When Dawn Breaks Chapter 22

"I'm so glad telling Charlie is now out of the way." Bella said as she and Rosalie were in the living room of Bella's house sitting on the couch watching tv, Rosalie laying down with her head on Bella's lap. "I'm especially glad he took it so well. Though him not reacting to you being a vampire was the most surprising."

"Yeah." Rosalie agreed. "I was expecting him to be at least a little bit concerned about that."

"Maybe it's the fact that you and your family drink animal blood made him more comfortable with it, but don't think I didn't notice the way you failed to mention that your changes came when you drank my blood." Bella told her.

Rosalie turned on her back to look at Bella. "Do you honestly think that would have been a good idea? I think saying we were imprints was enough of a shock for your father. If I told him that all the changes came from us having sex and you and I biting each other I don't think he would have appreciated that very much. I'm almost positive he would have went for his gun and I would never be allowed in this house again."

"Very true." Bella chuckled. "Do you think he really understood the imprint bond? I mean he seemed to understand that we were essentially married but do you think he will accept you staying the night?"

"I think if there is no funny business going on when he is home it shouldn't be a problem." Rosalie told her.

"You not wanting any funny business to happen?" Bella placed her hand on Rosalie's forehead. "Are you feeling alright?"

Rosalie swatted Bella's hand away. "I didn't say I never wanted to have sex with you again. I just meant it probably wasn't a good idea to do it with your father in the house."

"Well my father isn't in the house now." Bella raised an eyebrow." And we happen to be completely alone with no chance for interruptions."

Rosalie sat up and straddled Bella."I like the way you think. Will you turn off your phone?"

"I will. Charlie knows the house number so if it's important he can call that." Bella leaned in for a kiss.

Rosalie stood up,grabbed Bella and threw her body over her shoulder and carried her towards the stairs causing Bella to growl in outrage. "Good then let's take this upstairs where there is more room to play."

"Put me down you brute." Bella yelled hitting Rosalie on the butt .

"I'll show you a brute." Rosalie laughed throwing Bella on the bed making it creek. Just as she was making a move to jump on Bella the door bell rang."Are you expecting someone?"

Bella shook her head as she thought. "No, nobody I know would come here unannounced unless it was an emergency."

"If it's Alice or Emmett I'm going to kill them." Rosalie grumbled as she went to answer the door.

"If it is them I may just help you." Bella called out.

Not knowing who it could be Rosalie put on her best neutral expression to hide her irritation. Opening the door she was presented with a group of 4 people she didn't recognize. "Can I help you?"

"Holy shit, please say we aren't related to you to because you are smoking hot." A man in his twenties said. He was wearing what she was convinced was the nicest clothes he owned. A pair of tan slacks and a wrinkled white button up shirt. His hair was brown and slicked back with what looked like a whole vat of hair gel. The overwhelming smell of axe body spray hit Rosalie's nose making her hold back a gag.

Rosalie frowned. "Sorry?"

A man about her height with a balding head and mustache wearing a poorly fitted grey suit that barely covered the bulge of his stomach, and by the look of him,the man's father slapped the younger man upside the back of the head. "Shut up junior. That's not the way to talk to a lady."

"Yeah and she's Bella's girlfriend anyway." A teenage girl said glaring at him. She was dressed in a blue dress that would be better suited for a club than stopping by someone's house for a visit with the amount of cleavage and thigh she was showing off. Her hair was brown with red streaks colored throughout it and she was wearing heavy make up.

The last member of the foursome was a women. She was shorter than Rosalie and had blond hair that looked like it came from a bottle. She was wearing a black dress that was a little more conservative than the younger girl's but only slightly as it definitely wasn't something Rosalie would go out in public in. She finished the outfit with a fake pearl necklace and matching fake pearl earrings. "Now kids let's not fight, you are being rude."

Rosalie gave the woman a confused look as the woman held her hand out for Rosalie. Ignoring the hand Rosalie asked. "Can I help you?"

"Sorry where are our manner." The woman said dropping her hand. "I'm Shiela, this is my husband Robert but you can call him Bobby and these our kids Bobby Jr and Tracy."

Rosalie looked over the group. "That's great but what exactly do you want?"

"Well isn't obvious? We are here to meet Bella." Shiela told Rosalie. "Why I'm her aunt and these are her cousins."

Rosalie was suddenly very suspicious of these people."I didn't know Bella had an aunt or cousins."

"Well of course she does. I'm Charlie's older brother." Bobby said "We are extremely close, I'm surprised he never mentioned me."

"Riiiggghhhttt." Rosalie drawled." Be that as it may, Charlie isn't home right now. So if you would like you can call him and let him know you are in town and maybe meet up with him. I'm sure you have his number since you are so close."

"No, no that's ok. We didn't come to see Charlie, we came to see Bella. We've known Bella since she was a baby and when we saw a picture of her and Charlie in the paper, well we couldn't believe that his little Bella was all grown up. We figured since we were in town we would stop by." Shiela said obviously lying.

