At first I didn't understand. I mean, why would he need pictures of my bruises? Then it hit me and I felt stupid. It was for the trail of course. So my father could go to jail.

I knew I should, or thought I should, feel differently. I thought I should feel relief and happiness, but I didn't. If my father was going to jail, why wouldn't I? I was the one to cause him to be angry. I was the reason he hit me. It was me. I should be the one to be punished.

And, I thought that way. While the little voice in the back of my head told me that I was wrong. That I didn't deserve to be hit. That I didn't deserve to be punished. That he did.

And that little voice was Edward.

He was the one I wanted to listen too. He was the one person, beside my mother, that I wanted to be around constantly. He was the person I missed. Not my father. And when I was around him my heart sped up. I got butterflies in my stomach. I forget everything that I go through and smile when I am around him. It was not a fake smile either. It is a real one. Where my mouth not only curves up, but my eyes sparkle and I felt it. I felt happy.

In that moment I realized two things. One I already knew, it was just the time to unearth it's self. One, number one, was that I, Bella Swan, was utterly and completely in love with him, Edward Cullen. It was something that I knew in my head, but just kept hidden out of fear. Fear that he would hurt me just like everyone else I loved.

The next was that Edward, even if he just saw me as a friend, would want what was best for me. And if this meant my father going to prison, that is what it meant.

The only thing that was left was for me to accept that. Only then could I go through with this. Only then could I put my entire self into it.

I spent so much time thinking, that I did not realize that I had sat on my floor. Edward was seated in my rocking chair, just starring. I blushed a bright red when our eyes met and looked down. I was glad that he could not read my thoughts. I was not ready for him to know that I loved him. I could not take the rejection, nor the damage.

"Sorry Edward. I was thinking." I said.

"It is perfectly fine. Do not worry about it. Do share what you were thinking though." I blushed another shade of bright red all over again. Of course he did not know that I was having an epiphany about my love for him. But, that is what I thought of first.

"I was thinking that I did not know id I was ready to go through with a trail." I could see different emotions quickly pass over his face before he went to his poker face. O was scared of Edward's reaction after that. I hid my face with a curtain of my hair.

"Bella, do you mind talking to my sister, Rose?" With the mention of her name I shivered. She had never been really mean to me, but had never been nice. I had never said more than a few words to her and she had never said more than a few words to me.

What scared me was that I was meeting someone new. Someone that could do anything and I would have no idea what would happen. Even worse than that she was a vampire, I could not do anything about it. Edward seemed to notice the internal battle that I was having.

"You don't have to do anything you don't want too." He assured me, but I could see the pain on his face. I didn't know what it was, but it made me want to tell the truth, and nothing but the truth.

"It's not that I don't want to. It's that I'm scared. Do not get me wrong. I trust you. It is just that it comes naturally. To worry about what will happen. I never really know." I said truthfully. Edward got up, came over to me, and bent down in front of me, taking my hands in his.

"Bella I promise that I ill never let anything harm, hurt, or injure you. If anything, not that it is going too, happens to you, then I will be there before you can say a word. There is nothing to worry about."

I didn't know much about Rose, but I trusted Edward.

Edward PVO:

I was not surprised when she agreed. She seemed to be trusting me more and more. I surprised myself by thinking about Rose. She isn't the first person I would consider when I thought of Bella. I would think of Alice of Esme. Maybe even Carlisle of Emmett. For the situation though, I would think of her. She had been thought something similar. Her husband, or lack of, had not been the best person in the world. I am not sure what happened to Rose, but this is my story!

Rose PVO:

Edward texted me and told me what was going on with Bella. He probably did it so fast she didn't even know he texted me.

Bella was not, and still not, my favorite person in the worlds. I didn't have anything against Bella, I just didn't wasn't her coming into my family. It was mine. NOT hers. I did not trust her to keep it safe. I did not trust her to keep our secret.

Beside the face that I resented her, I did have compassion for her. I knew what she was going through, and I knew how she felt. If it was not for that, I would have never agreed.

So now I sit here, with Bella in front of me. I could tell that she was uncomfortable. Once Edward left I could feel her get more and more nervous. I could also hear it because Jasper was upstairs telling the family what was going on. I just stared at Bella for a little while.

She was looking down at her fidgeting hands. They lay in her lap and she was rubbing the palm of one hand with her thumb. That is what I do when I am nervous! If I did not know better, I would have thought her hands hurt. I decided that I should go ahead and get this over with.

Bella PVO:

I was so nervous! I didn't know if I was supposed to say something, or Rose was suppose to say something. And if it was me, what was I to say? Much to my relief, she broke the silence.

"Bella, do you know why Edward asked you to talk to me?" I looked up at her, she was sitting Indian style in the armchair.

"Not really. I suppose it has something to do with my father though."

"It does. Do you know why he chose me though?"

"No. I guess not." "Well, my husband, if you could call him that, was abusive to me. It was a little different though. He choose to rape me." I swear that my eyes widened and my heart stopped. I would have never imagined Emmett to be that kind of person. He seemed to love Rose very much. He was so sweet to be so evil.

"No! Not Emmett! When I was human." I let out a breath that I did not know that I was holding in.

"Oh, that scared me." I laughed hysterically.

