Chapter 4 – The Truth

"Are you sure about this Jacob?" Quil asked me as we sat outside James apartment in Quil's sleek black car.

"Yes we have no choice we have to be sure" I told him forcefully. He nodded and turned his head to look at the windows of the apartment once again.

"What we going to do then break in? We don't have a warrant" He stated but I could tell by the smirk on his face that he already knew the answer.

"Yes we're breaking in, that why we're here when he's not home" I laughed but it cut at my dry throat and didn't seem real. I haven't been able to stop thinking about Bella since I got off the phone with her 20 minutes ago. I had to be sure that she wasn't in James Apartment.

"Okay let go" Quil looked like he had just been given everything he ever wanted for Christmas. He went to get out of the car but I pulled him back in. He gave me a questioning look.

"Don't break anything; we don't want James to know someone was there." I warned him knowing he really wanted to go in there and trash the place. He groaned and regretfully nodded as he slumped out of the car. Getting in to the apartment wasn't the hard part, we simply picked the lock. No, the hard part was walking through the filthy living room. It was covered in takeaway wrappers, dishes, magazines, newspapers and general rubbish.

"How can someone live in this place?" Quil asked as he kicked a noodle pot out of the way. I just shrugged and tried not to think about how Bella must be living if James was letting himself live like this. We looked around the rooms but found nothing. It was a simple four room apartment, a kitchen, a living room, a bedroom and a bathroom. All of which were disgusting.

"She's not here." Quil sighed as we took one last look around James bedroom. "Bella?" He shouted. We kept silent for a minute but heard nothing. "We best leave here before he comes back" Quil suggested and I agreed. We made it back to the car and looked around. "How about I drop you back off at the station then come back here and follow him to see where he goes?" A part of me was telling myself to say no, if Quil gets caught watching him, James could hurt Bella. But the other part of me was thinking that Bella was going to get hurt if they didn't find her soon.

"Yes, just be careful and don't get caught" I told him sternly. He just smirked and hopped into the car.

--

"Jesus Christ! What do we have to do to actual get noticed in here?" I heard a woman yell from outside my office. I slammed the recording of Bella off. I put my head in my hands. How am I meant to concentrate with a woman yelling like that? I was trying to find clues, any clues that may be right in front of our faces but up to now, no such look.

"How may I help you?" I heard Embry's quiet voice speak. There was a pause, and then I heard the woman speaking again this time calmer. "Our friend has gone missing. We haven't seen her in three days! It's not like her at all. You have to help us!" The woman was crying know. I faintly heard a door close and it was silent. Embry had probably taken them some place to calm down. I pressed the on button of the recording yet again and listen to Bella speaking. I listened and re listened to the recording. I could probably remember every single word that had been spoken on them and every single cry Bella had let out. It broke my heart to think that she was somewhere out there and needed my help but I couldn't do anything. What angered me the most was the fact that James was out of Jail and walking the streets when he killed women just like Bella only a few years ago. In my eyes he should be dead.

Embry came to the door of my office; he popped his head through and smiled a sad smile at me. The case was getting to both of us and Quil. He started to speak but I held up my hand as I listened to Bella's voice asking me what my name was again.

I put my hand down and he began to speak. "We have paperwork for a missing person to fill out. This woman is really upset. Maybe-" I cut him off with, shushing him as I listened to the replay of James yelling at Bella.

We remained quiet until Bella started to speak.

"He's gone now"

"Ok, are you hurt? Has he done anything to you?"

"I'm not hurt. He keeps hitting me and stuff but nothing has hurt me that much that I need a hospital."

"BELLA?" I woman yelled and pushed Embry out of the way and the door nearly flew off the hinges. I recognized this voice as the woman that had been yelling early. She was about 5'5, had dark tanned skin, black hair and was very toned. Another woman was stood behind her, she was crying. She was tanned but not as tanned as the other girl and had long brown hair that flowed over one shoulder.

"Where's Bella? I just heard her? Have you found her?" The woman was looking around fanatic. It struck me; the missing person that they were reporting was in fact the Bella that we were trying to find. Both of the girl's eyes fell on my laptop where the recording was still playing.

"Right Bella, I want you to tell me everything you remember about what has happened."

"I don't think I can"

The recording stopped and the room went silent. The girls stared at my computer, probably hoping that Bella was going to pop out of it at any moment.

"You haven't found her have you?" The girl at the back asked me. I shook my head.

"Would you like to take a seat? I need to ask you some questions." They both nodded and Embry closed the door behind them. He also took a set and grabbed a pen and some paper.

"I'm Detective Black and this is Officer Call" I introduced us and shook their hands.

"I'm Leah Clearwater and this is Angela Weber" She told us and we all sat down and got comfy.

"All we know is that her name is Bella? What is her full name?" I asked knowing that we best start off lightly.

"Her full name is Isabella Marie Swan" Angela told us with a shaky voice. I could see Embry scribbling the name down before he looked up.

"Swan?" Where had I heard that before?

"You may have known her father, Detective Charlie Swan. He used to work here but was killed in a robbery." Leah told us. I nodded and looked down. Of course I remembered Charlie; he died in the same incident that my father died in. They were best friends but I had only met him a few times as a child.

"Age?" Embry asked.

"Bella is 23" Angela answered.

Embry was about to ask something else but I cut him off not wanting to stall the moment any longer.

"When was the last time you heard from Bella?"

Leah answered me. "Wednesday night. She works at Gaga's up the road from here. Do you know it?" I nodded. Gaga's was a smart bar where all the posh and rich people went when the wanted a night out.