"Well Bella isn't home right now, so why don't I have her call you. I'm sure she can get your number from Charlie and then you can set up a time to have your reunion." Rosalie told them.

Shiela quickly hid her scowl. "Oh no, we can wait. I'm sure she will be back soon enough. I mean she wouldn't just leave you in her house all alone for that long."

Rosalie's temper was starting to boil out of control but before she could give these people a piece of her mind Charlie's police cruiser came pulling into the driveway. Rosalie realized Bella must of called him while she was dealing with them. As he got out of the car Rosalie smirked. "Oh look Charlie is here right now."

"What the hell are you doing here?" Charlie asked as he got out of his car and slammed the door shut.

Rosalie could hear Bobby gulp as Charlie walked purposely towards them. "Well we came to see my favorite brother of course."

Charlie ignored the group and looked at Rosalie. "Where's Bella? They didn't get to her did they?"

"I'm right here dad." Bella said as she made her way to the doorstep to stand beside Rosalie.

"Are you ok? Did they do anything? Ask for anything?" Charlie asked concerned.

Bella shook her head. "No, I was upstairs. Rosalie has been dealing with them until you got here."

"Good." Charlie turned back to the group. "Now what the hell are you doing here?I told you never to contact me again."

"Oh come on Charlie. That's all just history." Shiela said with a smarmy smile. "We have forgiven you for the way you acted and for stealing Bobby's inheritance from him. We just wanted to meet our niece and to have the chance for our children to form a relationship with their cousin."

Charlie's face turned red. "I didn't cheat anybody. My mother didn't leave you anything because she wasn't even related to you."

"Be that as it may, you should have shared it with us. We are your family after all." Sheila told Charlie. "You have also been so selfish Charlie. You didn't even tell us about Bella. Why, we had to learn about her from a newspaper. What kind of family hides their children from each other?"

"The kind that knows all of you well enough to know you aren't here for any other reason than you want something from my daughter. So why don't you get to the point so I can kick you off my property." Charlie told them.

"Shouldn't you ask Bella if she wants to get to know us?" Tracy asked. "You don't own her. She didn't even know about us. Maybe she wants to have a relationship with her family."

Charlie took a deep breath."Bella, I'm asking you to trust me right now. These are not the kind of people you want in your life."

"I'm with you dad." Bella told him and turned to the group. "While we may be family you are upsetting my father and I think it best that you leave."

Charlie gave Bella a big smile.”You heard her, she doesn't want to get to know you. So please leave."

"I see how it is, you have already poisoned her against us." Shiela scowled. "Bella I want you to give us a chance. There are two sides to every story and I don't think it's fair of you to just go along with your father without hearing our side first."

"Bella said her peace. It's time for you to go." Rosalie said as she crossed her arms over her chest and stared Shiela down. The woman tried to hold her gaze but quickly averted her eyes making Rosalie smirk.

"Nobody is talking to you blondie."Bobby Jr. told Rosalie as he took a step towards her.”So why don't you shut your pretty mouth and leave the family business to family."

Rosalie made a move towards Bobby Jr. but was cut off when Bella stepped forward and grabbed him by the shirt and lifted him in the air so he was eye level with her. "I want you to think very carefully how you want the next few moments of your life to play out. As soon as I set you down you can either apologize to my girlfriend and walk away or you can find out what meat taste like sucked through a straw because after I'm done with you your teeth won't be the only thing bashed in. The choice is yours."

Rosalie put her hand over her nose to cover the smell of urine as Bobby Jr. pissed himself and started crying. "Bella put him down. I'm fine. I've heard worse."

"I don't care if you've worse. This maggot needs to learn some respect when speaking to you." Bella growled out as she threw Bobby Jr to the ground.

Rosalie stepped forward and grabbed Bella's arm as she began to advance on the crying man who was scrambling backward to get away from Bella. She leaned close to Bella and reminded her with a whisper. "Human nature. They don't know any better. He could never understand our bond. Hurting him would only make you feel guilty later."

"You're right." Bella put her arm around Rosalie and pulled her close kissing Rosalie on the head. "Thank you sweetheart."

Rosalie smiled up at Bella. Looking around Rosalie saw Shiela glaring at Charlie while Bobby Sr. was helping Bobby Jr. off the ground and Tracy was playing with her phone. Charlie was looking more pissed off than Bella had and Rosalie was afraid he may pull his gun. "I think it's time for all of you to go. You've upset not only Charlie but Bella as well and neither want you here anymore."

Shiela put her chin in the air. "I see how it is. Charlie thinks he's to good for his own family now that he has a billionaire daughter. Well let me tell you about your father Bella. He is liar and a manipulative man who screwed his whole family out of their rightful inheritance. Inheritance he didn't need if you're his daughter. I bet he has you paying for everything now. I'm surprised you still live in this old house and haven't made Bella buy you a huge mansion, Charlie."

