AN: *hides behind rock to avoid all shoes being throw* I'm sorry about asking for reviews in the last chapter, even though those who complained about the review count being to high, helped me gain about 40 reviews within the first hour and a half the chapter was up. I knew that you all could do it! Anyways, I'll stop asking for reviews. There was a lot of people saying that they couldn't wait to see Bella's reaction to Alice's mom. Well I'm not going to spoil it for everyone, so here's the next chapter.

Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday! It was so much fun!

Chapter Twelve

Uncovered Secrets

Alice's Pov

I turned around and saw my fiancé's face pulled back into a fierce snarl. I grabbed at my right shoulder as I felt a burning sensation erupt in just that spot. I could feel Bella's anger flow through my body as if it was my own. The one thing that was weird, was the fact that I wasn't angry at all. I was just feeling what Bella was feeling at the Moment.

Bella's snarl was directed right at my Mom. I could see that her pupils turned into slits, like the tiger in her was about to break out. My hand shot out and pulled her hand into mine, trying to get her to focus on me. She took a quick look at our intertwined hands, and then repositioned her tiger eyes back on my Mom. Leaning up on my tip toes, I put cupped her face in my hands and made her look directly at me. My eyes burrowed into hers, which caught her attention finally. I shook my head at her, using my motions to tell her that she needs to calm down. I watched as her pupils rounded out and went back to normal. Sighing in relief, I let go of Bella and turned around to face my Mother again. She looked completely terrified of Bella, but who wouldn't be if they had a death glare from a weretiger being focused on them.

As I looked upon my Mother, I couldn't look past the black eye that she has. It still looked fresh to me. I wonder how she got it? As I took in the rest of her, I noticed that her eyes were red, puffy, and that she had purple circles under both of them, I'm guessing since she has a black eye. Her hair looked matted and ratty, like it usually did when she was more busy getting stuff done than focusing on taking care of herself. She's wearing a black, long sleeved, turtle, neck, and I could just make out what looked like a thumb print peeking out of her shirt on the side of her neck. I don't understand, why does she have these bruises?

"It's so good to see you again, Honey. I've missed you so much!" she exclaimed and pulled me into a hug. She winced as she did this, and I hugged her back awkwardly. The small amount of anger that I had felt when I first saw my Mom, spread like a wildfire when she said this. Bella scoffed behind me, and I pushed my Mom away lightly.

"I never expected that a Mom that kicked their child out of their house, at the time that they needed them the most, would actually miss them." Bella said.

Her voice was so cold that it made me shiver, even though that what she said wasn't directed at me. My Mom had tears streaming down her face, and I suddenly didn't want anything to do with her anymore. I still love her, don't get me wrong, but not as much as I loved Esme. She filled the love that I was missing from a Mother like figure in a short amount of time.

"Let's go home, Babe." Bella said and took a hold of my hand. I nodded in agreement, but before we could even make it out of the aisle, she said something that made world flip upside down.

"If you think that the reason that I kicked you out of the house was because you were pregnant, well then you're sadly mistaken, Alice."

Bella and I whipped around so fast, I thought that we were going to snap our necks. What the fuck did she mean that she didn't kick me out because I was pregnant? When we had that argument almost six years ago, that's exactly what she told me I was getting kicked out for. Either she's keeping something really important from me, or she has literally gone crazy since the last time I saw her.

"What the fuck are you saying then?" Bella asked, her voice as deadly as a pit viper's venom. Mom was once again taken aback by the tone of her voice.

"I can't explain it here." was all that she said.

Bella looked down at me, silently asking if we should bring her with us or not. I didn't really want to, but my need to know of why she kicked me out overruled my judgment. I nodded up at Bella, and she motioned for my Mom to come with us. We hurried up and checked out, wanting to get home to Jamie so that we could take care of her. As soon as we got into our seats in the Escalade, I felt something land in my lap. Bella had tossed her cell phone into my lap as she started up the car.

"Alice, why don't you call Mom and tell her that we're on our way home." she said to me as we pulled out of the parking lot.

"Why, I'm right here." my Mom replied. Bella snorted at her, while I tried to keep myself from lashing out at my Mom, and from falling into my love's arms sobbing my heart out.

