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Chapter Thirteen
Family Meeting

As Alice predicated, I made dinner and spent some time with Charlie. Edward left ten minutes before Charlie came home and right on the dot, someone knocked at the door at six.

For some reason I was too nervous to tell Charlie that Edward was coming to pick me up to go to his house. It just seems a bit too formal and Charlie would obviously see that Edward was more than someone who helped me when I wasn't feeling well, especially as he stayed with me all night. Edward had already told me that Charlie hadn't read too much into him being with me at the hospital, he said that from Charlie's point of view it only looked like Edward was a concerned friend. Of course other things had crossed his mind, but since he had never had to deal with his daughter being within a ten mile radius of any boy, he didn't look at Edward that way, at least not yet anyway. I didn't think Charlie would have a problem with Edward, after all he had shown that he cared for me, but I didn't want to deal with the questions that comes with Edward and I being together.

So when I opened the door, I was surprised, but a little relieved to see Alice.

"Alice," I said doing a double take. I looked behind her to see if Edward was there too.

Alice answered my unspoken question that was clear as day on my face. "He is at the house. He knew you were worried about what your dad would think, so I came instead," she explained. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah, almost," I said. "Come in, I just need to put on a sweater."

Alice crossed the threshold and I dashed up stairs. I wasn't sure if I should change my outfit, but while I was fretting over my clothes before she came, I got a text from Alice, which said: don't you dare change! Keep what you have on!

So, that was me told. I grabbed the blue sweater cardigan that Alice bought me and ran the brush through my hair. I was not really a big make- up fan so it was all I did to get ready. I sighed at myself in the mirror then ran back down the stairs. I found Alice sitting in the living room chatting to Charlie.

"You didn't tell me you were going to a friend's house, Bella," Charlie said when I entered the living room.

"Sorry, I didn't think it would be a big deal," I said. Alice got up, ready to leave.

"It's not, I just thought you would have mentioned it." He shrugged. "Well, have fun girls. Don't stay our too late and it was nice meeting you, Alice, you make sure you stop by any time your passing."

"You got it, Charlie!" beamed Alice with a wave and followed me through the hall.

"Bye dad!" I yelled.

"See ya kiddo!"

Sitting outside the house was a sleek shining blacked out Mercedes. I had only seen these gleaming from rich kids drive ways, back in Phoenix. Something this beautiful and glossy didn't seem fit for a gloomy town like Forks.

I realised that I was staring at it with my mouth hanging open, so I quickly closed it before I stared catching flies. "How many cars do you have?" I uttered as she opened the passenger door for me. We both climbed into the vehicle and Alice started the engine.

"We have four cars and a monster off road thing that belongs to Emmett. This is Carlisle's, it was the nearest the garage door so I took it instead of the Volvo or Rosalie's M3."

I had wondered what Alex was talking about when he mentioned a BMW earlier.

"Have you told you're family yet?" I asked as I had been worrying about it ever since Edward left.

"No, not yet but they are beginning to realise that something big is coming." Alice paused and looked at me. "They don't even know you are coming tonight."

"What?" I spluttered. "Oh, no, Alice, a heads up would have been good! This will surely is what causes the fight…maybe I was in your vision before, but just not in it - if you know what I mean." I worried about all the possibilities that could go wrong tonight.

"Relax, Bella, it's not as if this is the first time we have had humans at the house and you have met everyone, apart from Esme, so it will be fine, I just thought I would warn you," Alice said in a soothing tone.

"Yeah, right - sorry!" I mumbled. "I am not used to this kind of thing. I have never formally met your family and…well, I am just nervous I guess."

"You'll do fine. And for the record, it's a first for us too. We may have had humans round before, but none that have known what we are."

"I suppose this is new territory for us all…unheard of is probably a better word," I said. "I hope I don't cause problems with your family."

Alice threw me a look. "Why would you?"

"Because I am human," I said simply. It was exactly what Edward and I had been talking about, and I knew that me, a human, being around the family all the time might cause problems. I hadn't had a chance to think about the blood side of things, but I knew that was the biggest issue, and it was what scares Edward the most.

"Human-shumin. You could be a fairy - it still wouldn't matter," Alice replied.

I snorted. "Are fairies real?" I giggled at the image of Tinkerbell size people floating about, with wings and wands.

Alice laughed too. "You never know!" She looked thoughtful for a moment. "You know, I wouldn't be surprised if there were fairies. I mean there are ghosts - and none of us knew they existed, there are shape shifters living among us, so who knows, fairies aren't that big a step to believe in."

