanted custody of me. Unfortunately, because I'm still a minor, I don't get to chose who I live with. All I can say is "Bring it on"

Renée's POV:

I cannot believe Bella would yell at me in the airport. I cannot believe she asked me why I had a sudden interest in her. I couldn't take care of her with all of the injuries she had received. She's my daughter for crying out loud!

I understand that she's mad at me but I couldn't handle taking care of her. I know I should have told her instead of telling the doctor I didn't have a daughter.

Dr. Cullen had told me that I should put her in counseling because such big changes in such a short time. She was starting at the High School on Thursday. I was taking her to the counselor on Wednesday, then an endocrinologist (doctor that specializes in type one diabetes) on Friday.

Dr. Cullen told me that she was on an insulin pump and was doing great with controlling her numbers. She had been in the hospital a few times for her diabetes and a few ties for check-ups, but most of the times she was there because she fell or tripped and hurt herself. Turns out she's a klutz. I figured that I would be well acquainted with the ER staff soon.

The last thing Dr. Cullen had told me was that Bella would always be welcome in his home. At first I didn't understand, why would Dr. Cullen want to have anything to do with my daughter? He went on saying that if Bella ever wanted to fly out, he would gladly pay, and he would also continue to pay for her cell phone.

Ok, now I was really confused. Why was he offering to pay for all of this? I'm pretty sure he took my silence for confusion because he finally decided to tell me what the heck he was talking about. He was the one who took Bella in when I couldn't. She had lived with him for four years; she had obviously gotten very close to the family.

I went out and found Bella's phone while she was on the computer I had set up in her room. I quickly grabbed it without Bella noticing. I wasn't taking it from her, I was programming in all the numbers she would need. I would put it back in her room after she had fallen asleep.

Carlisle POV:

Bella's flight was supposed to leave in twenty minutes. I was going to call Renée a few hours after Bella landed and explain what Bella has done the last four years.

Wow, Renée really is a scatterbrain. I was explaining about Bella's health as her doctor. Then I told Renée that if Bella wanted to come, she would always be welcome, I would pay for everything and continue paying for her cell phone.

Renée had gone completely silent and I'm pretty sure she was confused. How scatterbrained is she? I then had to explain that I had taken Bella, and we had all become a family. We all wanted to stay in touch.

Before I hung up I told Renée to tell Bella to call us whenever she wanted, no matter the time

After I hung up with René, Edward came running into the room saying Bella had already given up. What did he mean give up? Oh, never mind. She gave up on her life; she saw no reason to live. I figured that this would happen. I just didn't think it would be so soon.

Edward said that Bella and Renée had been yelling at each other at the airport. Edward was telling me that Renée had called everything she did a mistake. I couldn't believe Renée would say that. I told Edward to keep in touch with Bella and look for any other signs of suicide. By this time it was two o'clock in the morning.

Just goes to show that any idiot can become a parent.