"Anyway she was working there until midnight. I went in at about nine to see if she needed a lift home but she said her new boyfriend was picking her up" She screwed up her face in disgust. I felt a twang of jealous when she mentioned Bella's boyfriend. Why isn't he here? "We went to her flat the day after and when she wasn't there we decided to go to her boyfriends but he said that he never picked her up on Wednesday. Nobody has seen her since." Embry was scribbling all the details down. "We got worried then and came here two days ago but that blonde haired bitch on the front desk said that everyone was busy and we should go look for her ourselves." Leah continued angrily. "We left but now I wish I had punched her in the nose" Embry coughed to cover up his laughter and I put my hands up in front of my face to block my smile.

"Leah you can't say that in front of police officers" Angela scolded in between forced giggles.

Leah shrugged and turned back to me. "What do you know about Bella? What has happened to her?" She asked desperately.

"Bella called the station other night and we have been in contact with her since. She is locked in a room and a man keeps coming back to see her. She is uninjured which is a good sign. She wouldn't tell us much about what has happened to her though and I'm not going to push it"

They nodded and looked hopeful at me for more. "You were able to track her phone call weren't you?"

"No, the tracker wouldn't pick up the phone." Their faces fell. "We recorded the conversations between Bella and myself though and on one of them we recorded a man's voice. Do you want to listen to it and see if you recognize it?"

Embry looked at me but I kept my attention on Leah and Angela. We needed to be sure that James is not in their life's as well and therefore putting them in danger. I clicked play on the second recording of Bella and fast forwarded it to James's voice. I only played one line so it didn't freak them out.

"You are going to have to wait"

Angela gasped but Leah was quite composed. "No, no this isn't real" So they did recognize his voice.

"I knew it, that Asshole" Leah spoke calmly but her voice held nothing but fury and anger. It was frightening.

"No he wouldn't" Angela was crying now.

Leah turned to Angela. "I'm sick of both you and Bella covering for him, if you had both listened to me in the first place then this wouldn't have happened."

I cut in because Leah looked as if she was going to pull Angela head off. "Do you know this man then?" I asked clearly knowing the answer.

"Yes he is Bella's slime ball of a boyfriend, Mike Newton" Leah hissed. That was not the answer I was expecting. "He is the biggest dickhead I have ever met and I told Bella but she always stuck up for him."

Embry shook his head. "I hate to tell you but the man that has Bella is not a Mike Newton. Mike Newton was actually killed a few months ago by a woman called Victoria Allan. Mike and his wife, Lauren, were stabbed to death." Now that he mentioned it I remembered the case; it was only closed a few weeks ago.

"No Bella was dating Mike Newton and has been for two months" Angela whispered from her chair as Leah just stared into space.

"We run tests and the man's voice actually matches up with a man called James Mason."

This knocked Leah out of her trance. "NO!" Everyone knew that name.

"I'm afraid he is correct." I nodded.

"No the voice on the recording is Mike Newton; I would recognize the voice anywhere"

I stood up and walked over to a cabinet that included copies of all recent copies of files that was not places up to top office. I pulled out a photo of Mike and handed it to Leah and Angela. "This is Mike Newton"

Their faces dropped. "No it isn't" Leah said confidently and just proved my point. I picked up my laptop and quickly got a picture of James Mason.

"Do you recognize this man?" I turned the laptop round to face them.

"Yeah, now that is Mike Newton" Angela smiled but it wasn't a full one.

I shook my head. "No, this is James Mason. The photo that you have in your hand is The Mike Newton." I told them. So James had been pretending to be another man to trick Bella. Leah and Angela were sat frozen in their seats.

"Embry can you please call Quil and tell him to come back here. I want you then to look for any houses or flats that are under Mike Newton's name. Look for any that have been put in the name recently." Embry nodded and left the room.

I turned back to the two crying women. "Okay, it's not safe you to be walking around unprotected. Officer Quil will go back home with you to pick up any belongings you may have and we will sort out a safe house for you both. I would also like a photo of Bella if that is possible."

They nodded. "Will Bella be okay?" Angela sobbed.

"We are doing everything we can and I want to thank you. You have given so many leads now that we didn't have before." In no time at all Quil had been filled in and was taking the women to pick up their things.

I walked into Embry's office to see how he was doing. "No properties have been put in Mike Newton's name in the last month. I can't find anything" He shouted at the computer screen. "What are we going to do?"

I looked down. "Only one thing is left." He nodded knowing what I am going to say. "We arrest him and force him to tell us where Bella is" I just hope we make it in time, I mentally added. He nodded and stood up. We shared a look that showed we were thinking the same; we hope this turns out okay.

"MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!" Quil's voice echoed throughout the station before he burst into the room. "Leah told me that Bella always keeps her phone in her back pocket because she was mugged and her father told her to keep it there so that she always had a way to contact someone if it happens again, that's how she has the phone. She must have never told 'Mike' and she never thought to check." He burst out. I was about to comment when he broke out talking again. "Bella's phone was also brought for her by 'Mike' when he accidently broke hers"

"James has put a device in the phone to stop it been tracked hasn't he. He could know she has the phone and is using it as part of his sick game" Embry said as he sat back down and started to type again.

I walked over to the door. "Quil come on"

"Where are we going?" He yelled after me as we walked out of the building.

"We are going to go arrest James Mason"

--

More of your questions will be answered in the next chapter

Hope you like this chapter, Review and tell me what you think.

I was listening to Lady Gaga and I couldn't think of a bars name so that's why it's called Gaga's.

Bex

xxx