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Charlie was content.
Not happy, not unhappy, in fact, not thinking about it. The small town life wasn't for everyone and it certainly wasn't for Renee. But he liked it. The peace, the quiet, the fact that nothing ever happened here, the fact he knew everyone and everyone knew him. He devoted his life to this town, managed to rise to be the Chief of the force. Not half bad for himself, he thought.
He had learned to live without Renee. He could safely say he didn't miss her anymore. But Bella... He would never stop missing Bella. It broke him that he didn't get to see her everyday, he didn't get to pick her up from school, teach her how to drive, watch her grow. The year she told him she wasn't coming for summer he cried.
It was better that way, he told himself for a decade now.