"Shape shifters?"

"Yeah, you know; humans that turn into animals."

My eyes widened, I had no idea such things existed. How fascinating!

"Wow," I breathed. "I guess we are all learning new things!" I let out a breath as I was getting overwhelmed with supernatural this week. But, if anyone could accept extraordinary, then it was me.

"Tell me about it," Alice agreed. "Anyways, these ghosts, do they come to you all the time?"

"I don't get every single ghost that is out there, but a lot do find me, or if they see that I can see them, they ask for my help."

Alice took a sharp turn left and we drove up a winding road that was lined with large trees on either side. We drove for a few miles, then through a meadow. Alice slowed down and we drove towards what looked like a fairytale mansion.

A beautiful three story white washed house, a timeless structure that stood gracefully in the meadow, with its large porch hugging the walls. It was such a classic, and very beautiful, piece of land, and so fitting for the exquisite Cullen's. It wasn't what I was expecting to be the crib of vampires, but now I saw it, I knew I couldn't imagine anything else.

"It's so…beautiful," I whispered as I gazed up at the gleaming building. Alice slowed the car to a crawl until finally she parked right outside a large out building which is almost the size of my house. I could only imagine what they have in there.

"Sure is," she agreed giving the house a quick glance too. Alice took the keys out of the ignition, and turned to me. "Ah, brace yourself!" she nodded towards the house and my heart raced at her words. "Don't worry, everything is going to be okay, I just meant to brace yourself, as Esme already knows and she is really excited!"

I closed my eyes and take a deep breath. "Yeah, thanks for that, Alice, that was a sure way to give me a heart attack, I thought that…" Alice held up a finger to her lips in a 'hush' sign so I stopped.

I raised my eyebrows and she mouths to me: The others are listening. She cocked her head towards the house with a smile biting on her lips. She shook herself and rolled her eyes. "Let's go, they are getting impatient."

I got out the can, and as I was about to close the door, I found that it was already closed. I turned around and Edward was right in front of me. If he hadn't appeared in front of me without warning a few times before, I might have fainted in fright.

"You didn't scare me," I told him. Edward feigned disappointment but didn't say anything. He held out his hand in offer and I took it without question. His hand felt warmer each time I took it, the coldness hardly seemed to be there.

Edward led me around the car and towards the large house, and up the front porch. Before he opened the front door to let us in, my heart raced again. Edward lightly squeezed my hand then opened the large dark oak door, and I braced myself as we entered.

The only thing I noticed, at first, was how big the living room was. It had to have been several rooms when it was originally built, but now it stood as one big open room. It was very light and open, neutral white walls, a clusters of sofa's that faced the east wall whereas the south wall was made of entirely glass.

It was beautiful and grand on the outside, but the inside was just as spectacular, and that was just one room. Edward led us past a large grand piano, which sat on a platform on the left of the door and that was when I noticed the rooms' occupants.

As pale as the walls, all six Cullen's were sitting at the seating area. Carlisle stood up as Edward and I entered, and walked over to greet us.

"Welcome, Bella, how are you feeling?" he asked me.

"Much better, thank you," I replied trying to avoid the stares that were burning through me.

Esme, I assumed, appeared at the left of Carlisle. She was just as perfect and as beautiful as the others; her long caramel hair frames her heart shape face stunningly, and she had the same golden eyes as the others. I had yet to get round to ask Edward why they had the same coloured eyes, but now was not that moment.

"Bella, this is my mother, Esme. Esme, this is Bella," Edward informed me, and Esme's eyes shone with delight.

"It's nice to meet you!" we both said at the same time. There was a chorus of laughter in the room and suddenly I felt at ease.

"Welcome, Bella," Esme said. "Please, come, sit." Esme and Carlisle led us back to the sofas and Edward guided me to the empty loveseat.

As I sat down next to Edward, I looked around at the rest of the family, and I started to become self conscious as I was aware that they were all still staring at me.

Alice, who was now seated next to Jasper, waved at me, while Jasper just nodded without giving me eye contact. He looked wary, which made me wary, but I tried to not think anything of it. Along from them were Rosalie and Emmett. Emmett gave me a polite grin, whereas Rosalie looked like a stone wall.

As Carlisle and Esme sat down opposite us, I tried to swallow but my mouth had gone all dry. Seeing Rosalie's stern look had suddenly made me so nervous but I couldn't think of a way to get myself out of this situation. Edward, sensing my distress, squeezed my hand again and cleared his throat.

