Beautiful Tyrant

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A/N:

In this story the character names belong to Stephenie Meyer but the inspiration and chapter titles come from William Shakespeare's epic tale, Romeo & Juliet.

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Chapter 55. Thou was the prettiest babe that I e'er nursed.

"Mrs. Cope, hasn't Bella grown up into the loveliest of young women?"

The housekeeper nodded suspiciously; worried about what scheme Mrs. Swan was planning this time.

Mrs. Cope was torn.

She loved Bella like she was her own child; she was the one who had picked Bella up when she had fallen, she was the one who'd cleaned up her scrapes and helped with her homework. She was the one who Bella confided all her hopes and dreams, and her worry that her parents would force her into a life she did not want.

But the Swans' paid her wages.

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End Note:

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