Charlie was a part of Sons of Anarchy back in the day. He was on a run when he met Renee in Arizona. He and Renee lived together in Charming for a bit until she became fed up with the lifestyle and forces him to make a choice, the club or her. He picks Renee because he's never had someone love him so fully. That's when he becomes a nomad and moves to Arizona with Renee. 2 years later Renee Dyer becomes Renee Swan and Bella Swan is born only 1-year later. She had limited time with the sons because of Renee but when she did get to be around them...she thrived, especially around a short haired boy named Jaxson. At the young age, she learned how to change a tire, fix a broken rotator cuff etc. Renee couldn't stand the club by now and hated Bella being around Jax. So, she divorced Charlie. The club had his back no matter what, but he couldn't go back to that chapter. So, he took his belongings, said goodbye to SAMCRO and moved to Washington on the good graces of John Thomas Teller and The Washington State Nomads (Hell's Angels). The Hell's Angels needed a connection with the law enforcement in a small town by the name of Forks. Charlie saw it as a perfect place to lay low and still be himself, so he became chief. Years later Bella came to live with him and she met Edward Cullen. He tried, he really did but she just wouldn't give him a chance …he wasn't a certain blue-eyed, cigarette smoking biker. Edward's family kept trying to engage Bella but each time she let them down. They seemed to have some sort of obsession with the leather jacket, motorcycle riding girl. One-time Edward walked up on her smoking a cigarette after school while talking to Angela. Bella had had a rough day and was just trying to decompress a bit before the ride home and Edward came up to her and tried to convince her to stop smoking. Saying that it would end up killing her one day. She wouldn't hear it and ended up telling him off, ending her rant with " Why don't you take that fucking 9 inch stick out of your ass already!". From that day forward the Cullens left her alone. Bella Swan was 23 years old when she took the lives of 2 men and her father was murdered in front of her. This is where the story starts.