17. Bella

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Rennie

A seven year old - I guessed how old she was - with a porcelain doll look walked up to me.

"Hello, I'm Carlie Cullen," she introduced herself in a high soprano voice.  "It's very nice to meet you."

"Uh, hey, I'm Rennie." I replied simply.

It was odd.  She was like ten years younger than me but she sounded older than me.  How was that possible?

"May I?" she asked.

"Yes," I said, even though I had no idea what she meant.

Carlie took my hand, smiled at me then my mind was catapulted into a thousand other memories - ones that were not mine.  Running....eating.....millions of other things I can't remember.  But the last image I can't banish.  A woman not much older than me lying on a table covered in blood.  She was broken, wounded....she was dead.

I gasped and Carlie's hand fell.

"Who was that?" I asked.

"Her mother." Carlisle answered.  "Isabella Marie Swan Cullen."

I didn't know her but her name sent a jolt through me.

"Bella," I breathed.

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