FLASHBACK-Chapter 2
Renee left Charlie right after I was born and we moved to Phoenix, Arizona: Land of the perpetual sun. She met Phil, a minor league baseball player and they hit it off. He asked Renee to marry him when I was about 9. He died before thye could marry, and Renee was devestated. I had been spending my Summers in Forks with Charlie, but he almost never let me leave the house, so it wasn't fun. I was worried about Renee being alone for so long, and I was right to worry. She showed up one day, right before I was supposed to leave hime and go back to Phoenix, and told me she left Phil and was getting back together with Him. That was the wost news I'd ever recieved. Now I would have to live with him all year! Sumers were bad enough! I almost started hyperventillating when I realized he would have access to me anytime he wanted. Renee knew hwat he did to me, I told her after the first time, but she either didn't believe me, or didn't care. Probably both. When Charlie took her back she realized how much she liked the way he ran the house. I did everything, Renee hardley had to lift a finger. I was 13 and about to start high school (I skipped a grade and probably could've done more) in a new town. My first day there, everyone stared at me. I felt like I had an extra head or something. Vile Mike Newton asked me out, and I turned him down. He was pissed but lied and said I'd asked him out. He told everyone I was a slut. I was shunned by almost everyone. Angela Webber sometimes said hello to me though. When everyone found out I skipped a grade, I was deemed a freak too. People stopped trying to talk about me behind my back, and continued to stare and make snide comments openly. I just brushed them off. Nothing they said or did could compare to what happened at home on a daily basis. I had to always wear long-sleeved shirts because of the bruises, thankfully no one noticed since it was so cold most of the time. The only time it was an issue was gym, but I got a corner locker and changed quickly. I was glad to be mostly ignored, and worked as hard as I could in my classes. I knew, and still know, that the only way I'll ever escape is by leaving with a diploma and a scholarship to college. Charlie and Renee won't help...When I thought about the students, I wondered what they'd look like For some reason I envisioned inhumanly beautiful people all different, but the same. Sometimes I would see a flash of color...hair it looked like. A gorgeous bronze color, and sometimes golden topaz eyes...and a sweet melodic voice whispering something to me...