Restoration Chapter Seven Update on AO3
Restoration Chapter Seven Update on FFn
Restoration Chapter Seven Update on TWCS
Bella was in a meeting with Marcus, his client, Jacob Black
and his daughter, Nessie. She felt her cell phone vibrate on the table. Picking
it up, she recognized the number and the handsome face that went along with it.
I miss you ~ E. She smiled softly,
running her fingers down the picture of the most handsome man. “Is that your
boyfriend?” asked Nessie.
“A friend,” Bella replied. “A very good friend.” She smiled
at her young client, running her fingers through her dark, chocolate hair.
Turning back to the phone, she responded. I
miss you, too ~ B
“Bella, are we all set for our meeting with Mrs. Black with
the mediators?” Marcus asked.
“Yes, Marcus. Nessie and I discussed at length what she
wanted. I told her that she had three options. The first one was to stay with
her grandparents in La Push while her parents figured out what was best,” Bella
said. “But, their age and disabilities are significant challenges that can’t be
ignored.”
“I don’t want to go there. It smells in their house,” Nessie
grumbled. “Old and nasty.”
“The second option was to stay with her mother,” Bella said.
Jacob growled at that. “Nessie said no to that, too. She told me about what
happens at her mother’s house and I don’t feel like it would be an appropriate
placement.”
“Mommy’s boyfriend looks at me funny,” Nessie shuddered.
“Like he wants to kiss me.” Nessie was seven and clearly afraid of her mother’s
boyfriend. Bella did not feel comfortable sending her into that environment.
“And the third option is to stay with you, Mr. Black,” Bella
explained. “That’s what Nessie wanted, but I also prepared another option if
your wife raises a ruckus. Nessie could stay with a friend of mine in Forks.
It’s close to your parents in La Push and near your place of employment in Port
Angeles. My friend, Esme Cullen and her husband, Carlisle, are upstanding
members of the community. They have a teenaged daughter that just turned
sixteen. They are registered foster parents with the state and have fostered
children before.”
“I want to stay with you, Daddy,” Nessie pouted. “But, Miss
Bella said that if Mommy is being mean, it could be a … What’s the word?”
“Compromise,” Bella laughed.
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