Isabella Belifield

Chapter 23

Edward's POV

                I must admit that I was anxious.  I wanted to see Bella again, though I still didn't know why. 

                Everyone filed out of the vehicles and I got a good look at Alexander and Samantha, the 2 doctors that Carlisle now works with.  They were vampires yet doctors, which Carlisle was ecstatic to learn about. 

                "I'd like to request in advance that you not judge our newest arrivals" Alexander said as he led us to the front door.  "They do have superb self-control for their age."

                "How old is that?" Jasper asked cautiously. 

                "About a year" Samantha answered.  "They still have the red eyes of a newborn so they are not attending school, neither are their mates."

                "Is it really wise to be keeping newborns this close to a town?" Jasper asked.  He then mentally kicked himself and hoped that he didn't offend them somehow. 

                "That's half the reason their mates are always with them" Alexander chuckled. 

                We walked into the house.  Esme was gawking, of course.  She loves designing and this place was amazing.  It was a balance between 21st century technology, medieval decorations, and a lot of color. 

                "Dora and Bella designed this place, along with just about every other house we have" Samantha told Esme as we walked into the family room. 

                "Esme" a girl gasped from the stairs. 

                Esme's head jolted in the direction of the voice and she froze.  The girl's hair suddenly went from silver to brown. 

                Jasper - What the hell?

                Just about everyone was thinking that.  Even Carlisle was confused. 

                Esme bolted out of Carlisle's grasp and was suddenly at the foot of the stairs.  Her mind was going a mile a minute and I didn't have to read Jasper's mind to know that her emotions were the same way. 

                "How did this happen?" Esme asked in a shriek. 

                "Uh..." was the girl's response as she nervously walked down the stairs at a slow pace. 

                "Dora..." Esme warned. 

                "Listen, you are in no place to lecture me about this" the girl hissed.  "What the hell were you thinking?" she screamed at her. 

                "By trying to kill myself" Esme sighed, looking down. 

                The girl closed the distance between them and dug her face into Esme's hair, holding her tight. 

                "Luckily, Bella was hunting at the time" a boy with red eyes sighed.  "I'd rather not imagine a life without my little Nymph."

                "That's Jonathan" the girl introduced without looking up.  "He's my mate."

                "Yup.  So, is this your big sis?" he asked her. 

                "Yup" the girl laughed.  "I guess I'm not the only one with an older sibling in this coven."

                "Really?" Esme asked. 

                By now, there were 5 other vampires with us.  Bella was not among them. 

                Slowly, Esme and the girl released each other.  The girl poked her head around Esme's figure to see us all staring in shock and confusion. 

                "Just in case Esme never told you guys about me, I'm her little sister, Nymphadora Platt" the girl told us.  "Though, I prefer Dora.  I have no idea what Mother was thinking when she decided on 'Nymphadora'."

                Esme chuckled at that. 

                Everyone was shocked at that, especially Carlisle. 

                "So, it seems I have found a long lost sister-in-law" Carlisle said to no one in particular. 

                His mind, like the rest of my families' minds, was going a mile a minute, trying to absorb all of this.