"Since we are all on different pages, I will begin this family meeting as if though none of us know anything," Edward began.

"Family meetings are held in the dining room and not everyone present is family," Rosalie interjected icily.

I couldn't bring myself to look in her direction but I could feel that she was staring at me coldly.

"This is an informal family meeting and Bella is a guest, and she will be treated like a guest," said Carlisle in a no nonsense tone.

"Yes, and she is part of this meeting because this meeting is partly about her," Edward added with an edge to his tone. I suddenly wished that I had agreed with Edward and not come, I didn't feel confident anymore, and even with Alice's visions, I felt like something was going to go wrong.

Since it was silent, I looked up to see Edward and Rosalie starting at each other hard, and I felt the tension in the room mount.

"Maybe I should leave," I mumbled but not to anyone in particular.

"Yeah, maybe you should," Rosalie said loudly, making me flinch at her deadly tone. I shuddered inwardly. She didn't know to the full extent as to why I was there and she had already made up her mind about me; I was not welcome!

I got up to leave but I was yanked back down, a little to forcefully, by Edward. "No, you are part of this, stay," he told me through clenched teeth, still glaring at Rosalie.

"Okay, let get this party started," said Emmett cheerfully as if there was an actually party about to go on. "So, Edward, what is this meeting about? Since it involves Bella, I am assuming you two have done something wrong?" he paused and his eyes zeroed in on our hands, which were clasped together. "Did you and Bella elope? Did you and Bella do something illegal? Did you…"

"Just tell them, Edward, before I do!" Alice interrupted cutting off Emmett's suggestions.

"Right, fine." Edward looked at Carlisle then Jasper, nodding to them both. "Bella has found out what we are."

It was short, simple and straight to the point. His tone was soothing and calming, yet didn't break the tension in the living room - if anything made it worse.

Just as Alice's vision predicated, an argument broke out and suddenly the room felt like it' was full of angry bees.

"Edward, how can…!"

"You told her!"

"Do you know what this means?"

"It's not as bad as you think, just listen for a second, there is more!"

"I didn't tell her, she found out!"

"You stupid brainless idiot! You can't just go around telling anyone!"

"Can you guys just can it for a second and listen!"

"Were you dropped on your head as a baby Edward? Have you finally cracked?"

"I didn't tell her!"

"Way to go bro!"

Everyone, apart from myself and Esme was yelling. Some of it was not audible to my ears and it went on for a good five minutes. Then suddenly, above all the noise, Alice yelled: "He loves her!"

The room fell silent and everyone froze in place. Slowly we all turned to Alice, who was the smallest of them all, but by far the loudest.

"He loves her," she repeated. "Edward loves Bella. Who cares how she found out, as he would have told her eventually, as no matter how confused he is feeling, no matter how much you are against it; it's true. From the day they bumped in to each other at school…which was only on Monday…it has been true. He felt just the same as we all did when we knew we loved our soul mates. I loved Jasper before I met him, and Edward loved Bella before he knew what he was feeling." Alice drew a breath and looked at Edward and I before she gazed at everyone else in turn. "So, quit arguing and accept that Bella knows our secret, as nothing or no one can get in the way of their love."

Everyone who was standing was now sitting. I felt like I had been sitting in the sun too long and had third degree sunburns, I felt all dizzy, as the attention was back on me.

"Well said, Alice," said Esme softly.

"He is playing the love card?" Rosalie spat. "After all these years, he decides he loves a human?"

I felt another argument coming on, but before anyone says anything, Emmett shook his head. "You know that our kind don't really choose who we fall in love with. Not that anyone does, but our kind have stronger feelings than humans and when we love someone, it's not like we can change our minds, as it's so strong and no matter what, or no matter who, we will do anything for them and we will never leave their side."

He looked in to Rosalie's eyes as if there was no one else in the room, and slowly Rosalie's face softened.

"I know," she whispered to Emmett as if she is hoping no one was listening. "But what about exposure, the dangers it brings with it."

"That's why we are here," said Edward. "We want to reassure you that this is not a bad thing and we are not in danger of being public exposed. Bella won't tell anyone and it will all work out okay."

"How do you know that, Edward?" asked Jasper. "No offence, Bella, but how can we trust someone that we just met?"

I hated being put on the spot at the best of times, but this had to be by far the worst. "I would never tell anyone. I don't want to lose Edward, and I want to be a part of him for the rest of my life and I wouldn't jeopardise that by telling anyone about your secret."