"I'm talking about my Mother, who welcomed Alice with open arms and accepted her as a daughter the second that she met her. I'm talking about the one who allowed her to stay in our home, when Alice was a complete stranger to all of us, except for my sister, Rosalie." she replied, her tone of voice still as dangerous and deadly sounding as it was when she first started talking.

What Bella said was harsh, but in my opinion, I believe that my Mom deserved it. I watched in the review mirror as she visibly sank down in her seat, her face forever set in a state of depression and guilt. I called Esme and told her that we should be home in five minutes. She told me that Jamie has the stomach flu, because she puked right after we left. Bella sped up the car, trying to get back as fast as we could. I think we pulled 110 mph going down some of the main streets to get home.

Bella pulled into the garage and parked the car. We both hopped out, and Bella grabbed all of the groceries while I helped my Mom out of the car. I bit my lip to stifle my laughter after seeing her gripping onto her seat for dear life. She slowly got out of the car and followed me inside, only for her face to turn into a shocked expression. She stared at the inside of my home for the past couple of months in awe. We walked into the living and saw everyone sitting down on the couches, except for Carlisle and Esme. I heard some rattling coming from the kitchen, so I'm sure that Esme is in there cooking food. I saw my daughter bundled up in a blanket and being cuddled in Rosalie's arms. Emmett was sitting beside her, his arms wrapped around his wife. Rosalie was staring at Jamie with longing in her eyes, and so was Emmett. The second that Rosalie saw me, she smiled and brought Jamie over to me, who was sleeping at the moment.

"She's been asking for you since you left. She just fell asleep about five minutes ago." she said and sat back down with Emmett.

I sat down and cradled Jamie against me. I brushed away the hair that was plastered to her forehead from her body sweating out her sickness. By now everyone in the room noticed my Mom and were eyeing her curiously. Everything was going great, until I heard Edward growl from across the room. Jasper wrapped his arms around him to keep Edward from doing anything.

"Alice, would you mind telling us why she's here." he hissed at me. That seemed to get everyone's attention. I took a deep breath and exhaled before I answered him. Truth is, is that I was trying to prepare myself for my Mother's massacre if it ended up going in that direction.

"Everyone, this is Maya Brandon, my Mother." I answered slowly.

I almost jumped out of my skin when I heard a series of plates crash on the floor in the kitchen. Nothing could've prepared me for what Esme looked like coming out of the kitchen. I honestly thought that Rosalie was the scariest one in the house, but the way Esme looked made Rosalie look like the gentlest kitten on the face of the earth. Her eyes were set ablaze, literally. They were narrow slits surrounded by a golden orange iris. I could see that her canines had extended, and her face was pulled into a fierce snarl. Her hands were constantly clenching into fists by her sides.

My Mom's in deep shit.

"So this is the woman that kicked her own child out of the house while she was pregnant, and had nowhere to go." she said.

"Look, I was just trying to protect her." Mom pleaded with Esme. Deep growls erupted from everyone in the room.

"So you kicked her out of the house! Do you even know what happened to Alice after you kicked her out? She ended up working at a strip club to pay for the rent on the crappy apartment that she stayed at before she met me! Does that make you feel good knowing that your daughter had to dance for dirty, old, perverts in order to make money to keep her and Jamie alive!" Bella exclaimed.

I flinched, remembering some of the people that I had to do private dances for. Most of them being old, fat, greasy haired, men and frat boys. All of them taking their turns trying to grab a hold of my ass or breasts. I looked over at my Mom and saw her tears flowing from her face. She has some great acting skills if you ask me. The fact that she attempted to tell everyone that she actually cared for me, made me laugh on the inside. Parents are supposed to make their child feel safe and secure, not kick them out of the house at the age of fifteen to fend for themselves.

"You don't know what I had to go through, when I had to kick Alice out! My husband borrowed too much money from the Volturi's, and we couldn't pay it back. They struck up a deal saying that Alice was to marry Aro Volturi's son, Kirk, in order to relieve our debt. So when Alice came home and told us that she had been raped and was pregnant, I knew that Kirk had something to do with it. Alice, didn't you notice that I was the only one that told you to move out, and that was while your dad was gone?" she replied. I nodded my head, remembering that my Mom was the only one to tell me to move out.

"I didn't want you to have to go through the same thing that I did, when I was your age." she said quietly.

"What do you mean?" I asked her, curious as to what she was talking about.

