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A few days have passed since my scarf blew off and Edward saw the bruises on my neck. They have went away now, and luckily, Jacob hasn't given me any new ones. Not that are visible anyway. I have several on my ribs from not having dinner finished on time. I know better than to be late with Jacob's dinner, so it was really my own fault. I also have a large bruise on the inside of my right thigh. Jacob got really intense in bed last night, and I have to suffer for that.

Edward came by the coffee shop the day after he saw my bruise, but I refused to speak to him. I kept telling him that I was fine, but he wouldn't budge. That's when I went to the back office and closed the door in his face. I haven't seen him since then, but I know that he has started his job at the hospital. Working there will take up a lot of his time, so I hope that he will just forget about that bruise, and we can be friends again. Edward was fun to be around and he made me laugh.

The coffee shop was slow all day, so Alice told me to go home and get some sleep. I couldn't sleep last night because I was worried about Jacob waking up again. Alice told me that I looked dead on my feet, so I agreed that I should probably go home before I spilled coffee all over a customer. I went straight to bed when I got home, and I knew that I would be up before Jacob ever got home.

I woke up to a door slamming downstairs. I quickly got out of bed and ran down the stairs. I overslept, and now Jacob will know that I came home from work early. Nothing makes him more mad than when I don't work.

"What the hell are you doing home?" Jacob yelled when he saw me.

"We had a slow day, and closed up early. Nobody was coming in. I haven't been home long," I lied as I looked down at my feet. There's no way he could know how long I've been here.

Jacob walked towards me and grabbed my face to make me look at him, "Don't fucking lie to me. I know that you've been home for hours. I had to drive by for work and saw you coming in the front door."

I felt my heart drop in my chest. He's pissed. He knows that I've been here. My eyes widening as I saw the anger spread over Jacobs face. He slapped me across the face and I fell down immediately. Jacob is so much stronger than I am. I never should have come home. I put my arms over my face, waiting for what Jacob would do next.

I felt his foot connect with my already bruised ribs, and I felt one of them snap. I screamed in pain as Jacob grabbed a fistful of my hair to lift me up. He began yelling at me as I fell back to the floor. The pain in my ribs was too much for me to stand up. I wrapped an arm around my waist as Jacob's foot came at me again. I felt my arm break before I blacked out and prayed that he didn't kill me this time.

XxXxX

I heard beeping and tried to reach out for the alarm clock by the bed, but I couldn't move my arm. My eyes shot open, and I was blinded by fluorescent lights. Where the hell am I?

I blinked a few times, and when I opened my eyes again, I realized that I was at the hospital. I have no idea how I got here. My arm was in a cast and there were bandages wrapped around my ribs. Jacob couldn't have brought me here. He wouldn't be that stupid, would he?

I looked over to the side and saw my best friend, Rosalie asleep in the chair. I tried to say her name, but I couldn't get any words out. I cleared my throat and realized that it was very dry.

Rose woke up, hearing me clear my throat, and quickly grabbed a glass of water for me. "Oh Bella, honey, how are you feeling?"

The water felt good going down, but it hurt to talk. My ribs hurt when I did anything. "Like hell. How did I get here?" I asked, completely confused.

Rose sighed and sat down in the chair, "I came to your house to see you. I stopped by the coffee shop, but Alice said that you were exhausted and went home." Rosalie began to tear up and wiped at her eyes before he continued, "The door was unlocked so I just went in. Bella. He would've killed you. I hit him over the head with a bat that was by the door and it knocked him out. I called the police and an ambulance for you."

My eyes widened as I realized what she was telling me. "You mean, he's in jail? Jake is in jail?"

"You're going to be okay now, Bella. He can't hurt you anymore." Rose told me as she took my uninjured hand.

I felt the tears running down my face, and Rosalie got up to wipe them away. "You're okay now," she reassured me.

"Can I just be alone for a minute, Rose? This is a lot to take in," I said softly as I closed my eyes.

