Chapter Seventy Four
Peter
I guess it was inevitable that the Volturi would turn up eventually and then discover the kids but at least for now they were content with just a friendly phone call, just to check everyone was doing as they had been told. Charlotte and I had been teaching Kat her letters and she was so proud now she could write her name and was even going to show Esme. Carmen had left, gone back to Denali and I wondered what the girls would say when they found out about the kids, Kat and the baby. Rose and Emmett had come home with the little one and we decided it would be best for Kat to meet her "little sister" again.
When Rose walked in carrying the baby in her arms Kat had looked up with interest and walked slowly over as Rose sat down to peer at the baby.
"She's asleep."
"Yes, she's had her feed and now she's taking a nap."
"I don't like Aggie."
We all tensed but then Kat carried on,
"It's a horrible name, will you give her another? A pretty name."
Rose smiled,
"We'd like to but we didn't want to upset you. Did you have a name in mind?"
Kat nodded blushing,
"Skye, because she can see it, she'll never be locked up like Ellie and I were. You know her mummy's dead. Sophie."
"Yes I did, and I think Skye is a beautiful name."
"I saw it, I saw Sophie die. She had Skye and then she just died. Ellie and I had to clean up all the blood."
We held our collective breath as Kat went on,
"We always had to clean up the blood. I thought Sophie was lucky to go live in the house with daddy but he kept on hurting her. That's how she got Skye. He would hurt her when she lived with me in the cellar and she would swell up, then he would take her away but she always came back till the last time. Do you think he knew Sophie was going to die? I wanted to be Sophie and see the house, be the one daddy loved but I don't think I want to be now."
This innocent child had just told us almost everything, that the bastard raped Sophie and for some reason she kept losing the baby until finally she delivered a live baby and died doing it. He hadn't touched Kat which was a relief but we still didn't know what he'd done to Bella and we could hardly ask Kat, it wouldn't be fair but it seemed she hadn't finished yet. Her eyes were filling with tears and she reached for my hand as I came to her side to cuddle her,
"He killed the other lady who was kind to me, he did the same to her and I thought she would stay with us, tell me lots of stories like Sophie did but he killed her instead. There was lots of blood and we had to clean it up. Ellie swapped rings with her, she called her mom, was it Ellie's mom? I don't think Sophie was, she wasn't old enough so maybe it was Ellie's real mum. I never knew my mummy, daddy said she was wicked and had to be punished but I never saw her."
"Kat, were you there when Sophie arrived?"
"Of course, it was my home first. It wasn't as dirty then, he didn't get so cross with me until Sophie and Ellie turned up. Now I don't have a mummy or a daddy do I?"
I held her close and whispered in her ear,
"You have something just as precious, two people who love you like their daughter Princess. Charlotte and me."
She turned and hugged me tight around the neck sobbing with the horror of the memories she was reliving. It made me wonder if he had actually been Kat's biological father like Skye's. Rose looked at me and mouthed,
"I know what you are thinking, we'll try to get some blood and test her."
It didn't matter to me who her parents had been, only who they were going to be. If necessary Charlotte and I would take Kat and run, and keep running to keep her safe from the Volturi, I wouldn't abandon her now.
Rose
I left Peter to console Kat and went to tell Carlisle and Esme what we had discovered horrifying as it was.
"Well we suspected Bella had seen her mother's body but it seems she saw him kill Renee too and after raping her. Thank God he didn't touch Kat. Did she mention Bella?"
"No, not when she was talking about that but Carlisle, we think Kat is his biological daughter and I think it might be a good idea to get a blood test done. If it proves his paternity then I think we can assume Kat's mother is long dead. She named baby by the way."
Esme smiled,
"I must admit I wasn't keen on Aggie, it's so old fashioned. What did Kat decide on? I thought you might want to name her Rose, seeing as you are so keen on adopting her."
"Skye, Kat said because she'll be free to see the sky and not locked in the dark cellar. Skye Cullen McCarty it has a certain ring to it don't you think?"
"I think we should tell Charlie what we've discovered, he's with Darius at the moment, badgering him to find out where they are holding the prisoner but I know Darius won't tell him, he thinks it's down to Jasper to punish him for what he's done. He's worried sick about Bella too, but then we all are."
"She will get through it though, Jasper won't give up on her Esme, he would never do that, she's his mate."
"Yes but the burden of guilt he is feeling must be crushing."
"He couldn't prevent what happened, it's hardly his fault a madman focused on Bella."
"You know that and so do we but Jasper isn't thinking so clearly and I fear if he can't get through to Bella that we might lose him too."
Carlisle
I thought it might be helpful if Jasper knew what had happened so I rang him but he wasn't answering so I left a message asking him to contact me urgently and he was soon on the line,
"What's happened now Carlisle? Not Aro again?"
"No son, we have some information on what happened, Kat has been talking to Peter and Rose. You should know that Bella saw her mother raped and murdered in the cellar."
"I thought as much although she's not telling me anything yet. The memories are fighting their way to the surface though gradually. That is going to kill her Carlisle, she said she hadn't been able to save them, that's what she meant."
"Possibly although I don't think she could have done anything that would have stopped him. They saw the baby's mother die too."
"That's why Bella was responsible for the baby I guess. did the kid say anything about Bella? If he touched her?"
"No nothing I'm afraid. That will be down to you to find out if I can't examine her."
"No Carlisle, she's too fragile right now, maybe later. How is the kid?"
"Doing better with Peter's help, a shock I can assure you but he is working wonders with her."
He didn't reply, I thought he was probably all out of emotions other than Bella's.
"We also think that Kat is his biological daughter and that she's spent most of her life in captivity."
"Then God and Peter help her. I have to go Carlisle, Bella's getting agitated again."
"OK son but keep in touch, we're all worried for you."
I put the phone down wishing I could tell him more, tell him that the animal never touched Bella but it was anyone's guess right now. We knew he was a rapist so I couldn't see why he would spare Bella. We could only hope and pray that somehow she had managed to avoid that particular horror.
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