"Well, anyway, I went through everything you are going through now. Feeling that it is your fault, that you are the cause. You feel that way correct?"

"Yes, but- " I was just about to say it was my fault, but I was interrupted.

"I know what you want to say. You are completely wrong. You, nor I, deserve to be treated the way we were or are. You are a good person Bella, and I am not saying that because I like you. I am saying it because I have never seen you hurt anyone, yet you see people hurt you everyday. To punish you for no reason and you still manage to be a sweet girl." I stayed silent so she could continue.

"I felt that way and I went through the torture, until I met Emmett. Of course I was a vampire then and my husband was no longer in my life. I learned that I had been wrong though. I met someone who really loved me and really cared. I learned what love truly was. I saw what was right and what was wrong. Take it from someone who knows, and don't waste your time thinking that it is you who caused the anger and the hurting. It is all him. You-Did-Nothing."

I took in what she said. I was not the type of person whole things go in one ear and out the other. I knew what she was saying.

"How can I not think it is my fault. My mother is gone because of me. That is why my father is mad. I took away the woman he loved."

"What happened to your mother Bella?" Rose asked, it was a normal question. Nothing special. Yet, I had no answer. There was nothing there. All I knew was that she was gone. I assumed she was dead all this time. And I never really knew for sure.

"I- I don't know." I whispered.

"What makes you think that she is gone because of you? How do you know that your father did not treat her the same way? How do you know that he did not KILL her?:

That was enough. Instantly tears started to flow out of my eyes and I got mad.

"NO! No! That did not happen! NO!" My mother was not hurt by my father! I was the reason she left. He told me so. It was me, not him. It was my fault. I know ya'll mite be like wtf rite now but understand that what he father has told her is all she knows. This means that she wants to hold onto that.

"How do you know that?! How do you know?! Tell me Bella! Where is the answer?! Where?!" I curled up into a ball and cried. I kept telling myself that it did not happen, and that Rose was wrong. I could not help but think that she was right though.

I heard the door open and I heard yelling, but I did not look up. I stayed in my own little world. Thinking.

Edward PVO:

I was mad. It took Jasper, Emmett and even Alice helped to hold me back. I was ready to kill Rose. How could she say something like that to Bella? I could see in Rose's mind that she had god intentions, but I could also see the pain on Bella's face.

It hurt her worse that her father. It was cruel. It was torture, Rose just wanted to get her mad so she would understand that her father was a horrid person. She was doing it wrong though. She didn't need to hurt Bella.

Bella had eventually had enough and she pulled her knees to her and cried. They let me go and I ran into the room.

"You had no right Rose! You had no fucking right!" I told her.

"It was for the best!" She said, defending herself.

"You thoughtless-" I started.

"Edward! Wait!" Alice yelled. I glared over at her, but she was not looking at me, she was looking at Bella.

Bella was sitting with her head between her knees, her hands weaved through her hair, pulling gently. She was mumbling to herself. I could hear it fine, but could not tell what she was saying.

"I just want to go home! I just want to be where someone loves me!" She screamed in anger then started to cry even harder.

I ran over to her and pulled her into my arms. I picked her up. She snuggled into my shoulder and continued to cry. I carried her to my room. I was not quite ready to take her to her home.

"She's right. He killed my mother. He killed her! He did it." I sat down on my be, still holding Bella.

"You Don't know that. You don't know for sure." I trued to reassure her, but I could not say I did not believer it myself.

"Don't lie." I didn't say anything. There was nothing left to say. Bella cried herself to sleep, but right before she slipped into the darkness she said the one thing that I would cherish forever.

"Do it. Put the asshole in jail."

Haha! You thought it was I love you!

She feel asleep after that and I left for only a few seconds to grab my laptop Which is broken! and my cell phone.

First, Bella was gong to need a lawyer. The first person I thought of was Tanya. Thanks kittkatt123 She was another vampire and was the best, unrecognized lawyer/attorney there was. She had to the power to convince anyone. And with Jasper, Alice and, myself, there was no way we could lose.

I called and asked her to come. She told me that she would not be able to make it for two months. This was too long. I would have to get someone else.

I called Victoria Cormac. Thanks Reike90 she was human, but a great lawyer. And she lived in Port Angelus. We would just have to do this the normal way. Thankfully she was available and this would work wonderfully. I thanked her, then hung up. We would not need her right off, but it was better to have someone who was great than to have someone who was bad. It was kind of like a reservation.

I was about to call the police when I glanced at the clock. 3:29. Bella would wake in four minutes. I decided to put it off until I had talked to Bella. I waited what seemed like eternity until Bella's eyes slowly started to flutter open. She sat up.

"What do I need to do?" I did not expect that.

"Um, I suppose we should go to the police?" My statement came out as more of a question.

"Okay, let's go." I led the way out, grabbing her hand and leading her to my Volvo.

I am aware that Rose's history has been altered. Please remember that this is my story. I also want to point out that I do know what color Edward's hair is not blonde. You would think people would stop telling you after so many chapters. Please stop! I hope that all of you have also seen the connection that Bella shares with her mother, even though she has not been there throughtout the years. Sorry for the wait. My UIL and FCCLA went great and I am finally relaxed...Monday! Only a little longer.

Thanks for all you support and staying with me. Please continue to review. They make me want to continue and motivate me to write longer chapters!

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