God Love Her Chapter Twenty-two Teaser

“It’s been abandoned for eight years now.”
Startled, I turned away from the house’s rotting fence to look at a young woman who stood at the next house’s mailbox. She had tired blue eyes and was still wearing a worn pink bathrobe, which was tied tightly at the waist.
“I’ve lived here for five years, and no one’s ever looked that place. The woman I bought my place from said that the couple who used to live there packed up and moved to Florida three years before I came. I wish I could afford to move to Florida.” Her eyes turned distant and she turned her face upward, as if she could feel the Florida sun on her face. “But they’re gone now, and that eyesore is condemned. They’ll be tearing it down next Friday. What are you looking at it for, anyway?”
“I used to live there,” I replied. “It was a long time ago.”
“Well, you look like you’ve gone up in the world since then.” The woman nodded at my clothes. They were the ones from the day Bella and I had left Forks. Clothes that Esme had bought for me. I supposed that they would seem pretty fancy in this neighbourhood. Esme only bought high end merchandise. “If I were you, I’d go back to wherever you’re from and forget about this place. Anywhere has to be better than this.”
The woman took her mail out of her mailbox and stuck it under her arm. She gave me a small wave and entered her house, closing the door firmly behind her.
I looked back at the other house longingly. I had hoped that I would be able to come here and find my closure and be able to return to Bella. I had only lived in two places in Chicago. This house, and one other that remembered very well.
A group home. My first group home. It was where I had gotten my first taste of crime, and where my (rather lengthy) juvenile record had its humble beginnings.
With one last look at the decrepit house, I started my bike and rode towards the last place I really wanted to go.

God Love Her Playlist

I have been asked for a complete list of the songs that have inspired "God Love Her." It's still in the making as I am continuously adding more songs, but this is what I have so far:

God Love Her- Toby Keith
Didn’t Even See The Dust- Paul Brandt
You’re Not Sorry- Taylor Swift
Picture to Burn- Taylor Swift
Catch Me- Demi Lovato
Gypsy In My Soul- Johnny Reid
Breakaway- Kelly Clarkson
Won’t Back Down- Tom Petty
Cowboy Take Me Away- Dixie Chicks
Risk- Paul Brandt.
I Run to You- Lady Antebellum
Stand- Rascal Flatts
Untouchable- Taylor Swift
Leavin’- Paul Brandt
Unravelling- Julianne Hough
Lessons Learned- Carrie Underwood
What Would You Say- Poverty Plainsmen
Feel That Fire- Dierks Bentley
Unwritten- Natasha Bedingfield
Where No One Knows Me- Jan Arden
If Today Was Your Last Day- Nickelback
Truck Got Stuck- Corb Lund
Wild Angels- Martina McBride
Crazier- Taylor Swift
Born to Fly- Sara Evans
Fearless- Taylor Swift
I Can Love You Like That- Mark Wills
Collide- Howie Day
Self Portrait- Stephanie Smith
StarStrukk- 3oh3
Love Game- Lady GaGa
Georgia- Carolyn Dawn Johnson
I Can Love Anyone- One More Girl
Firecracker- Josh Turner
Wild At Heart- Gloriana
Mary’s Song (Oh My My)- Taylor Swift
Turn and Turn Again- All Thieves
Little Wonders- Rob Thomas
Stop the World- Demi Lovato
I’m Only Me When I’m With You- Taylor Swift
Africa- Toto
Life Is A Highway- Tom Cochrane
Is There Life Out There- Reba McEntire
Vienna- Billy Joel
Unapologize- Carrie Underwood
Quitter- Carrie Underwood
The House That Built Me- Miranda Lambert
All Over Me- Default
My Little Girl- Tim McGraw
Ready, Set, Don’t Go- Billy Ray Cyrus
When I Look At You- Miley Cyrus
Running With The Devil- Alexz Johnson
Chicago- Alexz Johnson
Where Does It Hurt- Alexz Johnson
Black Balloon- Goo Goo Dolls
Runaway- Love and Theft
Shelter- Lone Justice

The Two Sides of Bella Swan

My stories "God Love Her" and "Dancing with the Devil's Daughter" both contain two very different Bellas. This means that, when I picture them, two very different girls come to mind. I thought I'd share my Bellas with you.

First we have the Evil Bella featured in "Dancing with the Devil's Daughter." For her I picture Clare Thomas, also known as Ingrid Dracula from the BBC show "Young Dracula." Give her brown (or red, depending on the occasion) eyes, and this girl would be perfect as the Devil's daughter.

Next we have the much more typical Bella from "God Love Her." I'm not the biggest fan of Kristen Stewart's portrayal of Bella, but I do think she fits the part well physically. She looks sweet and docile, like you'd think the police chief's daughter would. Of course, we all know that looks can be deceiving.