She left and I thought about what this meant for me. I wouldn't have to be afraid anymore. He can't hurt me. But he's my husband. Shouldn't that mean something? For better or worse…I can't betray those vows. This is just the "worse" for him, and I would be awful to turn my back on him for making a mistake. He wouldn't have killed me, and I know better than coming home early.

"Your friend told me that you're awake. How are you feeling?"

I opened my eyes to see Edward standing in the doorway. Of course he would be the doctor here to take care of me.

"I feel like hell," I said as I looked away.

Edward came over and checked all of my vitals before he brushed a piece of hair out of my face, "I'm so sorry, Bella. It shouldn't have come to this. Rosalie told me what happened."

I felt the tears running down my cheeks, and I know that Edward thought I was stupid for crying over the man that beat me, "He's my husband. Doesn't that mean something? I married him."

Edward sighed and sat down beside me, "Bella, don't do that to yourself. You married someone that betrayed you. He broke the vows, not you. Don't make yourself feel bad when he did this. This isn't your fault."

Edward pleaded with me to not blame myself, but it's hard not to when that is all I've done for most of my marriage to Jacob. "I don't know what to do now," I said as I looked up into Edward's eyes.

He smiled as he watched me, "Focus on getting better. You had a little internal bleeding, but we fixed it and are monitoring it closely. I'll get you some pain meds and that should help you sleep. It's going to all be okay."

I closed my eyes as Edward walked out of the room. I'm going to be okay. I have to be.

XxXxX

After I was released from the hospital, Rosalie informed me that I would be staying at her apartment with her. She didn't want me to go back in the house, and honestly, I'm not sure that I wanted to either. Rose had already packed up all of my clothes and other necessities, and they were all at her house. I still couldn't use my arm, so Alice was running most things in the coffee shop. Rosalie went over and told her what had happened. Rose, Alice, and Edward were the only ones that knew what actually happened to me, besides the cops that is.

Edward made it a habit of calling to see me every day to see how I was doing. Rosalie kept telling me that the guy has a crush, but I can't deal with anything like that now. Rose keeps pressuring me to file for divorce, but I'm not sure if I can handle that. I loved Jake so much. A large part of me just hopes that he can change back into the person I fell in love with.

My phone began to ring, and I checked the caller ID. Edward. I picked it up and smiled, "Hey, Edward."

"Hey, Bella. How are you feeling today?"

"The same as yesterday. My ribs feel a little better, but I'm bored out of my mind. Rose doesn't let me do anything."

"Good. You need to be resting. Do you girls need anything? I could swing by and drop off whatever you need on my way home."

"Thank you, but I think we are good," I told him with a smile. He always tries to bring us stuff, but I would feel bad making him go out of his way just to drop off a few little things.

Edward and I talked for a little while longer about nothing. He told me about his day at the hospital, and some jokes that he heard kids telling. He loves to tell corny little jokes because they always make me laugh.

We hung up the phone a few minutes before Rose returned home from work. She took a few days off to make sure that I was okay, but I finally convinced her to go back. Sitting around the apartment with me all day wasn't helping either of us.

"Honey, I'm home!" Rose shouted as he walked into the apartment.

I laughed and she came over and sat down beside me on the couch. "Bella, I met Mr. Perfect today. He was like 6 foot something and all muscle. I could've just ripped off his shirt in the middle of the supermarket to get a look at those muscles," Rose said with a dreamy look on her face.

"Very classy, Rose. What's his name?" I asked.

"Emmett Cullen. He is a hunk! And he's a personal trainer at the gym! I don't know why I've never seen him before. I'm there all the time."

I busted out laughing and Rose looked at me completely confused. "Emmett is Edward's brother. He just moved here with Edward. That's hilarious."

Rose laughed and shook her head, "They must have some gorgeous parents, or they both got really lucky with the gene pool."

Rosalie and I planned how she would go about running into Emmett until he finally asked her out, and it was going to be my job to find out if Emmett has a serious girlfriend. Around 11, Rose announced that she was exhausted and headed off to bed. I'm glad that she's happy, even though I know that she is still worried about me. But I'll be okay. I just have to learn how to be me.

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