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**Chapter 41**

Ali's POV

I don't remember how Bella managed to pull me into the car because my feet felt too heavy to move one single inch.

When I finally sat down on the passenger's seat my entire body started trembling slightly.

She wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled me close to her.

"Ali, please. You need to calm down. I know that this is…difficult for you."

"His eyes look exactly like mine." I mumbled against the soft skin of her neck, deeply inhaling the sweet scent of her strawberry shampoo.

Her fingertips brushed over the small stripe of exposed skin on my back and a pleasant shiver went down my spine.

"Try to calm down, Ali. We'll ask Benjamin about his family background when he's sober again or you could call Carlisle in the morning if you don't mind talking to him."

"No, I don't. He's probably the only one who can tell me what I need to know." I mumbled, trying to suppress the slight trembling in my voice.

I twisted a wisp of her gorgeous chestnut hair around my fingers. It felt smooth like silk against my fingertips.

"Your hair is so beautiful. Did I ever tell you that it was the first thing I noticed about you?"

She shook her head while her hand moved under my shirt to caress the sensitive skin on my stomach in small circles.

"I love the way you make me feel beautiful. No one ever did that… but you do."

I put one finger on her mouth to silence her.

"I'm going to tell you over and over how beautiful you are to me. How happy I am to have you in my life. How much I want you."

Slowly I leaned over and cupped her face between my hands. A low moan escaped her throat when I sucked her lower lip between my teeth to nibble on it.

I started unbuttoning her blouse and when my fingertips brushed over her cleavage she grabbed her hand around my wrist to stop me.

"We can't do it in the car, Ali."

I chuckled slightly while my eyes stayed focused on her lace covered breasts. Wetness poured between my legs and I pressed my lips against each other to keep me from moaning out loudly.

"Says the girl, who made me do it on the kitchen floor…"

"I didn't think too much, when that happened."

"Exactly, Bella. And right now I don't want you to think too. You always think too much about things all the time."

I rolled my thumbs over her breasts until I felt her nipples pebble against the palm of my hand.

"Stop thinking, Bella; try just to feel. I want to make you feel good."

She closed her eyes and whimpered slightly when I started suckling her nipples through the thin fabric of her bra. My right hand stroked up her creamy thighs, finally reaching the already damp fabric of her underwear.

"You should really wear more skirts, Bella. It's makes touching you so much easier." I whispered hoarsely into her ear while my hand slipped into her panties.

Her mouth found mine again and I nudged my tongue against hers in the same rhythm my fingertips stroked up and down her slick folds. The entire car was filled with the musky scent of her lust. Or was it mine? I pressed my legs together in a weak attempt to remove a little bit of the tension.

"You like it when I touch you like this, don't you?" I mumbled against her neck before I sucked the pale flesh on her collarbone between my teeth, not caring that I would probably leave a mark on her. God, I wanted everyone to know that she was mine, that she belonged to me and no one else…

"Ali…" she croaked out, her voice husky with lust as I lowered my head and pulled her panties down her legs.

"So sweet and warm," I whispered against her overheated flesh.

"And so delicious…"

The tip of my tongue swirled over her throbbing clit and she twisted her hands into the short curls of my hair to pull me closer. I wanted to crawl into her body and never come out again. I licked her greedily, enjoying the sweetness of her essence. She tasted better than any other woman I had done this to before. God, I wished I could die right between her legs…

I held her open with two fingers, and inserted my tongue into her tight entrance. My thumb circled over the tiny pearl of her clit. More wetness poured out of her and I lapped up every single drop of it. Then her entire body went ridged and her inner walls convulsed against my waiting tongue. I gasped for air when I finally managed to pull back. Her fingertips caressed my head, stroking the curls of my hair until the sky above us turned into a crimson red.

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I wiped my sweating hands on the sleeves of my shirt before I took a deep breath and opened the door to the office. Nervously I cleared my throat before I spoke up.

"Hello, Dad."

He looked up from his desk and I realized that he had dark circles under his blue eyes. It was obvious, that he didn't sleep too well in the last days.

"Mary Alice? What are you doing here?"

"I have an appointment with Dr. Bennett later this morning because of my stupid heart but I wanted to see you before."

"Look, I'm really busy right now, Mary Alice."

"You're always busy, but it's really important to me."

"Okay. Have you finally come to your senses about this ridiculous thing between you and Bella?"

"It's only ridiculous to you and mom but not to me and her. I love her and there is nothing that you can do or say that will change that."

"You're the most stubborn person on earth, Mary Alice."

"I'm not stubborn, I'm just in love. Don't you want me to be happy?"

"Of course, I want you to be happy. What kind of stupid question is that?"

"I don't think it's stupid."

"Fine, I want you to be happy. What I don't want is you being with your sister-in-law. Of all the women you could have chosen to start a relationship with, why did it have to be your sister-in-law?"

"You don't remember how it's like to be in love, do you?"