"That's enough." Charlie told her his face full of fury. "It's time for you to go. Don't come back and stay away from Bella. I don't want to hear of you sniffing around again. She doesn't need any of you people in her life."

"Whatever. Let's go kids." Shiela said motioning for her family to follow behind her as she made her way to a beat up Dodge neon.

Charlie spoke after the car had driven completely out of sight. "I'm sorry Bella. I should have realized they would come to see you."

"It's ok dad." Bella laid a hand on Charlie's shoulder. "They are gone and we are perfectly fine."

"The same can't be said for poor JR." Rosalie said with a chuckle.

Charlie smiled. "That was pretty impressive Bells. I didn't realize how formable you were in your human form."

"I guess my temper got the better of me."Bella blushed. "I usually have more control than that."

"I guess you girls are wondering who those people are, aren't you?" Charlie asked.

"Dad, we only want to know if you want to tell us. I trust you enough to know to stay away from them." Bella told him.

"Why don't we go inside and discuss this? I think we have given the neighbors enough of a show for the day." Charlie said leading the way into the living room where he sat in his recliner while Rosalie and Bella sat on the couch.

"Seriously Dad if you don't want to tell us anything we don't mind." Bella told him again.

"No, I should have told you this a long time ago. I honestly try not to think about them anymore." Charlie sighed. "So that was my brother Robert and his family. He is actually my half brother. We have the same father. As I've told you before my mother was the kindest most caring woman I have ever known. How she got together with my father is still a big mystery to me but she claimed that when they first started dating he was a stand up guy who even impressed her very religious parents. It was after they were married that his true colors came out. What my mother and her parents didn't know was that my father already had two children by two different women. One of them conceived while he was engaged to my mother. He also had a very bad gambling problem. My mother put up with his bullshit for about two years then she got pregnant with me. She decided that I deserved a better life than my father could ever give me so she left him and moved in with her parents where her and I stayed with them until they died. This is actually their house."

"It's a beautiful home Charlie." Rosalie told the man to give him a moment to collect himself.

Charlie smiled. "Thank you. All of my best memories were made here. Minus meeting you of course Bella. While living here my father would show up randomly asking for money or a place to stay. Getting a no every time he showed up he changed tactics and started bringing his other kids around to try and guilt my mother into giving him money to support his kids. He would claim they had no food or heat and stuff like that. My mother gave in a few times a first but then my father would randomly leave the kids here and my mother finally had enough. The last time he came by with his kids my grandfather got into an argument with him and during the argument my father became violent and broke my grandfather's arm. The police were called and a restraining order was put in place. My father stayed away after that or if he did come by I was never told."

"It now makes sense why you were so set on not getting the monthly allowance Rene got for having custody." Bella said.

"I never want you to think I'm after anything but a relationship with you Bella." Charlie shook his head. "When I was in high school Bobby and my other brother Dan would come over on the pretense of spending time with me but usually they just wanted a place to hide out or would rob us. My father's family is the reason I went into law enforcement. None of them have amounted to much, more willing to pull a con than get a job. I actually feel bad for Bobby Jr. and Tracy because they never had a chance to be anything other than what their parents turned them into. I won't keep you away from them if you really want to know them Bella, but I want to warn you not to trust them. This is the first time I've seen or heard from them in the last five years and at that time Shiela was trying to get me to get the assault charges dropped against Bobby after he got into a bar fight. They aren't good people. They think about themselves and never put anyone else first."

"I told you, I trust you Dad."Bella reached out to take Charlie's hand and gave it a squeeze."If you say they aren't good people then I will gladly stay away from them."

Charlie stood up and pulled Bella into a hug."Thank you Bells."

"I was going to start dinner soon, are you going to stay for it?" Rosalie asked Charlie as he released Bella from the hug.

Charlie turned his face away from them and wiped his eyes. "No I need to get back to work. I just came back to deal with those guys."

"Ok, well we will save you some." Bella told him.

"Are you staying the night?" Charlie asked Rosalie.

Rosalie cleared her throat suddenly unsure of herself. "I was hoping I could but didn't know if you would be ok with it."

"I talked to Billy a bit more about what the imprint bond meant and although I'm not hundred percent sure I'm ok with my 17 yr old daughter being essentially supernaturally married, I want you both to know I support your relationship and understand spending time away from each other isn't healthy for you. Also it would make me feel better knowing Bella isn't here by herself." Charlie explained.

"Then yes I'm staying the night." Rosalie told him with more confidence.

Charlie made his way to the front door"Good I'll see you two girls in the morning."

"Night dad." Bella called after him.

Rosalie put her arms around Bella and smiled when she heard Bella's stomach rumble. "Come on my ferocious beast, let's feed you before you turn to hunting humans."