"Speaking of secrets," Alice piped up. "Want to tell them how you found out about us, Bella?"

"Uhhh…" No matter what I said or how I said it, I was going to sound crazy.

"Go on, Bella, tell them, it's fascinating," said Carlisle encouragingly.

"That's a subjective opinion," I muttered. I heard a few chuckles but I was still reluctant to admit my secret out loud to a room of vampires.

A cool breath tickled my neck and Edward's nose brushed under my ear. "I'll tell them if you like," he offered.

I shook my head and mustered the courage I normally had when I told people something that sounded in sane. "A ghost told me," I announced

Okay, that didn't quite come out quite right, and I felt like there should have been a punch line.

"Um, Edward?" Emmett said warily. "You fell in love with a crazy person."

I felt Edward tense beside me, but I laughed it off. "I am as crazy as the vampire that accuses me," I grinned to lighten the atmosphere.

"Touché!" Emmett chuckled. "Well done, Edward, I actually might like this one, you picked well little bro!"

"She's not crazy, she really was told about us via a ghost," said Edward seriously. "Bella has the gift to see and talk to…spirits."

There was a pregnant pause then Emmett burst out laughing. "I see dead peeeeopppllleeeee!" he moaned, quoting the famous line in the Bruce Willis film, in a spiritual way.

I felt my eyes rolling as that was so cliché, and I had heard it many times.

"I don't understand," said Jasper looking confused. "Dead people?"

"Humans who have died, but haven't moved on. They are invisible to most, but they walk…live?…around us, but we didn't know it until now," explained Carlisle.

"How intriguing," said Esme. "To think that there is another walk of life living among us…well, so to speak. What a very fascinating gift."

Esme sounded so much like Carlisle that I smiled.

"Thank you," I said feeling relieved that this was not going as Alice saw, where things got out of control and things got broken.

"Okay, so let's summarise this meeting; Bella knows about what we are, but it's okay because she won't tell anyone. Edward is in love with her and although she hasn't said it yet, but she loves him too," said Jasper directly to me, smiling a little. My eyes flared but I didn't deny it. "And last but not least; Bella can see and talk to dead people…uh, real dead people." Jasper looks around to see if anyone wanted to throw anything else in or contradict him but no one said a word.

"You're all okay with this then?" Edward asked his family. Everyone nodded but Rosalie didn't seem to be listening or was ignoring him.

"I think it's wonderful," said Esme whole heartedly. "I am glad you found someone Edward, and Bella is perfect."

I felt myself going pink and I looked away.

"If you are happy, and I can feel you are, then it's fine by me," said Jasper which earned a peck on the cheek from Alice.

"Well, I am fine with Bella knowing about us, and I am all for you both being together, but seeing ghosts? Seriously?" Emmett asked as if I was not there.

Someone replied but I was barely listening as Ryan popped up from thin air at the back of Emmett, who was most definitely unaware of the fact that a spirit was right behind him. Ryan grinned at me but I tried to hide my own smile.

"…you don't have to see things to believe them..." I caught the end of what Jasper had being saying. "I feel everyone's feelings, but I can't see them and Edward hears everyone's thoughts but can't see them…"

"Yeah, but I mean, ghosts are fairytale, they are myths - they are not real," said Emmett.

I stayed out of the conversation, not defending myself, and the family argued again but on a lower scale than earlier.

"Tell the huge clown vamp that if there are no such things as ghosts, then how do you know that he wore the blonde's panties last week to school," said Ryan out of the blue amongst the arguing. Before I stop myself, I burst out laughing and everyone stopped talking and stared at me.

"Were they comfortable, Emmett?" I asked wanting to have fun with this.

Emmett's eyes narrowed in confusion. "Was what comfortable?"

"Rosalie's panties?"

There was a stream of laugher in the room and Edward was shaking so hard that the sofa was vibrating too. Emmett, however, looked as if I told everyone one of his deepest darkest secrets.

"How did…?"

"There are no secrets when ghosts are around," said Alice grinning at me.

"That's right," I agreed. "So, really, how were those panties, Emmett? And why on earth were you wearing them?"

"He lost a bet," chuckled Jasper. "He said he could beat Edward in a race to Idaho and I bet he couldn't."

"Yeah, but you cheated, the little pixie saw the outcome and told you!" Emmett retorted sounding sour.

"Two things you should have learned by now, Emmett; one, no one bets against Alice or Jasper, as they tell each other everything and since Alice can see the future, you are guaranteed to lose, and second; Edward is the fasted out the lot of us. You, Emmett, are the strongest, but not the fastest," Esme said shaking her head fondly. "Welcome to our deranged family Bella, we are a mad bunch!" she said with pride.