A low chuckle left his throat and a smile flashed over his face that didn't reach his tired eyes.

"I'm not that old, Mary Alice. Look, can't you see that your so-called love is destroying our entire family?"

"You can't destroy what's never been whole, dad. Edward hated me since I was a little girl."

"He doesn't hate you, Mary Alice. I didn't want to admit it, but I guess he was pretty jealous when you were born. And now you have stolen away his wife from him that doesn't make things better."

"Just for the record, Dad; Edward didn't give a shit about Bella until she decided to divorce him."

"That's not true."

"Oh yes, it is true. And I think that is because of you. He knows how you think about marriage and he thinks that you expect him to throw a tantrum."

"Mary Alice, for heaven's sake, I don't expect him to do anything. It's his marriage and not mine. I just wished that he and you would try to honor the values your mother and I taught you."

"Dad, this conversation won't lead to anything. I want you to start accepting the choices I made for my life, point. And it's not fair that you're blaming me for destroying my brother's marriage. Yes, I cheated on him behind his back and yes, I did it in his own house, for crying out loud. But their marriage wasn't working before that happened. No one has ever managed to destroy a happy relationship."

He sighed deeply and rubbed his forehead with his thumb.

"You're right; this conversation won't lead to anything. But I see that you have a point…somehow. What did you want to ask me?"

"It's about my mother." I croaked out while I crossed my arms in front of my chest.

"Your mother is completely miserable because of this whole mess. And Emmett told her to stop calling Rosalie all the time. He thinks it's not good for her pregnancy if she gets too agitated."

Something cramped painfully around my heart. I didn't want Esme to be unhappy. God, I didn't want any member of my family to be unhappy.

"I'm really sorry to hear that, but I already know that. Rosie told me that mom called her over and over again. My sister is not responsible for what happened. It's not like I'm still a seven-year-old that she needs to babysit."

I sighed deeply before I continued.

"I wanted to ask something about my biological mother."

"Sasha? What do you want to know about her?"

"Anything, you know, Dad."

"That's not a lot, Mary Alice."

"I bet it's more than I know. Look, I met someone and his eyes…they have exactly the same color like mine. Can you imagine how weird that was for me?"

"Hmm, yes, I can. He noticed it too, didn't he?"

"He was kind of…well, he wasn't feeling too well when we met."

"He's not sick, is he? His heart was pretty fine when I…"

"You know him?" my voice raised two octaves.

"It would be too much to say that I really know him. Sasha showed up with him in my office when he was about two. She was worried that he could suffer from the same heart condition than you."

"We're related aren't we? He's my…"

"Your half-brother, you can say it, Mary Alice."

"And when were you planning on telling me about that?"

"It didn't seem necessary to me."

"It didn't seem necessary to you? Are you kidding me?"

"Mary Alice, please try to keep your voice down."

"How can you assume that it wasn't necessary to mention the fact that I have a half-brother?"

"I didn't mean it like that. Look, I never thought too much about Sasha until the day she showed up here again. And when that happened it wasn't a very pleasant experience."

"What happened?"

"I hadn't expected to see her again, ever…but her husband managed to get a green card and so they moved to the States with their son. She told me something about starting a business somewhere down in Florida."

"Did she ask about me?" I whispered, my voice trembling from the tears I was trying to fight back.

"Asking is not the right word, I guess. I don't know what she expected me to do when she wanted to see you."

"I met her? Why can't I remember anything about that?"

"She wanted to meet you but I couldn't let that happen."

"Why?" I croaked out, my voice barely audible.

He sighed deeply and walked over to me. Hesitantly he put a wisp of my short hair behind my ear.

"Because I saw how she was with that boy…so caring. If I had let her met you, she would have wanted you back. How could I let that happen?"

"I bet that now you're wishing you would have sent me back to live with her."

"Mary Alice, stop being so sullen. You're still a child and you don't know a thing about the decisions adults have to make. When you're going to have a child of your own…well if you would have a child of your own, you'd know that parents only want what's in their children's best interests."

"Best interest? How can it be in my best interest to lie to me for my entire life, or to keep me away from my own mother?"

"She left you once, she didn't want you anymore. She could have done it again if things got complicated…and believe me they would."

"You can't know that." I stated while I took several deep breaths through my nose in an attempt to calm myself down. My hands started trembling and I hoped that the dizziness wouldn't get worse.

"Oh yes I can. You're such a naïve person, Mary Alice. Have you any idea how much your medication costs weekly? Probably more than a seamstress makes in a month."

"I'm sorry that my stupid heart causes so much financial trouble."

"Don't be like that. I didn't mean it like that. I just wanted to show you that your condition required a special treatment."

He took my hand in mine and squeezed it gently.

"You're different than your siblings…it's like I'm always fighting for you…for your heart to keep beating, for your stubbornness to end, for your love…for everything."

I'm the one who's always fighting, I thought…but for the first time in my entire life, I knew that it was going to be worth it.

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