Remember Me (Sequel To Forgotten)

Dead or Alive

Remember Me

Chapter 1: Dead or Alive

Bella's POV

They say laughter is the best cure for anything. Love comes from heart and soul. Hold on to the memories that make your life more extraordinary by the second. And never let go of the people who love you, who help make your life what it is today.

Love is precious. Life is precious. In the wrong hands, it can lead to a great amount of trouble.

Lies can kill, though.

The woman from the café stood in the doorway. "Can I help you?" I asked coldly.

"May I come in?" She asked softly, as if she were about to cry.

I made sure Zayn and Liam were standing by, incase she was some kind of murderer. I opened the door a little more, and she walked in. "Sit," I said.

She sat at the table in the dining room. I motioned for Liam and Zayn to join us. They say on either side of me, and I stared at the lady's tired, sad face. "It's been a while," she said.

"Who the hell are you?" I asked.

She looked at me, and then got the same picture out of her bag that she had at the café on Saturday night. "My name is Maya Williams."

"What do you want?" I asked. This is so wrong. She shouldn't even be here right now, and yet she sat in this very room, her hands wrapped around a picture that practically turned my life the opposite way.

"I want you to listen to me," she said softly.

"I don't think you deserve my attention. Are you, or are you not who I think you are?"

"I'm the mother of Isabella Jane Williams, and I need your help. I need to find her. That's me and my son, Russell, in your picture."

I looked at Liam and Zayn, and finally said, "she's not around."

"Please, Bella." She put her cold hand on mine.

"No!" I yelled, standing up. "You do not have the right to be here now! I don't know who you are, but I want you out immediately!"

I heard footsteps coming down the stairs and into the room. Niall joined the conversation. He sat down with Zayn and Liam, keeping his eyes on me. "Niall," the lady's voice dragged out his name.

"That's enough," I said. I was getting more and more frustrated by the second. "I can't believe you!"

"Bella. My baby girl," she said. Tears streamed down her face.

"No," I protested. "I have no idea who you are."

"Maya," she said. "Mother of Russell and Isabella Williams."

"Russell is dead," I said. Niall squeezed my hand tight.

"And I thought you were, too."

"I might as well be," I said.

"Bella," Niall whispered.

"No. It's not like a matter to you, Maya. Because all this time I thought I killed you when I was born, but really, everyone was just lying?! Is that what you trying to tell me?!"

"No!" She cried. "I left to keep you safe."

"Safe from what?! You don't know what has happened to me! I would've been perfectly fine with a mom, you know!"

"Bella," she said. "Listen to me."

"No, I'm done. I'm done listening to your lies. So if you'll excuse me, I have better things to worry about."