But now Edward is doing more or less the same as James, trapping her into a loveless marriage so he can get a hold on her inheritance. What a guardian!

Chapter nine and Edward has managed to intimidate both Bella and Tanya by assaulting them physically. Threatening to THROTTLE Tanya? Very disturbing.

All things considered, I think Tanya deserves better. After all, she has been his friend for many years and girlfriend for the last three, she shouldn't have to deal with him laughing at her with Bella behind her back or his cold shoulder without any (credible) explanation. Besides, it is quite hard to find any redeeming qualities in this Edward character. He has been a really bad guardian leaving an orphaned child without any real care beyond the one he's paid for and now he is acting upon his lust to a seventeen year old girl, himself being 31, that's actually quite disgusting.

Amazing story! :)

i found this story rec'd on a facebook group and was glad i read it. great story with good plot and character development. i just wish we got more of them together after all the angst settled.

Mentioning 9/11 was a wonderful touch. What wasn't wonderful was Edward! Being a mature adult and Bella's guardian he should have reined himself in big time and certainly until she was at least 18. The double standards he had towards Bella and alcohol made me dizzy, it was alright for her to drink when he said but otherwise it was a no, it should have been a no all the time, again until she was 18 and whatever the age is for New York. Also, if he grabs her by the arm/s again I shall jump into this story and knock his lights out myself. I didn't like Edward at all LOL and I'm Team Edward! I really liked Rose and Emmett and Lauren and Jessica were a hoot, if a little over the top at times. Another good read. Thank you. :-) Also thank you for your response to my reviews to WRC, lovely to hear from you. :-)

cant help but wish theres more! great story x

Great story!

Loved this story!

Oh my goshhhhhhhhh I absolutely loved this story! I just couldn't stop reading and devoured this baby in 3 days, mind you, while I'm vacationing on NYC. I kind of recreated the whole New York scenes while here!
I'm in love with British slang! You people are so posh 3 makes a Latina girl want to be like Bella and her friends :)
Thank you so much for this oldward story! They're my favorite, send you lots of hugs from Colombia.

Recommended for me on Facebook, clicked the link and hey presto a wonderful story enfolds thank you

I truly love this story. Thank you so much for writing it!

I've just finished this wonderful story, recced by Payton79. Thank you for sharing!

This is making me cry, Liz...they are both so stupid!

I'm sure you received a few mentions regarding age of consent in New York... But just in case, seeing how I'm an American and am more familiar with our laws... The age of consent is between the ages of 13 and 17 a child can consent to sex with someone within 4 years their elder. Once you hit 17, you can hand it out to anyone.
And... Not to be a bitch, but our country is pretty strict about carding people drinking. I get carded and I'm 36. Restaurants would lose their license if they were caught.