"Alice, when I was fourteen, I started dating your father. He was a junior in high school at the time while I was a freshman. The first time that we had sex, was when I was fifteen, and I ended up getting pregnant with you. My dad was furious with me, and I was forced to marry your father. I didn't mind it so much back then, but now I'll regret it for the rest of my life because he-" she said, and just before she finished, her cell phone started ringing. Her body started trembling, and she almost dropped her phone from her hands shaking so much.

"H-Hello." she answered.

Bella's Pov

The second that I laid eyes on Maya Brandon, unspeakable rage erupted throughout my body. Even Shadow was bursting at the seams to get at her, but I had to control myself for Alice's sake. Esme and I made sure that she knew what she had done to Alice, and made sure that she wasn't welcome into our home. After hearing her story though, Esme's resolve crumbled, and I could see that maternal instinct shine in her eyes for Maya. I still didn't like her, and I guarantee that I wont. Watching her answer her phone, put me on guard because of bodily behavior.

"H-Hello." she answered. Since everyone in the living room had super hearing, except for Alice and Jamie, we could hear everything that the other person was saying on the phone too.

"Well it looks like the whore finally picked up her phone." the voice said, followed by a bunch of jeers and hollers from a bunch of men in the background.

"H-Hi, T-Tom." Maya stuttered.

"Maya, Maya, Maya, did you forget that you were supposed to be home an hour ago? Now the second you get back home, you're gunna entertain me and all the boys tonight. You better give us a good night, or else the punishment you got yesterday will seem like a walk in the park for what'll be coming." Tom said and promptly hung up after a few more hoots and hollers from his friends.

Maya was shaking so hard after she hung up, that her phone fell from her hands onto the floor. Flashbacks of me and my mom came flooding back into my mind. I may still hate this woman for what she did to my Alice, but no woman deserves to go through abuse in their lifetime ever. I looked over at my family, and saw that Emmett was gripping onto Rosalie like he was about to lose her and never see her again. Jasper and Edward had there arms wrapped around each tightly. I went over to Esme and pulled her into my arms. She was having flashbacks of her life before Carlisle, because of the way she was holding onto me for dear life.

"Mom, he's not here anymore. Shh, nobody can hurt you anymore." I whispered to her. She relaxed and nodded into my shoulder before pulling away. She smiled up at me and gave me a quick peck on my cheek, and another momma bear hug. She walked over to Maya and sat down next to her.

"Maya, I still cant except the fact that you kicked Alice out of your home, but I do respect your reasons for doing it. You are welcome to stay here for however long you want to avoid what's going on at home." she told her.

"As much as I love the idea, I think that I should just go home and face the music. I know for a fact that I'm not welcome here by some of your family, and I don't want any trouble starting because of me." Maya said and stood up. She began to walk towards the door, but before that she could get to the door I stopped her.

"Maya, although I don't like you for the pain that you caused to Alice, I know what you're going through and will not let you go back to that house. No woman should ever have to suffer from abuse in their life ever." I said to her. She looked at me in shock as I went to go sit next to Alice.

"I know how hard that was for you, but thank you." Alice whispered into my ear.

I planted a kiss on her forehead and pulled her into me. Jamie was starting to squirm around in her arms. Little whimpers were coming from her throat, as she kept struggling in her mother's arms. She woke up abruptly and her face turned a pale green color. I quickly pulled her into my arms and bolted for the downstairs bathroom. I held her hair and rubbed her back as she emptied the contents of her stomach into the toilet. When she finished, I had her rinse her mouth out with water and a little bit of mouthwash.

"Are you okay, Jamie?" I asked worriedly. She shook her head no and clutched at her stomach. I knelt down and placed my hand on her forehead. Her fever had spiked up since Alice and I were gone. It was weird seeing Jamie shivering while she was so warm.

"I'm weally cold, Mommy." she said. My heart swelled with love as well as protectiveness for Jamie when she called me Mom. I'm finally able to say that this little girl was mine to love and adore.

I opened up my arms for Jamie, and felt her collide into my chest. I picked her up carefully and carried her back to living room. She was constantly whimpering into my chest from the stomach pains she was having. I continually cooed to her and rubbed her back while making my way back to my seat. When I sat back down, I wrapped Jamie's blanket around the both of us, letting her rest against my warm body. Esme came in a second later with a mug of hot soup and a straw, just like she used to do when Emmett and I were young. I flipped Jamie around so that her back was resting against my front. Esme passed me the hot mug, and I held it so that Jamie wouldn't burn her hands. Jamie resisted trying to eat it at first, but then Alice turned into her mother bear form.

