EPOV

"What's with all the poundin'?" Jasper asked flinging his door open.

I brushed past him with Mackenzie in my arms. She started giggling at him; I could only imagine it was from his appearance. He was wearing fucking cowboy pajamas.

"We're going to Forks." I told him.

"Well why are you here then?" he asked scratching his head.

"You're going with us."

"Why?"

"Cause we're going to see Pap and Grammy Sue." Mackenzie explained like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Jazz chuckled softly, taking her from me. "I know who lives in Fork's darlin', but why do I need to go?" That was directed towards me.

"Bella's M-O-T-H-E-R showed up at the house yesterday."

"Okay?" he said dumbly.

"Let's just say Charlie was livid and I had to deal with Bella after her therapy session." I grinned remembering her sweet mouth on my cock.

"Eww to that look on your face." Jasper gagged.

"Like you don't get that way with Alice." I retorted.

"Ali thinks your sooo cute Uncle Jazz." Mackenzie gushed.

"She said that?" he asked suspiciously.

"Hey back to my situation."

"What did the Chief have to say about it?"

"He said he would tell me later and guess what today is later."

"I still don't see why I got to go." He huffed, bouncing Mackenzie on his hip.

"You're a psychiatrist," I explained.

"You want me to mediate?" he asked in disbelief.

"Please, now that I have Bella I just want to keep her happy," I pleaded.

Mackenzie being the genius that she was decided to help me out. She leaned in kissing his cheek sweetly. "I love you, Uncle Jazz."

He frowned and looked at me. "You, Edward Cullen, are a bastard."

"No bad words." Kenz scolded.

"Get ready, Whitlock."

After fifteen minutes of rushing around we left Jasper's. He kept telling me it was a bad idea taking Mackenzie, but I knew Sue would have my ass if I didn't bring her. So we began our trip to Forks.

After a half-hour through Jazz being the lazy stoner he was fell back asleep. After thirty minutes of driving, Jazz being the stoner that he was, passed out. Kenz kept me company as I drove.

"Daddy, was I a pretty baby?" she asked curiously.

"The prettiest," I smiled glancing at her in the mirror. "Why?"

"Aunt Rosie told me I was very pretty and I was a good baby then she got sad again."

I needed to talk to Emmett about this. Rose was getting harder to handle with the baby stuff, but I knew letting Mackenzie stay with her was good. "Aunt Rosie loves you lots, monk."

"I love her lots too." She nodded. "Is Aunt Leah going to be at Pap's?"

Leah Clearwater, Bella's stepsister was a force. She was bitter and pissed off ninety-nine percent of the time. Jasper was convinced she was a lesbian only because she didn't cum when he fucked her. I tried explaining that kind of thing doesn't happen all the time, but he didn't want to hear it.

Leah did have a heart when it came to Mackenzie, a lot like Rose, she wasn't good at hiding her pain. Leah's ex-fiancé, Sam left her for her cousin Emily. Even though they weren't close Bella spent a week on the reservation where Leah lived to care for her.

"She might be. Seth will be there."

"He can be a pony!" she squealed.

"I'm sure he'll love that, monk," I smiled.

It took us another hour and half until we arrived in good ole' Forks. Jasper unsurprisingly slept the entire ride. We pulled into Bella's childhood driveway and I quickly got Kenz out of her seat because she was doing her potty dance.

She bolted up the steps pushing the front door open. You would think that the Police Chief's house would be locked at all times.

I hit the horn scaring Jasper awake, it pissed him off, but he would get over it. As I made my way to the porch, I saw Sue smiling through the screen door.

Sue was one of the nicest people I'd ever met. Her russet skin and long black hair made her beautiful. Mackenzie would compare her and Leah to Disney's Pocahontas; it was like our family was a walking Disney campaign to her.

"After seeing Mack breeze through the house I knew she couldn't have been alone." She chuckled giving me a quick hug.

"Sorry about that," I apologized

"Stop you know you all are welcome here anytime," she smiled warmly. "Jasper."

"Mrs. Swan," he grinned.

"Leah's around here somewhere," She teased.

"I hope you're playin' with me." He mumbled, squinting his blue eyes.

"I couldn't resist."

"Is Charlie home?" I asked peeking around the hallway.

