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AN: Special thanks to my beta, toocute24.

Chapter 4

BPOV

I procrastinated as long as I could. I stayed after class and talked to the professor. Then I went to the library and looked at some books. After that, I decided to go sit at a cafe down the street from campus and have coffee and a sandwich. When I couldn't put it off any longer, I headed for the black sedan that had been following me all day. I had barely closed the door before we were speeding off.

I watched the scenery pass by as we drove out of the city. I wasn't looking forward to this at all. Who knew how long it would take or what I was going to find. Edward Cullen was an unbelievable asshole. Maybe I should just take my time and keep him waiting. That would show him.

When we finally pulled up to the house, my door was wrenched open and I was pulled from the vehicle. When I looked up, I came face to face with a very angry man.

"Where the fuck have you been!?" Edward roared in my face.

I wasn't sure that I could have said anything even if I wanted to. I was paralyzed by fear of this man. No one had ever laid a hand on me before, and he had done it twice in one day. I was fairly certain that I was going to have bruises. As I cowered away from him, a voice boomed from the front door.

"Edward!"

His grip tightened on me before he released his hold and stepped away. I wanted to reach up and rub the place that he had grabbed, but my pride wouldn't allow it.

When my legs no longer felt like jelly, I tore my eyes from Edward's angry ones and walked into the house. I found Carlisle standing in the doorway. I sensed Edward behind me, but he didn't say anything. Carlisle however, had plenty to say.

"Isabella, I apologize for my son's behavior. However, we were expecting you several hours ago. Were you held up for any certain reason?"

I glared at the two men who now stood before me. "Why would you expect me at a certain time? How do you know what time my class lets out? How do you know I didn't have a study group? You have no idea what I do, so don't feed me your crap. I am here under duress. Now, where are my brothers and where is my father's computer?"

"You are a selfish little bit…"

I looked up at Edward sharply. "I am well aware of your opinion of me, Mr. Cullen. I don't particularly care for you either."

"Bella!"

I looked up and watched as my brothers came down the stairs. Leaving the two Mr. Cullens by the door, I went to them and was soon wrapped in their familiar arms. Once our greeting was over, I looked at the pair of them and asked the question that I needed the answer to.

"Why? Why did you tell them that I could get into Daddy's computer?"

They both at least looked ashamed.

"We had no choice, Baby-bell," Peter told me.

Jasper looked at me. "Bella, they have had nine people in here trying to get into dad's computer. They've hit more walls than I have ever seen. Whatever is in there, he didn't want anyone to know."

"Then why am I here? I mean, seriously?" I turned to look at Carlisle and Edward. "What, do you employ morons?"

Carlisle cleared his throat to hide his chuckle. "You're here, because the information on that computer is required for me to catch the people that did this to your parents. You're here, because your father was obviously a computer security expert and none of my guys can get past his protection."

I sighed, then nodded and followed him into the office.

EPOV

She was infuriating. She seemed to know how to push each and every one of my buttons. When she didn't show up an hour after I had left her, I thought that perhaps her class had been late getting dismissed. After three hours, I knew that she was deliberately not coming. So when I heard the sound of a car pulling up the drive, I ran out the door before my father could blink.

The car had barely come to a stop before I was wrenching the door open and yanking her out of it. I screamed at her and I wanted to hit her, but my father yelled from the doorway before I could lose my head.

When she was finally seated behind my desk and working, I relaxed. I was finally going to get the information I needed to figure out who had murdered our friends.

I was standing at the window behind where she was working, and it must have annoyed her, because she was continually huffing and growling.

"Something wrong?" I finally asked.

Bella spun in her chair and looked at me. "Do you have to hover? This is going to take a while and I hate people looking over my shoulder."

Throwing my hands up and backing away from her, I joined my father on the sofa and waited.

"Edward," Carlisle started, "if you're ever going to take over for me, then you have to learn to pick your battles. Fighting with Bella will get you nowhere. She will be taking over for her father and you need to treat her with the same respect that you treated Charlie."

I stared at my father. "I barely knew Charlie, Dad."

Carlisle nodded. "Still, you respected him."

He was right. I had respected the man that Charlie Swan had been and everything that he had done for our family. However, I would be lying if I said that I didn't lose some respect for him when I found out about his involvement with the Kings. I just needed to know what that was.

I couldn't help the frustration that I was feeling. I wanted to catch these bastards and I wanted them yesterday. It pissed me off that we had been literally blocked at every turn, and the one person that should want to find the killers, was dragging her feet.

I looked back at the girl working in front of the computer and willed her to hurry up.

BPOV

I could feel his eyes on me and all it made me want to do is chuck something at him. "You know, staring at me won't make me get through this any faster."

I heard him growl and hid my smile. I swiped my fingers across the keys and got through my dad's first firewall. I looked up and caught Carlisle's eye.

"Is there anything specific that I am looking for?"

He smiled at me before answering. "Anything that is labeled King. I take it you are getting somewhere?"

I nodded. "I'm through the first firewall."

I watched for a moment as father and son shared a look, but then ignored them and went back to what I was doing. I searched through the file system and found two that said King. Clicking on one of them, I was met with an encryption code. I looked at the screen for a few minutes before I started typing. After about ten minutes, the code fell away and the file opened. I chanced a glance at Carlisle and Edward, but they were talking to each other and not paying me any mind. I decided to see what was so important.

A few clicks of the mouse and I was looking at some very grainy pictures. I flipped through them until I got a clear image. When I finally made out what I was seeing, I gasped, getting the attention of the men in the room.

"What is it, Baby-bell?" Peter asked.

I looked over at my brothers and just stared, slack jawed and unable to speak. What I had just seen was going to change everything; I just wasn't sure how.