LOGINBella's Pov"Everything on?" A female officer asked after I whined down my window. We were so lost in the moment, we didn't even notice the car when it parked behind us."Yes everything is good, just talking." Roger said, beating me to answer.The officer looked at my tear streaked face and I smiled to reassure her."Are you sure?" she asked me personally this time. Looks like I'm going to have to say it out loud for her to let it go, I thought. "Yes officer, I'm ok. This is my brother I just reunited with after 5 years” I said, smiling at her still.“Then why are you guys crying,” she asked. “I've been parked behind your car for hours now observing. Three hours to be exact,” “Oh wow, so long?” I asked.“Shit, we almost missed our dinner reservation,” Roger muttered under his breath while running a hand through his hair.The officer didn’t look convinced. “Step out of the vehicle, both of you,” she said firmly. Roger and I exchanged a quick glance.“Seriously?” he asked.“Sir, please
Gabriel's Pov My heart starts to pound faster in my chest. “A car?” I asked.My body stiffened. Not because of the car but the thought of someone watching me.“Yes,” he said. “I'm trying to zoom up to see if I can see who is in it,”“Can you send me the footage?”“Sure,”“I sent it, check your email. The file is too large for the message app,” he said and my phone buzzed with a notification.“Well that is expected because it is the house camera footage,”“How far in the video does the car show up?”“Check 1 hour and 45 minutes in and you will see the car parking,”“Yeah I'm seeing it. Try to see if you can get a clear picture of the logo on the side of the car,” “Wait, I just sent you this and you already spotted something I haven't seen yet and I'm looking at this for how long now?” He was surprised, as if not knowing who I am.“Just remember I'm me, and you're, well… you,” I said sarcastically.“Haha, very funny,” he said, matching my energy.“So did you find anything?” “No, it's
Bella's Pov “Bella?” Roger called but nothing from me. “Bella, please talk to me. Are you okay?” He asked worriedly.A strange image flashed in my mind. Something like a memory. Two boys chased me around a garden while I laughed. It was still kind of foggy, I couldn't see the boys' faces clearly but I could hear my carefree laughter as clear as day. The green grass spreads across the wide plot of land and the flowers blooming along the edges of the fence. The scene shifted to the taller boy running ahead towards the tree and we followed him closely. “Bella, please say something. Don't scare me like this,” he said with a shaky voice that snapped me out of the strange memory. My head was throbbing and my heart was beating fast.“I saw something,” I said slowly letting go of my head. I turned around to see that he was crying. I was shocked. “I'm ok Roger, please don't cry,” I said feeling guilty.I didn't know my disappearance had affected them this much. “You scared me. I thought
Gabriel’s Pov“I can't find anything on him,” “It's like they have someone protecting his information. The only thing on the surface is his basic information,” “Nothing?” I repeated myself, my grip tightening around the phone.“Nothing useful,” Dex said. “Your father covered his tracks or he has someone doing it for him,” he added.An idea came to me, “Check if you can find anything on that bastard,”“Okay, I'm going to check and call you back,”“I need to find something, at least a clue. Just something, anything to get me out of this shit. Damn it!” I almost threw my phone to the ground when I saw a call coming in from Dex again.“Anything?” “Sorry bro, nothing at all. It's the same thing as your father's,”“Those sneaky bastards,” I grunted.“What about their financial records? Phone history?” “I'm blocked from the financial records and their phone histories are cleared,” “I don't think they are working alone. They have someone covering their tracks,” I said, pacing across the
Bella’s Pov“For?” I asked, confused. “You're going to meet Roger. He is boasting that he is going to pick you up,” I was dumbfounded. ‘Out of all the possible things, this is what he’s jealous about?’ I thought.“Are you serious?” I asked, still trying to figure out what's going on.“Yes, I'm dead serious. I wanted to meet you first,” he said, acting childish. Sometimes I really have to wonder if I'm the youngest, or if it's actually them. “Send me your dorm location. I want to take you out too,”“I will but I can't be in two places at once,” I said smiling. “I will not interfere with him taking you out first but please promise me I will get to take you out tomorrow,”“Okay, I promise,”“Good, see you soon,” he said, sounding so happy.“Bella, someone is at the door,” Lissa shouted from the living room scared.“I have to go, see you soon big brother,” I hung up the phone and ran to the door. I peeked through the peephole before opening the door this time. “Hello, how may I help y
Bella’s Pov“Bel, wake up,” Lissa called, shaking me.“Hmn,” I groaned. “Five more minutes please,” “Get up, we fell asleep on the floor,” she dragged my hands trying to get me to stand. “What?” I asked, freeing one of my hands to rub my eyes. I looked around to see what she was talking about. “Oh, I guess we did,” I got up from the floor. “What time is it now?” I asked.“It's almost 11 p.m.” “I'm going to my room to finish sleeping,” “Before I go, are you ok? How are you feeling?”She sighed, “the event is still on my mind,”“It's going to take me a while to get over it,”“It's ok. I understand, that's not something you're going to get over fast because that was a trauma. It is something you ensured before getting away. Him showing up brought all those memories back,” “It's going to take you a while again to bury it. We just have to do things that will get your mind off it,” I said smiling. I yawned, “I'm going to finish getting my rest. Goodnight,” I waved at her and she sm
Bella’s PovHours later, when we finally landed in San Diego, my stomach twisted again. I know for a fact this time it's not from nausea, but from nerves. This city held too many unfinished conversations.“I’m glad you decided to go with the plane this time. I couldn't take another 14 hours of a ha
Bella’s POV“Three, two, one…” I slowly opened my eyes. My fingers trembled as I lowered my hand.For a second, I couldn’t see it clearly. My vision blurred, and my heart pounded so loudly that it felt like it was echoing in my ears. I lost my balance and almost fell but Lissa caught me and braced
Bella’s Pov“Mom, I have something to talk to you about,” I shouted from my room after Lissa left.I went to the living room to see mom and dad sitting waiting for me to come in. “What is it you want to talk to me about?”I sat down beside her and held her hand, “I’m going to head back to San Diego
Gabriel PovI felt someone grab my hand but my head was in a daze. “Let go of me, I don't want anyone to touch me other than Bella” “Do you really love her that much?”“Yes I do, but she left unexpectedly and I can't find her no matter how hard I try,” I said, spilling my guts to her. I shook my h