"He called off sick today, but he hasn't complained about not feeling well." She frowned.

"Did he say anything about yesterday?"

"He told me about Bella's mom showing up if that's what you're asking," she said raising an eyebrow.

"There has to be more to why she just showed up at our door step."

"There is, but that's Charlie's story to tell," she said carefully. "He's watching Sports Center."

I nodded walking into the living room. Like Sue said he was watching Sport Center, but now his attention was being occupied by my four-year-old little girl.

"You didn't say buh-byes to me Pap." Mackenzie pouted crossing her arms.

"I had things to do Mack," he sighed sadly.

"No you should always say buh-byes to me," she insisted.

"I'm sorry," he told her quietly kissing the top of her head.

"Kenzers why don't you go help Grammy Sue?" I suggested.

"Where is she?" she asked curiously, peeking around the recliner.

"I'm waiting for you silly girl." Sue smiled picking Mackenzie up.

"I missed you lots Grammy." She sighed kissing Sue's cheek as they left the room.

I sat on the coffee table in front of him. "We're talking about yesterday."

"Why is Whitlock here?" Charlie asked glancing at Jasper.

"I am here as a mediator, this can be a hard situation for all parties involved. I'm here to help you through this trying time… yada, yada, yada." He said plopping on the couch.

"You brought this clown here for this?"

"I love you too Chief," Jazz cooed, giving him a kissy face.

I shook my head. "Charlie, I need to understand why Renee just showed up out of no where."

"She wanted to get to me by using Bella." He lamented, staring straight ahead.

"She said that?" I asked as my brow furrowed.

"Bella has a brother," he said flatly.

"That's what Renee mentioned yesterday."

He dug into his pocket pulling out something. I noticed it was a picture. He handed it to me wordlessly.

It was the standard school photo and the teenage boy in it looked less than thrilled to be photographed. He had short light brown hair and the same dark eyes as Bella. If he weren't wearing an Abercrombie t-shirt, I would have thought it was Charlie.

"Charlie…" I said slowly.

"I have a son," he breathed.

Jasper stood casually, but eagerly grabbed the picture off me to examine it.

"Does he have a name?" I asked.

"Charles James Dwyer, she calls him James." He mumbled rubbing his hand over his face.

"How?" I blurted out.

Charlie gave me a look that said 'you're a dumb ass' before continuing. "I guess when she left she was pregnant. She said she met a minor league ball player not long after that. She convinced him the kid was his and after our divorce was finalized, she married the guy. The kid grew up looking more like me and he realized after maybe the kid might not be his. The guy died of a heart attack a couple months ago. She spent all of the life insurance money..." he trailed off.

"So she came looking for Bella to get money from you?" I asked trying to understand.

"She came to Bella to get money from her, if she turned her down then she would come to me." He mumbled.

"Money couldn't be the only thing?"

"She actually asked if the kid and her could come live with me, but I told her I was married."

"What now?"

"I want to take the kid away from that basket case," he said dryly.

"I know a lawyer that could help you out, Chief." Jasper offered.

"Thanks I'll keep that in mind." He cracked an appreciative smile.

"How are we going to tell Bella?" I asked.

This was something that would cause her to shut down. Especially since her moods were all over the place. She didn't need something like this; she needed to focus on getting better.

"Let me take care of it and I won't make her wait," Charlie promised.

"This is going to devastate her." I sighed running my hand through my hair.

"Good thing she has you to lean on." His stache twitched.

The three of us sat quietly until Mackenzie came squealing into the room. "Daddy, look what Uncle Seth gave me."

She was holding a tiny Siberian Husky one eye was grey and the other a bright blue. The puppy stared at me curiously until Kenz got its attention again.

"You did not give that to my child," I hissed at Seth's hunched frame in the doorway as Sue watched with an amused smile.

"I did?" Seth said his voice cracking.

"You can name her, daddy." Mackenzie said sweetly, looking up at me with her big brown eyes.

With that look I caved, she could keep the puppy. Yes, I let a four-year-old rule my life and I knew it would bite me in the ass down the road, but she was too cute, sweet and angelic.

"Lucky me," I faux cheered; lifting her onto my lap, I was careful that she didn't drop the puppy.

"She has to have a cool name," she reminded me.

