Stuck Between Good or Evil

Ch 3 Past life

When I got back no one was home. I headed towards the kitchen in seach of a snack. On the counter I saw a piece of of paper with my name at the top, picking it up it read;

Bella,
nana has gone to the docters with Lucy, Jake is off to work and I decided to meet up with some friends while you were out.
Help yourself to whatever you want and treat it like your own home.
Emmet.

Okay, so I'm here alone for who knows how long. I went to the fridge and looked for something to eat and/or drink. I found some salad from the night before and a can of Fanter. With a can of soda and bowl of saled in hand I made my way to the living room, sat on the couch and switched on the telly. Looking thourgh all the channels I left it on a movie that looked to be 20 years old.

my phone vibrated next to me, on the screen it showed a text from an unknowen number. Unlocking it read

Hey bells, James here. what you up to.

I texted back, Nm, just watching telly, wbu?-Bells

Im going through old boxes in the basement, I found some old photos of us before you moved-James

oh wow, I cant believe you still have them.-Bells

seems like I do, so hows was life after you moved?-James

That question made me stop and think, when mom died, dad didnt take it to well and started drinking, alot. Not long after he found to hard to cope, so he made us move because he thought it would help but it didnt, it made him drink more and even loose job after job, when I was 11, I got a job delivering papers, at 13 I stated to work at the pet shop and worked there untill I was 15. By then, dad was a hopeless wreck and even starting hurting me cuz I wasnt getting enough money for him and his beer. Along side school and studies, I worked in the morning at the pet shop and afterrnoons till late at night at wal-mart. I was surprised that I graduated High school. I even got a scholarship at a collage in New York. I know Emmet is going to collage in the UK and he thinks I might go with him but I havent told him about my sholarship yet but I know I have to soon. He doesnt know much about my past, we met a year ago when he was buying a pet for his little sister and we have been dating since, well after a few dates. A month before I finished yr 12, dad just vanished, I didnt know at first because there where times when he wasnt at home for a few days to a week. I only noticed when after school one day I found a letter and an old book on my bed. the letter was from dad,

To my dearist Isabella,

I know for the past 7 years I haven't been the best farther and I'm sorry for that. I just want you to know I love you with all my heart and leaving was the only choice I had to keep you safe. I hope one day you will understa and forgive me. This house you live in now was brought, and it is under your name so it is yours, everything is and you can do what you want with it. the book that was next to this was your mothers journal and will tell you who we really are, who you really are, why we had to go and why you will soon be having weired things going on with you, but dont worry those will all be good. once you read her book I want you to keep it a serect.

I'm sorry but I have to go now,
with all my love.

I still have that letter, I placed it in the front of mums journal, I have read the book, it had alot on who we where and why I never really fit in at school. It showed me how to contrel what was happing to me and how to hide it. The book had memeriors of her and dad before they settled down and had me. by the looks of it, they had a pretty awesome life before I came along.

I didnt like the house that much, so when I was 18 I sold it and with the money got a much better house in the town next over, only this house was a lot smaller, it didnt have 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms like the last, it had just 2 bedrooms with 1 bathroom. With it being smaller I could affored new furnature and sell the old sfuff. I kept my job at the pet store and wal-mart.

I am able to hide what I am but that comes with a con, it also hides others like me when im around them.

Snapping out of my thoughts I decided to text james back.

life was okay, got a job but not much happend, wbu?-bells

it was okay, but i wish u didnt move. oh crap i gtg, work, l8r.-james

Just as I sent bye back, Emmet walked though the door, he looked pissed. I swear he has anger issues.