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Final Curtain

A/N:- Bella never came to Forks for high school cause it was Charlie who remarried not Renee and her stepmother made Cinderella's look good xx Alexis

Bella really didn't want to do this or be here, don't get me wrong she did love her dad, but with no one else to deal with Charlie and the wicked witch of the west's effects, it fell to her and her alone. She, the aforementioned witch, had no children of her own and sure as hell didn't want Bella around when she and Charlie were alive.

That woman was so god damn jealous of what little a relationship she had with her dad, they had married during the second half of Bella's junior year in high school, on October 19th and Charlie had to fight tooth and nail just to have her in the wedding party. Having an eighteen-year-old stepdaughter was not something 'Candy' wanted, it made her feel old she said.

Everyone knew she married Charlie for the money, he'd come into an inheritance and she was on him like a fly on shit, from that moment on, but Bella's great uncle Jonathon was no one's fool, his will stated that if anything happened to Charlie the money, businesses and properties went to Bella, bypassing his new wife altogether.

Charlie would only be able to live off the interest unless he became head of the publishing house of 'Swans, Flight's of Fantasy', but Charlie was a cop and had no interest in the business, Bella, on the other hand, had been groomed from childhood to be the woman at the top.

So here she was aged twenty-five, future head of a large national company, also the majority stockholder now, but she had had to work her way up through the business, so she could do and understand every job no matter how small. Working in the Phoenix branch every summer full time to learn the ropes, but during school only on Saturdays in the copy room.

When she went to college she had worked in the head office in Seattle, even though Charlie didn't live that far away he either came to see Bella, not the other way around or they met in La Push, at the Blacks house. Charlie's closest friend Billy lived there and Candy didn't care for him either, and well Bella in truth didn't care for Candy, so was quite happy about that.

The reason she was now there in 'Forks' was that they had both been killed outright by a drunk driver shooting a red light in Port Angeles, where they had been out to celebrate their wedding anniversary a week ago. The funeral was over and the sale of the house was pending, but some minor technicalities said she had to be a resident of Forks to deal with some of the paperwork, red tape and zone laws were talked about.

So Bella took bereavement leave from work and brought some proofreading with her and a couple of new manuscripts as well. It was late October and it was beautiful there in fall, but she was really a city girl at heart now, needing 'Starbucks' close by, wanting more than a choice of two for takeout, it was primitive she thought, but the diner did serve awesomely unhealthy food and Bella loved it.

Deputy Sherriff Lee had asked her to attend his taking over as the Chief, usually, the widow would do this, handing on the baton so to speak, so she agreed. That's where she first saw them, not one but seven vampires in Forks, dear god, had Charlie known? Did Billy know? Bella made an excuse to head for the ladies and text Billy Black her father's long time friend from 'La Push' the local reservation,

'Did you know there were 7 vampires in Forks? Bella' she was washing her hands when the reply came back

'Unfortunately yes! They are the Cullens, animal drinkers, they have a long-standing treaty with the tribe, Quill told you about it! Billy' Okay then,

'I'll phone you, no I'll come visit after Deputy Sherriff Lee's swearing-in! Bella', well hells teeth, whatever next. These were not the first vampires she'd met, but the ones from before were red-eyed ones, human drinkers.