A/N: Any and all things Twilight belong to Stephenie Meyer

Previously in Against All Odds:

When I woke up, I was alone in bed in Isabella's room. The sun was shining. I looked at the watch on the nightstand and saw it was 11am.

I make my way to the living room after a quick trip to the bathroom.

I found Isabella sitting on the dinning room table, looking at her hands. The table was set with breakfast. I saw eyes, bacon and toast. I smiled at her taking the time to prepare this.

"Good morning" – I said, announcing myself.

Isabella stood up and greeted with a smile.

"I wanted to make pancakes, but you didn't have the ingredients"- she said.

"This is more than fine"- I told her, sitting down by the table and pouring me some coffee. "Did you eat?"

"No. I was waiting for you" – she said, pouring herself some milk.

"What time did you get up?" – I asked

But before she could answer, the doorbell rang and Isabella looked at me with scared eyes.

Who could it be?

Episode 6 – Guess Who's coming for Lunch

James

I walked back to the house empty handed. Four days and still no sign of Isabella. I was starting to think she was dead. Fours days with no food, in these woods, she was most likely dead. I prayed that she was. Otherwise, it was a lose end to this long ass story walking around. She could talk to someone about what happened in the last ten year and then I would be knee deep in shit.

If I was going down, I would bring a lot of people with.

Victoria had an idea yesterday and I really hope it worked. It was a way to discredit Isabella's possible reappearance. I really hope it works.

The house was apparently empty, but I knew better. And sure enough, my lovely wife was in the basement. I didn't talk but she sensed my presence when I walked in.

"The lady called again" – she said

'The Lady' was the one who ordered the kidnap. If she had her wish, Isabella would be dead. But there was no way I would eliminate her and lose the chance to win as much money as I did. 'The Lady' had paid indecent amounts of money to make sure Isabella never showed up again. And now, she was pissed with her disappearance.

I really hoped she is dead.

"Is Lauren gone?" - asked

"She left about and hour ago" – she answered, without looking at me. "She actually looked at lot like the girl with her brown hair" – she continued. "A shame, though, I really liked her blond hair" – she completed

"Why are you in here?" – I asked

"I miss her" – she said, sarcastically and then laughed. "Actually, I was looking for a way out. But there are none. I think she escaped through the door" – she finally looked at me. "I knew we shouldn't have thrown that stupid party" – she lamented

"Please, let's not do this again" – I said, firmly. We had already had a fight about this. I didn't want to go trough it again

"Fine"- she said, angry. "I hope our little girl doesn't get screwed in this story" – she said

I was about to respond with positivity when the phone rang. I knew who it was. 'The Lady' was checking for any new development. And I didn't have any good news to tell.

Edward

I got up quickly, looking at the hallway that leads to the front door. Then, I turned back to Isabella. She was looking at her hands and chewing her bottom lip, obviously scared and anxious.

I considered ignoring the doorbell but it rang again, this time continually. Whoever it was, the person wasn't giving up.

"Isabella, I'll get the door. You don't have to worry. I'll be back in a minute and we can eat this great breakfast you made"

She smiled at me and nodded, relaxing.

I walked fast to the door. Once I got there I took a deep breath and opened.

I relaxed when I saw Jasper standing on the doorway with the newspaper and two cups of coffee from Starbucks. Jasper loved Starbucks even if it wasn't as popular in England as it was in America.

"Dude, what took you so long? I've been standing here for hours!" – he said. I blocked the door so the he couldn't get in and the move didn't go unnoticed by him.

"What the hell!"- he said, sensing my resistance of letting him in.

"Now it's not a good time" – I told him

"I need to talk to you"- he said, serious.

"Can we talk later? This is really not a good time"- I insisted. I wanted to introduce Jasper to Isabella, but I needed to talk to her first.

"Trust me Edward, you want to know about this" – he insisted

"Then just say it" – I said, firmly. What could be so important that he couldn't tell me later, or over the phone?

"Are you sure you want to do this standing in the hallway?"

"Jasper, just tell me"

"They found her" – he said.

