EPOV (Five years later)

'And she ran into the rain. She was finally free.'

Nah. The end of my last novel sucked ass. I just couldn't get it right.

I decided to rearrange the objects on my desk to clear my mind.

First, our wedding picture. I had to take it on my hands and smile. It was one of the best days of my life.

It took place five months after our ordeal. We needed to be sure the investigation was closed and then we have to be sure we could leave the country for our honeymoon. Yeah, it was bothersome but they had to made sure because it wasn't only Jenks looking out for Esme. Her parents couldn't believe she left just like that.

I remember how beautiful Bella looked in her white gown. Her eyes shone like never before. We had a very intimate wedding, only a few of our friends were present. Alice's attention to details transformed her backyard into a fairyland. With little white lights shinning on the trees, white flowers decorating every table, white bows falling from the bushes. Then there was Bella's gorgeous figure in that dress. She was flawless.

I remember how lovely were our vows, how fun was to dance and make a fool of ourselves with our friends. Then when we left, Bella gave me the best gift one could receive. She told me we were pregnant.

"Edwaaard!" Talking about my love.

"In my office, dear!"

The door opened and here she came... with our four-year old son Elliot.

"Take care of him while I go to the store for some things I forgot. Don't let him draw on the walls or you will be the one cleaning it." Bella left in a whim.

Elliot giggled. He obviously remembered the day he painted a house on the hallway. It took us three days to clean that mess.

"Elliot, you'll behave for Daddy, right?"

"Yes Daddy." But he had that same crooked smile I had when I was up to no good. My son was jut like me. The only thing he got from Bella was the hair, thanks God because my hair is a mess.

"Look, why don't you bring your cars and we can play while Mom comes back."

Elliot ran for his cars. I love him to pieces but he was too much to handle some days, and he had that look today... today when everybody was coming to have dinner with us and if we left something out-of-place Bella would have our behinds.

Alec was moving back, he finished college and decided to take a year to travel around the world with his girlfriend Jill before settling around here. He was somehow unsure of what to do with his degree on Business management. He called and told us he had news. I guess he finally decided.

Quil finished college and decided to work for Carlisle. He idolized him to the point of working part-time while he finished his degree on computer science. Now, Quil was a natural and had a way to think outside the box that left us perplexed from time to time. He helped the guys to improve that machine who kept the spirits trapped. Now it was made of three little boxes and few wires. It was a success. People from all over the world called Carlisle and his team to clean their buildings of 'poltergeist' or 'ghosts'. They tampered with the machine, in way that it sent the spirits back to the other side always successfully. Jasper and Seth were proud of their newest partner.

They were the only ones who kept working with the supernatural.

Bella became my agent/manager/assistant and tamer. She was excellent to deal with fans, my editor and Aro. She organized interviews, tours, photo shoots and everything related to my writing. She was awesome and it kept her away from any supernatural deals. The only thing she let me do is to answer fan mail. It really gets in her nerves.

We told Rosalie and Emmett about his father's demise, and they were fast to move here to Seattle. It seems they weren't so fond of little Forks after all. We helped them to open a car repair shop, because Rose was great with cars, and soon she had help. Alice found her new vocation. She was great to help with the designs of the cars and talking to potential clients.

So life was really good for us. And now Alec was back.

Shit, that meant Jenks coming to dinner with us. He still believes he owes to Aunt Jane to check on Alec's life, and with time, he became a good friend to Alec and Bella. He and I will never be friends though.

The sweet laugh of my kid brought me back from my musings.

"Daddy! I drew pretty cars."

Shit, not the walls again. "Elliot!"

xxxx

"Alice this pie is to die for. Where did you find the recipe?" Carlisle asked, still licking his spoon. He really enjoyed dessert.

Alice blushed before answering. "Well, it isn't mine. One of our... clients is opening a bakery and she gave it to me. I guess we should invest on her business, my intuition tells me so." She winked at me.

Alice's gift still works, but after Esme's debacle she wasn't so sure to trust it. Bella always told her that her gift and my intuition worked fine, that she was the one in the wrong giving Esme a chance when we all got bad vibes from her. But Alice is still unsure. Nevertheless, when she told me she prefered we stayed at home instead of going out to a dinner across the city, we were promptly to listen; and we avoided a terrible accident. So I guess she still has it.

"Count me on! This pie is delicious!" Jenks also was licking his spoon.

"So guys," Alec stood up and took Jill's hand, "I decided what I want to do. And I'm glad you liked the pie and seem so ready to invest in the bakery. See, Jill had all this courses in culinary arts and she was the one who made the pie. We discussed it, and we want to open a bakery together."