"Jamie, you need to eat some of the soup so that I can give you medicine afterwards. The sooner you eat, the sooner I can give you your medicine, and the sooner you can start feeling better." Alice stated. She came and sat back down with us.

Jamie took the straw in her mouth, and started to drink some of the broth from the soup. She managed to get half of the mug down, before she quit. I noticed that Maya was staring at Jamie, and I felt my protective nature swell. I knew that Alice felt what I felt through our newly found bond from the mark that she received. She looked up at me, her eyes pleading with mine, asking for me to remain calm. My body relaxed into her gaze, and I felt at peace again.

"Alice, do you mind if I talk to alone?" Maya asked. I was about to shout out my disagreement, but Alice nodded her head in agreement. She gave me a quick peck on my lips before standing up to go with her mother. Maya gasped in shock, and it took my entire being not to smirk in her face. Doing that would get me into some serious trouble with my soon to be wife.

"Jamie, why don't we go get you washed up, and then we can watch some movies in bed. It's almost time for your bedtime anyways." I said to her softly. Throughout the course of today's events, it was now almost nine at night.

"Okay." she said quietly. I stood up with her in my arms, and then repositioned her so that she had her head resting against my chest.

"Do you want to say goodnight to everyone before you go to sleep?" I asked. She nodded her head, making her hair sway from the movement. I set her down on the ground, and she made her way over to Esme.

"Night, Gwandma." she said and wrapped her arms around Esme's waist. Esme bent down and gave her hug and kiss, before Jamie moved onto Edward and Jasper.

"Night, Uncle Edward and Uncle Jasper." she said. Edward and Jasper chuckled, and then said their goodnight's. Jamie then moved onto Emmett and Rosalie, who both had their arms open wide for her. Jamie giggled and jumped into their arms.

"Night, Uncle Emmett and Auntie Wosawie." she giggled out as Emmett and Rosalie placed a kiss on both of her cheeks.

"Goodnight, little munchkin, sleep well." Emmett said, and then helped Jamie get back onto the floor.

I picked her back up and carried her into the bathroom. Grabbing a pair of her pajamas out of the closet, I went back into the bathroom and turned on the water for the tub. I made sure that it was just the right temperature, before I turned around and let Jamie get undressed and hop into the tub. I put a bubble soap in there and let her splash around in the tub for a little while. Then I told her to scrub up, while I washed her hair.

After she was completely rinsed off, I wrapped a towel around her and helped her dry off. She put on her Scooby-Doo pajamas and laid down on the bed, while I got changed into a pair of basketball shorts and a tank top. I turned on the TV and put it on Animal Planet. I grabbed the Motrin off of my table by my bed, and poured some of the syrup into the cup. I gave it to Jamie, who swallowed it down without a second thought. Jamie shifted as I pulled the covers down, and then pulled them over the both of us when I got into bed. Jamie snuggled up to my side, while watching, ironically, a document on Siberian tigers.

"Tigews are so cool." Jamie said, causing me to chuckle. I gave her a kiss on her forehead, and she giggled.

"Mommy, are we a family now?" she asked me.

"Yep, you are now officially my daughter, if that's okay with you." I told her.

"Mmhmm, I wike having a big family!" she replied back in excitement. She then proceeded to yawn, and her eyes began to droop. She snuggled further into my body, and yawned again before completely falling asleep. I contained my laughter from spilling out of my mouth, from her actions. She really is too adorable for her own good!

My mind instantly shifted back to Alice and Maya. I was concerned about what Maya wanted to talk about, and concerned with the fact that Alice's father hangs out with the Volturi now. I really hope that a war doesn't break out soon, because I don't know if me and my family are completely prepared for it. Not only that, but I'm concerned about what could happen to Alice and Jamie if a war does happen between us. I just hope that I'll be able to protect them from anything that comes our way.

AN: PLEASE READ! I just want to say that I'll update my other two stories in about two day, and then I'm taking a week long break from writing. The reason being I got invited by my girlfriend to go to Florida with her. So I'll be hitting up the surf, and watching my girl run around in a bikini during all of my spring break. It's going to be so awesome!