"Yeah, you have a week's thinking time and if you want out, then we won't be offended," Carlisle joked.

"Dually noted," I laughed. I finally felt at ease and there was no tension in the room any more now that all the cards had been laid on the table.

"I am going to do some work in my office, so I will say goodbye for now, but if you ever have time at a later day, would I be able to ask a few questions about spirits?" asked Carlisle as he got up.

"I will be happy to answer the questions; after all I am the ghost," Ryan said as he wandered around the large living room.

"Yeah, sure, I will answer any question you have…er, Ryan says that he wants to be of service too," I replied.

"He's here?" he asked and everyone looked around the room. Soon they would learn that it didn't matter how much they looked, they wouldn't see what I was seeing.

"Yes, he was the one that told me about Emmett's fetish of woman's underwear," I said nodding towards the piano where Ryan was. Everyone's eyes followed mine and Ryan grinned.

"Shall I?" he asked, amusement playing on his face.

"I guess," I said and all eyes turned back to me.

"Any requests?"

"Hmm…heart and soul," I said thinking about my mom's favourite tune to play on the second hand upright she bought a few years ago.

Before anyone could ask what was going on, the room erupt with the "Big" theme of Heart and Soul, each note perfect and with what appeared to be no one at the piano. Everyone apart from Edward, Alice and Carlisle, jumped up in alarm and wonder and stared at the piano.

"No way!"

"That's impossible!"

"Oh, my God, that is so cool! Much better than chucking glasses and pictures frames!" Alice said in delight.

"That is…" Esme stared at the piano, watching the keys move.

"Incredible," finished Carlisle.

"Pretty impressive," Jasper added but he was frowning. "Can everyone stop feeling impressed, or freaked out and just feel…nothing. I want to see if I can feel the ghost."

He closed his eyes in concentrating. "It's weird, as I can feel a lot of things, which is normal, but I feel something else but it's more of an energy than a feeling…yet it's stronger than everyone's feelings put together."

"I wouldn't be surprised if you could feel a spirits energy. It must be pretty powerful to work the piano keys or to throw things…wow, so much to learn!" said Carlisle with enthusiasm in his voice.

"Well, tell the doc to make an appointment for another day as it's actually draining to do things that this," said Ryan as he stopped playing.

"Ryan said that he would love to answer your questions but right now he is wiped out," I told Carlisle for Ryan.

"Oh, of course, no worries, I have things to do anyway. Next time though."

Both Carlisle and Esme left the living room and ascended up the large spiral stairs and out of sight.

"So, do you believe in ghosts now?" I asked Emmett who was still staring at the piano and just for this second I wished I had Edward's gift as I would love to hear what the sceptic was thinking right about now.

Emmett snorted. "Nope still don't believe it."

"So we all had the same hallucination?"

"That's plausible," Emmett said clutching at straws.

"Come on Emmett, you believe in yourself don't you? You, we, all of us are myths, but very real," said Jasper pointing amongst them.

"You believe in it?" said Emmett incredulity.

"Yeah, why not? I have seen proof, of sorts, and I can feel that extra energy around us," replied Jasper.

"Stop lying, Emmett, you can't lie to yourself or me from inside your head. You just don't want to admit it because Ryan and probably other spirits have seen that you are not as scary as you appear to be on face value," Edward said then frowned to himself. "Hey, wait, that is the same for us all…" he turned to me and I shrugged guiltily.

"Who are they going to tell?" I said. "Anyways, say it, Emmett, say "I believe"!"

"Yeah, say it three times and clap, "I do believe in ghosts, I do, I do!" giggled Alice.

Emmett groaned loudly before Alice went on. "Fine, I do believe in ghosts!"

I smiled in satisfaction. "I feel like I want to say 'April fools' now you said you believe."

"You better not," said Emmett but grinned. "Have you or your friend seen anyone famous?"

I turned to the piano to ask Ryan but he was gone. "Mmm, where did he go?" I asked myself out loud. I shrugged as I was sure I would see him soon and answered Emmett's question. "Nope. Not one."

"Not even…Elvis?"

"Not even Elvis," I laughed as I was sure I would remember bumping into a dead Elvis. "But I did see him when I was in Vegas two years ago…well, I saw him and a couple hundred other clones."

"What about George Washington? Abe Lincoln? JFK? He must be hanging around, I mean, he must be severely pissed that he was assassinated."