We all cheered and congratulated them. We were worried he decided to move far from us, and felt relieved when he told us he was staying.

Jenks asked me to have a few words with him, so I guided him to my office.

"What I want to say to you isn't easy, but I am man enough to say it. I apologize for doubting your intentions all these years."

Uh? Of all the things I thought he would tell me...

"Hmm, apology accepted, but may I ask what made you change your mind?"

"If I'm honest, I felt very protective of Esme at the beginning because every person that came to her, was up to something. So when you came telling me she stole something... " He shook his head. "Anyway, all this time you always had Alec's best interest in mind and I think I should thank you for making my work with him easier."

"We consider him part of our family."

"I know, and you may think why does it matter to me? Well, Aunt Jane was my mother's second cousin, so we're related. My family was never close and we lose contact, but when Jane came with her concerns and asked me to act from afar to not scare Alec and give his parents a chance to steal his inheritance I followed her instructions despite what my guts told me. Now, I found that my side of the family wronged Jane's side and I think Alec may be resentful if he found out we're family. So please, keep it for yourself."

"And about your change of mind?"

"Well, it came to my knowledge what Bella used to do for living."

In that moment I felt like someone kicked on my stomach.

"Don't be scared. First I thought it was a scam, so it added to my distrust on you. But recent events showed me I was wrong and after looking at certain tape I'm sure Esme got delusional in her efforts to recover her daughter."

Shit, shit!

"Like I told you, don't be scared. Carlisle showed me a few tapes from Bella's sessions and now I'm a believer. I admire your efforts to recover your wife and certainly my opinion on Esme changed drastically. So do you forgive me for thinking you were trying to take advantage of Esme and Alec?"

He gave me his hand to shake. Of course I forgave him, but I had to make sure he would never tell.

"Just please, keep it quiet. We never mention the sessions. It's all in the past."

"I swear I will never tell."

xxxx

Finally everybody left. I was giving Elliot a bath and hearing Bella singing while she cleaned the dinning room.

"Daddy! I see her again! She's smiling!"

Immediately I turned around, thinking Bella was trying to scare me. No one was there.

"Elliot, are you trying to scare Daddy?"

"No, she's there. She looks like Mom, but she's dressed in white."

Suddenly I felt a soft warm breeze passing on my back. Something else was here.

"Bellaa! Please, come here!"

I tried to not sound scared, but honestly, I was peeing in my pants.

"What's wrong... oh!" Bella was behind me.

For a minute she stood frozen in her place, then she closed her eyes. I was terrified she would try to communicate with whatever was in the bathroom. Elliot giggles put us out of our trance.

"No, I won't tell. It's a secret." Elliot answered to whatever the spirit said. I took him out of the bathtub and wrapped him in a towel.

Bella finally said something. "It's my Mom."

Then she turned to Elliot. "Please honey, never talk to strangers. This time it was someone we trust but I really don't want you to talk to any of them. If someone comes to you, you have to tell me or Daddy. It's really important."

Elliot got serious. He never saw Bella so worried or someone so scared as I was.

"Ok Mommy."

She took him to dress in his jammies, but I wanted to know what did Renee told him. Was he in danger? Why did she chose to talk to him today, when I was giving him a bath?

When I got into his room, Bella already had dressed him and asked him to choose a book to read before bed.

"Come here baby." She took my hand and led me to the hallway.

"Don't worry Edward. He's like my mother. We'll have to check on him, to make him understand what this gift entails..." She was looking into my eyes, so unsure of herself.

I exhaled. I knew it was a possibility when I married her.

"Don't panic Edward, but there's more."

Uh?

She took my hand and put it in her belly. "We're pregnant again. Please tell me we can handle this."

For a second I thought about it. Another baby like Elliot, like Bella... then I looked into her eyes. She's so beautiful, and sweet, she gave me the best gift, our son. Elliot is the light of our eyes.

I held her in my arms.

"Don't worry, we'll make it. As long as we have each other..."

"I love you Edward."

"I love you Bella."

Indeed, with the love we have for each other, the support of our family, I'm sure we'll make it.

Hi!

First and before I say anything else... Sorry for taking so long to post.

I got an awful stomach infection that put me on bed for a few days.

Now, someone asked me if I was thinking of writing a sequel; honestly I never thought about it. I think I told their story and this is where I like it to end. But never say never. But for now... this is where it ends.

Thank you for coming in this journe with me and I hope to see you in another one.

May