He didn't need to say the name. I knew who he was talking about. But how could that be? The girl was sitting in my dinning room and I haven't told anybody about her. How did Jasper knew I found her?

Then I realized he said 'they'. Who's they?

"Who's they?"

"The police. Actually, she turned herself. Apparently, she walk in a police station and said she was running away from her kidnapper. Can I come in now?"

I looked at Jasper confused. How could this be? Could I let him in? I had to now. I needed to know the rest of this story. But first, I needed to talk to Isabella.

"Can you wait here for a minute?" – I said

"What the hell Edward, isn't this the news you have been waiting for ten years? Now you want me to wait? What is going on?" – He asked, impatiently.

"I'll tell you in a second, ok. Just give me a minute" – I said, closing the door and walking back to the dinning room.

"Isabella" – I started, sitting next to her. She looked at me scared – "There's a friend of mine at the door. He has some important news to tell me and I'm gonna talk to him in the office, ok?" – I concluded. She didn't relax. "You don't have to be afraid. Jasper, my friend, he is a really nice guy. Even nicer than me" – I smiled. "If you don't want to you meet him yet its ok, but I promise you that he won't hurt you"

"Okay" – she said.

"Alright. Listen, you stay here and eat your breakfast. I'll talk to Jasper in the office first and then I'll bring him here. Ok?" – I said, standing up and turning around. I felt a light touch on my hand and turned back.

Isabella was holding my index finger in her hand, looking at me with kind eyes

"There is nobody nicer than you" – she said, almost a whisper. Then she released my finger but the tingling sensation in my hand didn't fade. This girl is going to be the death of me. I wanted to sit down next to her and eat breakfast holding her hand but instead, I rushed back to the door to attend to Jasper.

"Ok, Let's talk in the office"- I said opening the door.

We walked side by side to the office, that was conveniently located right next the front door.

I took one coffee from him and sat at on one of the armchairs. He said on the other next to me and in front of the big table in silent

"Alright, tell me everything you know" – I broke the silent

He took a sip of coffee before he started.

"This morning, my boss called me to tell me there was a development on the Isabella case. I went to the station and found out that yesterday, at around 3pm, a girl walked in a station and claimed she had escaped from a man who kept her locked in the basement for the last ten years. When officers asked her name, she said Isabella and told them she was the Lost Princess" – he said. Jasper was a police investigator. He had helped me many times with some cases. Since I worked for the district attorney, we collaborated with the police often and Jasper has become my go to guy. He knew about my obsession with the Isabella case and he knew why I felt responsible for her disappearance. He was one of the few who understood the guilty I felt.

"She's lying" – I said. I knew that girl at the station, whoever she was, wasn't the Princess. The real princess was sitting in my dinning room

"I don't think this one is lying, Edward. She told the exact story you did about what happened that day" – there have been many girls who claimed to be Isabella over the year, they were all lying.

"Lots of people know what happen that day. It was all over the paper. They still print the details every now and then"

"Edward, you have to see this girl. She looks a lot like the aged pictures we had done. I really think this one is the real deal" – he insisted

"She isn't" – I said

"Edward, you always so excited when there is a development, what happen?" – he said

"Where is this girl?"- I asked

"They are keeping her in a hotel with security until they can talk to the Queen and authorize a DNA test"

"It's not her" – I insisted

"How can you be so sure? Did the rabbits tell you?" – He mocked, remembering the embarrassing incident on Friday

"Something like that" – I said

"Are you gonna tell me what's going on?" – I could tell he was losing his patience

"I'll do better. I'll show you" – I said, standing up and opening the door.

I waited for Jasper to join me in the hallway and the headed to the dinning room. Jasper followed me in silent.

Isabella was sitting down, drinking milk. When she saw me approached, she stood up. She knew I wasn't alone. I stopped at the end of the table. Isabella was across from us, at the other end. Jasper stood next to me.

"Isabella, this is my friend, Jasper" – I said. She looked at him up and down but didn't say anything.

"Jasper, this is Isabella. Princess of Wales"

They both looked at me with eyes wide open and gasped.

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