"Let..me...go!" I gasped out. The guy finally let me go and I was bent double, gulping in air as fast as my lungs would allow. Without thinking I head butted him in the stomach. He fell to the floor wheezing. "You stupid...fucking jerk. You..nearly suffocated me!" I stood up and went to grab my pistol. "Tell me why I shouldn't shoot you in the fucking balls!"

"Because," cough cough "I'm your" cough "brother."

Now it was my turn to gape like a fish.

"I dont have a brother. I'm an only child and my dad died before I was born. My mom told me."

"Your moms name is Renee right? And Bella is short for Isabella?"

"How did you know that?" The guy was creeping me out now. How did he know so much about me and yet I still didn't even know his blasted name!

"Your mom lied to you, Bella." Bulky sat up and rubbed his stomach. "You were a baby when she left with you. I was five. I'm Emmett. Emmett Swan." Emmett stood up and sat down on Alices couch. He patted the cusion next to him, inviting me to sit down. I reluctantly perched myself on the edge farthest away from him. "Dads name is Charlie." Well Renee didn't lie about that bit at least. I thought to myself. "I don't remember clearly what happened, but dad told me that I was home sick from school that day and Renee left me with a sitter while she went to get some medicine. She took you with her and never came back. He had told me that she had gone to chase the sun and I remember every rare sunny day in forks I had expected her to come home. When I turned eighteen I had every intention on coming to look for you, but then dad had his accident."

"What happened?" I blurted out before he could finish. "Sorry."

"Its okay." He grinned and two dimples popped up on his cheeks, making him look so much like a little boy. "Anyway, dad had an accident at work. He was the police chief you know. I always wanted to be like him. Help people."

"Emmett, the accident. What happened?" I growled out.

"Oh yes, sorry. Anyway, he was chasing a criminal over a rooftop and he fell. Crushed a vertibre. Now he's in a wheel chair. He's making progress though. Had a few operations and has physio everyday. Can stand with the aid of a walking frame."

"Wow, did the guy ever get caught?" Emmett looked at me with a frown on his face. "What?"

"Is that it Bella? I tell you our dad is injured and all you care about is wether or not the bad guy got caught!" He sounded angry and it didn't suit him.

"I'm sorry. It's a lot to take in. I just found out, after all this time, that my dad is not really dead, I have a brother and my mom is the biggest liar I know right now!" I didn't realise I had started to pace the room until Emmett stood in front of me, his large warm hands placed on my shoulders.

"Bella, please calm down. I can take you to meet him if you like? He will be over the moon to see you at last."

"Not right now Emmett. It's all a bit too much to take in. I should call my..I mean our mom. Get her to explain herself."

"She's not my mother Bella. Not since that day she left me alone. I was five. How could she do that to me?"

"I don't know Emmett, but I will find out."

Emmett and I talked for most of the afternoon and I even talked him into helping me shift all my crap indoors. Moggy took an instant liking to him and was currently curled up on his shoulder, purring her little heart out. I found out he was a detective also, but was part of the Special Victims Unit. His wife, Rosalie, was a lawyer and represented the victims and their families. They lived just up the street and that's why Emmett had a Key to Alices home.

I told him all about Jake and showed him my scars from that fateful day. A bullet ripping through your calf muscle and out the other side does quite a lot of damage, believe it or not.

It was early evening by the time we had finished filling each other in on our lives. I walked him to the front door and we hugged on the doorstep. Thankfully he was a lot more gentle this time. We agreed to go to lunch tomorrow and then he would show me around town, before I got stuck into my new job. We had just broke apart when a yelling woman startled us both. Before I knew it, I was pinned to the cold exterior of the house and some blonde was screaming in my face to 'leave her man alone or else.' Emmett had to physically remove her from my personal space and stand between us before either of us could get a word in.

"What the hell?" I said, rubbing the back of my head. Barbies evil twin lunged at me from behind Emmett and he grabbed her aound the waist before she could get to me.

"Rose calm down." He said to the livid woman still struggling in his grasp. "She's my sister." It took a while for the words to sink in and for Rosalie to stop resisting his hold on her.

"Your sister? I thought you said you'd never find her?"

"I didn't find her. She found me. Sort of."

"What do you mean 'sort of'?" Her eyes flashed in anger and suspicion.

"I'll explain to you at home. See you tomorrow Bella." With that he hoisted Rose over his shoulder and walked down the street with her yelling and hitting him with her fists along the way.

I shook my head a his antics and went indoors.

My mobile rang while I was sorting out my kitchen appliances. Alice may have a kitchen to die for but it was practically empty. I glanced at the caller i.d. Just the person I wanted to talk to.

"Hey Mom."

Oh Renee, you some explaining to do...