"Lennon?" She shook her head. "Cobain?" She made a face that meant another no. "Richards?" That time I heard Jazz snort he knew where I was going with this.

"You're not very good at this." She groaned, cuddling the puppy closer to her.

"I got it… Hendrix." I smirked at Jazz as he nodded his head in approval.

"Is that like the purple song you and Uncle Jazz play?" She asked knowing the songs Jazz and I played during our jam sessions. My daughter is on her way to being a music genius at four.

"We taught her well man, forget school." Jazz beamed causing Sue to smack the back of his head.

"Yeah, Jimmy Hendrix sang that song," I explained, kissing her head.

"I like it…Drix!" she cooed to the puppy.

"Mommy is going to kill me," I mumbled into her shoulder as she giggled.

She was probably going to grow up bratty, but I didn't have the heart to tell her no when she giggled like that. She was just so lovable, my heart wanted to burst. Then I finally understood Charlie's insistence on telling Bella about her brother himself.

Sue explained that they started breeding the huskies and it would be a good first pet for Mackenzie. I told her that maybe she should help convince Bella that was true. Thankfully, she gave me some supplies to take home for Hendrix.

It was almost noon by the time we left, but I just wanted to get back before Bella got suspicious of where we were.

We were halfway home when Mackenzie fell asleep. Since she was asleep, Jasper decided to get all 'let me help you'.

"So how do you feel about all of this?" Jasper asked nonchalantly as he played with the puppy in his lap.

"I think Bella's mom is a fuck up," I said bluntly.

"Understatement," he laughed humorlessly. "I'm goin' to call my friend in social services."

"Minor custody laws have to be different in each state."

"They are I know people everywhere. Did you forget how popular I was in college?" he smirked.

"So this friend is a girl," I groaned.

"Hey pot, I'm kettle nice to meet ya," he said sarcastically.

"I've practically been with Bella for the past five years," I defended.

"I'm just sayin' back in college you had a lot of friends."

"I'm sorry… I'm sure Charlie would appreciate you helping in whatever way you can." I said rolling my eyes.

"You know that I kinda love Alice," he mumbled.

I slammed the breaks on causing us all to jerk in our seats. Thank God we were on a back country road and no one was behind us. My eyes snapped back to make sure Mackenzie was all right. She was still asleep.

"Don't say shocking shit like that while I'm driving with my child in the car." I hissed.

"Here I was confiding in you and now you're yellin' at me." He threw his hands up dramatically.

"Sorry, but that was weird hearing you say something… sappy like that."

"I know, how do you think I feel?"

"Alice torments you," I said seriously.

"That's what turns me on," he sighed.

"Maybe you should start seeing one of your colleagues," I suggested.

"I have been for about two weeks," Jazz said quietly.

"Being an adult sucks," I muttered.

"Tell me about it." He sighed again, staring out the window.

Jazz and I remained silent until we arrived at my house. We sat in the driveway as I thought of a strategy to tell Bella about the puppy.

"I'll take the monkey in and watch a movie with her. You take her," he said handing me Hendrix.

Hendrix stared at me. She really was cute. "You're going to get me in so much trouble," I told her.

I made my way up to our room where Bella was typing away on her laptop. Her hair was a mess on the top of her head and her glasses were sliding down her nose. She was beautiful.

"Hey," I grinned.

"Hey," she smiled then did a double take. "Please don't tell me that is what I think it is."

"Hendrix, say hi to Mommy."

"Hendrix?" she asked rolling her eyes.

I brought the puppy closer to her face and she started to lick Bella. "See she already loves you," I whispered.

"Let me see her," she murmured, taking the puppy from me. "You are quite cute."

"So no killing me today?" I asked hopeful.

"Not today," she said thoughtfully. "But keep in mind you will be house training her."

"Deal." I leaned in melting my mouth to hers.

"Mmm, I love you." She whispered against my mouth.

"Lots." I said deepening the kiss.

Charlie had better tell her soon.

A/N: So Renee has an agenda and they got a puppy. What are your thoughts? Let me know. I love all the reviews and recs. Also check out the banner his-tweet made per DeeDee AKA WetDishRag request. Another thanks to dolphin62598 for being a awesome beta!!! Read and Review Please!!!!!!