Nessie's POV
I liked Mr. Edward. Momma did too. He didn't scare me anymore and I knew that he would never hurt me or Momma like Mr. James did.
He came over a lot now… sometimes in his police uniform and sometimes in normal clothes. I could tell that Momma really liked him… when he came over she smiled more and was happier. She still didn't want to go anywhere but when Mr. Edward came they would take me to the park to play and they would sometimes play with me on the swing before they would sit down and talk. They talked a lot, and sometimes she even hugged him. Momma didn't hug anybody else except for me.
"Nessie?" My Momma called my name and I said 'yes' while I played with the doll that Mrs. Rosalie gave me. She was so pretty and I loved playing with her hair.
"Nessie… I was talking to Grandpa… he's got to stay late at work tonight." She told me as she came into the room, seeing me sitting on the floor playing. "How would you feel about going over to Mr. Edward's house for dinner? He lives with Mrs. Esme and Dr. Cullen…" She told me and I smiled. I liked the idea of going somewhere else… Momma kept telling me that we didn't have to stay in one room anymore but I still didn't get to go out of our new house very much either… just to the park. Momma kept saying we could go out other places soon.
Momma spent a long time getting ready to go. She put on the blue dress that Mrs. Alice bought for her and then she brushed and brushed her hair. Then she tried to put on the makeup that Mrs. Alice brought… but she didn't like it and wiped it off again.
After that she helped me get ready. She let me pick out my own dress… I picked out the dark green one that Mrs. Esme bought me. It was my favourite. I brushed my own hair and tried to pretend that I looked as pretty as Momma did… I didn't think that I was that pretty, but everyone kept telling me how much I looked like her so maybe I was.
Finally Mr. Edward came to get us. I was excited and Momma looked like she was too, but when Mr. Edward helped us into the car she got really quiet and I knew that she was also scared.
Mr. Edward's house was huge! Momma told me it was big but when we got there and we went inside I thought the house would just swallow me up and I would be lost forever, but then he showed us everything… it was a little bit confusing because there were so many rooms, but it was neat too. There was a whole wall made out of glass so that you could see outside and when we were waiting for supper I looked out and there was a deer in the backyard. Mr. Edward says there are lots of deer and other animals around his house.
"So Nessie," Dr. Cullen said my name and I turned away from the window and looked at him. Momma was in the kitchen helping Mrs. Esme… she said she wanted to learn how to cook better and Mrs. Esme said she would show her a few things.
"Yes Dr. Cullen?" I answered him automatically and sat down on the huge couch. It was so soft I wanted to jump up and down on it… but I knew better than that now.
"Edward here says you've been doing a lot of artwork since you've come home from the hospital." He said. It wasn't really a question so I just said 'yes'.
"What do you like to draw the most?" He asked and I thought about it for a minute.
"I draw everything I see." I said first. "Mr. Edward brought me lots of notebooks and pencils and markers and even paints. And he showed me how to use Momma's phone to find movies about how to draw like a real artist." I kept going, watching him while he watched me. He seemed to really care about my answer. "I draw the stuff I see in Grandpa's house and the trees outside the most though. I want to remember it if I have to go back to the shed again…" I stopped talking when I saw Dr. Cullen's face turn different. He looked mad and I was worried I said something bad.
"Nessie, you know that you never have to go back to that shed again… right?" Mr. Edward had been standing by the doorway but he came over to me and sat down beside me when I said that. He looked sad.
"Momma says we won't have to go back. But I still have lots of dreams about it and it sometimes makes me scared and I think that I will do something bad and have to go back there. Sometimes in my dreams it's all by myself and sometimes it's with Momma again." I didn't know if I should tell them this but I was scared still and Momma didn't like to talk about it at all.
"I promise you Ness… cross my heart… that you will never have to go back there." Mr. Edward reached out and picked me up, pulling me onto his lap and I reached around his neck and held onto him. He gave the best hugs and I always felt safe with him.
"And whenever you get scared or have bad dreams, you can always talk to me… we can always talk about how you're feeling and it's important to know that you aren't alone." He told me after I let go and started to wipe my cheeks. I had started to cry again.
"If I'm not available, you can always talk to Grandpa Charlie or Carlisle or Esme… or even Alice." He assured me and I smiled at him. I liked Mr. Edward… he always knew what to say.
"I brought my book with me… do you want to see the picture I'm working on?" I looked back at Dr. Cullen. He looked okay again, not mad anymore. When I asked him he nodded his head and smiled so I jumped out of Edward's lap and went back to the kitchen where I had left my book and pencils.
I felt better. I didn't know that I could talk about my feelings with so many people before, but now I did and I felt a lot less scared. Coming out with Mr. Edward and leaving Grandpa's house for a little while was a good thing.
Hopefully it was good for Momma too.