I shook my head. "Nope, sorry, I haven't bumped into any dead presidents lately."

"Bummer…you could have got some secret information from them…what about Einstein? It would have been cool to have met him!"

I shook my head again.

"Babe Ruth?"

I shook my head, wondering when he would give up.

"Marilyn Monroe?" he and Jasper shared a smirk.

"Nope, like I said, I don't think I have met any dead famous person…in fact I don't think I have even met any alive famous people. I'll let you know if I run into anyone famous," I told him reassuringly.

"Have you ever run into anyone called Royce King?" Since she had been so quiet, I had almost forgotten Rosalie was sitting with us. The room filled with tension and suddenly everyone looked uncomfortable.

I looked at her directly and she looked reluctant and almost a little embarrassed that she asked. "No, sorry," I said quietly as I was not sure if I was giving good news or bad news. Some people hoped that the dead people they know are still hanging around, others feared they were.

Rosalie and everyone else looked relieved. "Good to know," she said and actually smiled a little but looked away quickly.

Just then, Jasper jumped up from the sofa suddenly, as if he had been electrocuted and looked around. "Wow that was weird!"

It was then I realised that there was another person in the room, but it was not Ryan this time. "I think you have had your first encounter of a ghost walking through you," I said distantly as I stood up.

"Who is it?" Edward asked looking around as he always did when he knew there was a spirit in the room. Jasper moved out the way, looking freaked out. Alice went to stand with him and they stood against the wall, looking around the room cautiously.

"It's the little boy, the one we have being trying to find," I whispered. The boy looked up at me when I talk about him. "Is your name Cameron Sanders?" I asked as he was the last boy that we had yet to eliminate from the three boys that Carlisle dug up for us.

"Something is about to happen…" said Alice distantly. Edward looked over to her.

"Emmett, if you want to save the flat screen then take it down, it's going to…" Before Edward could finish, everything in the room started to rattle and everyone was on high alert. Before anything could happen, Emmett and Jasper took the large flat screen off the wall, and Alice collected as much crystal from around the room as she could.

"What's he doing, Bella?" Alice called as she and Rosalie started collecting all the picture frames.

"Cameron?" I tried to get the boys attention. "Cameron, what is the matter? Please stop, you're going to break things and it's not nice!"

I tried to sound like a parent but the south wall window rattled dangerously. Carlisle and Esme joined us in the living room and before they could ask, they front door swung open then shut with a deafening bang.

"Cameron stop, just speak to me!" I yelled above all the noise of the rattling and the howling wind. It was just like earlier in my house, but on a larger scale as there was so many breakable things, meaning more things to rattle and to make noise.

Before everyone got even more freaked out and before things could break, everything stopped and the room froze.

I breathed a sigh of relief but no one in the room moved.

"Cameron? Is that your name?" I asked, ignoring all the eyes on me and focused on the tiny pair of eyes that were looking up at me, looking lost.

The boy shook his head sadly but didn't say anything.

"Okay then, can you tell me who you are?"

The boy shook his head with his lips tightly buttoned.

"Well, do you know where you are from?" I could only ask these types of questions if he didn't give me any hint to who he was. Luckily I was getting somewhere, as the boy nodded. "That's good then," I said. "Do you know where your family live? Do you want me to get in contact with them?"

Again, the boy nodded. At last, I was getting somewhere with this boy but how did I find out where his family lives if he wouldn't tell me.

"If I find a map, would you be able to point out where they live? Or are you able to write down your last name?" He was roughly first grade age, so hopefully he knew how to spell his surname. If not then it was going to be impossible to find his family.

Unfortunately the boy shook his head.

"I can still show you," said the boy timidly. I had heard him speak before, so I didn't know how I was so surprised to hear him talk out loud.

"Okay, that's good, I want to help so we will go in the car and you can tell me where to go. Do you know the directions?"

The boy shrugged, not saying anything but pointed to something. I followed his finger to see what he was pointing at.

"There," the boy said softly. "There is my family."

Wow, it's been so hectic at college that I am surprised that I got this chapter done but I did and I hope you liked it! It didn't turn out as I planned, well the end was supposed to be more dramatic but I had no drama left in me lol but I did leave a cliff hanger…who is the boy pointing to? Hmmm….I am not saying anything...

Thank you to aeb66 for giving me the idea to add the mention of Royce King! I didn't want to make a big deal about it as it could have dragged on for a while so I just slipped it in there!

I hope you are enjoying this story and I hope you leave a review!