All of the story characters belong to STEPHENIE MEYER and I write this fanfic as a dedication to her, one of my favorite authors EVER! Enjoy then! - fiorendita :)

Sweet Escape

Chapter 4

The digital clock on the dashboard of mask-guy's car showed 2:00. It figured, and the guy hadn't even showed signs that one of the houses they passed along the road on the outskirts of Forks was home to Carlisle. He said this man would be willing to accommodate Bella. She just stared anxiously out the window that displayed a black shadowy field from the scene outside, still thinking about the guy's words: "How can you be sure that I'm helping you?"

What if he really had no intention to help me since the beginning? What if he was really serious about what he said earlier? What if Carlisle is a boss of the bad guys? And he liked to collect teenage girls like me in his house? No! a voice shouted in Bella's head in despair. Tears were welling in her eyes again.

"What are you doing?" the guy turned his face to Bella with a questioning look. It seemed like he saw her fear in the reflection of the dark window. He didn't look at the road; his eye just fixed on Bella.

"N-nothing," said Bella with a trembling voice. He was just about to open his mouth again when suddenly his cell phone ring tones startled them both. He roughly flipped open his phone and put it in his ear. "Yes, Alice?"

"Edward! Do you know what time it is now?" Bella was surprised to be able to hear the people that called. The boy—Edward, according to the voice on the other end of the phone—took the phone away from his ear as he hissed curses. Bella's eyes widened.

"Can you not yell on the phone, Alice? You make my eardrums burst!" Edward replied irritably.

After that, Bella just heard grumbling, like the girl named Alice was still yelling at him, though it wasn't as loud as before.

"I'm almost there, okay? Don't call me anymore, I'm driving!" Edward snapped. Then the guy threw the phone into the seat behind him until it hit the rear window glass.

Horrible, Bella said to herself. It looked like Edward was the kind of person who had poor emotional control and easily exploded if he was angry. However, Bella couldn't help being reminded of Edward's calm and deep gaze, which had hypnotized her into her own calm earlier. It seemed somewhat absurd that a person could have two opposite personalities.

Seeing Bella, who deliberately diverted her gaze from him, Edward began to shout again. "What?"

Immediately, Bella looked at Edward, annoyed. "I didn't do anything!" she snapped back. Bella didn't like strangers boldly screaming like that. "Why did you behave so terribly, anyway?"

Edward was surprised and quickly cleared his throat to eliminate the expression. Bella was also no less surprised to know that she had just yelled at Edward. Though, she should fear, shouldn't she? My goodness, he could kill me. Bella closed her eyes tightly.

But then Bella found Edward mumbling to her, the emotion in his voice completely gone. "Sorry. We'll be arriving at my house soon."

"Your house?" Bella said in surprise.

"Yes, Carlisle is my father, so his home is my home, too. Naturally, right?"

"Oh." Bella nodded in understanding. "I think Carlisle is a mafia boss who—"

"What?" Edward immediately cut off her words.

"Uh, oh, no-nothing, Edward," Bella answered quickly. The boy frowned.

"How do you know my name?"

"Uh." This time, Bella really do not know what to say.

-To Be Continued-

So, I've replaced the chapter.. What do you think?

Thanks to my friend Angel of Twilight and TwilightRocks 122 who had beta-reading and editing my story..

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