Sorry for taking so long to update, hopefully it won't happen again.
As always everything belongs to Stephanie Meyers.
17. THE REVEAL
Carlisle and Jasper stood staring at me in shock as my anger built. Someone had better start explaining soon before I completely exploded. Jasper worked for Carlisle? I was his job? How is this possible? What the hell is going on here?
"Someone better start explaining fast!" I yelled at them.
They both shuttered from my loud voice. Jasper looked at me with pleading eyes and Carlisle stood dumbfounded, but not one of them said a word. I turned to look at Jasper.
"I'm a job?" I said through clenched teeth.
"Edward… I…" he trailed off.
"Don't…" I said as I held my hand up to him. "I don't want to hear," I finished then turned my attention to Carlisle. "Speak!" I demanded.
"Edward, please just let me explain," he said sincerely.
"Please do," I said sarcastically.
Carlisle stood looking at me with eyes pleading for me to understand. He cleared his throat, blinked his eyes a couple of times before he finally spoke.
"Let's go into the living room and get comfortable," he said softly before he turned and walked down the hall.
I turned to look at Jasper who looked like he was about to cry.
"Please Edward, just hear him out," he stated before he too walked down the hall.
I stood for a moment wondering if I wanted to know. Did I really want to know something that was going to change my life once again? What kind of explanation could there be for this amount of debauchery? Deciding I had to know the truth, that I had been living in the dark for long enough I followed their path to the living room.
Entering the lion's den because let's face it that's what this felt like. My whole existence felt like it was crumbling and I couldn't do anything about it. Entering that room would change my entire existence and my body starting shaking uncontrollably. What were they going to say to me? How could they explain this away? There was no explanation for what Jasper has done to me or Carlisle for that matter. Who do they think they are? And Carlisle, he's the worst, hiring Jasper to get me to tell my story? Jesus, who does that?
When I finally looked up and saw their faces, something was amiss. They didn't appear to be guilt ridden like I had expected them to be, in fact, the sorrow on their faces seemed more pity than anything and I certainly didn't want their pity. Pity was for losers and I… okay, perhaps I was a small loser. I can admit that. I am a loner who shut out the world after what I had been through, but really who wouldn't. And my paranoid tendencies were a little on the dramatic side, but I swear someone is always watching me, that's not a joke… it's real, for me at least.
I gathered up enough courage to sit on the couch. Jasper was in one armchair and Carlisle was in the other. I sat staring a the floor for a moment before I couldn't take the silence anymore. Looking up at Carlisle because there was no way I could look at Jasper right now, I began to speak.
"Carlisle… Aro… whatever…" I trailed off not knowing where to begin.
"Edward," Carlisle said so softly I almost didn't hear him.
He sat forward on the seat and took a deep breath, than began again. "Look, this is really difficult. I knew one day this would come out and I knew one day I would have to tell you everything, but when it was an abstract idea, it was fine. I had an entire speech of everything I wanted to say to you… to tell you… but," he took another deep breath. "Now that the time has arrived I'm afraid to say it," he said as he sat back and dropped his head.
I was stunned, bewildered as I have never seen Carlisle speechless. I've never seen this kind of pain cross his features and I knew whatever he was about to tell me would be worse than anything I had ever been through. Now I wasn't so confident about finding out the truth. To think that there is something worse than the nightmares I've already lived through was unbearable, but I also knew I couldn't just ignore everything like I had until this point. It was time to man up and find out everything.
"Start with the truth," I snapped at him, regretting it immediately when his head snapped up and I saw the pained expression he carried. "Please," I offered a little quieter.
Carlisle cleared his throat and produced a little smile before he opened his mouth to speak. "Let me first start by saying I love you," he said confidently as he exhaled.
The slamming of the front door pulled our attention away from this moment. We sat silently listening to the sound of high heels making their way down the hall. My Mother appeared in the doorway looking frantic and ruffled, which was odd because she was always so put together. I stared at her for a moment while she surveyed the room. Once her eyes landed on me, she rushed over and sat beside me pulling me into her arms. I was stunned once again… she knew, whatever Carlisle was doing and going to tell me she knew.
"Am I too late?" she questioned Carlisle as I looked up at her.
"We were just about to start," Carlisle said softly.
"Thank God, I can't believe you would do this without me," she hissed at him.
"I'm sorry, but it wasn't like this was planned," Carlisle snapped as he glanced over at Jasper.
He had been so quiet I had almost forgot he was there. When I looked at him he had his hands covering his face and his leg was bouncing off the floor. He looked like he was in pain and for a brief moment I wanted to comfort him, to take away any pain he was in, but then I remembered the conversation I over heard and that thought quickly left my mind. My mothers voice brought me back to the reason we were here.
"So you decide to tell him without me, you think you can tell him and everything will be hunky-dory. What the hell is the matter with you?" she yelled at Carlisle.
"I thought since my other plan back fired," he stood and waved his hand over at Jasper as he yelled, "that this would be our only alternative. I didn't know that he would come and corrupt Edward like he did," he finished yelling and the room went silent while everyone was absorbing his outburst.
"Corrupting…" Jasper yelled as he finally jumped out of his seat and headed for Carlisle. "I did no such thing, how dare you!" he said as he leaned right in Carlisle's face with both arms on either side of the chair. "You asked me to come, you begged me to get the bottom of this. I didn't know…" Jasper suddenly gasped and moved back from Carlisle. He stood for a moment seeming lost in thought. His head suddenly snapped back to look at Carlisle who was sitting with a small smile on his lips.
"You… knew?" Jasper said quietly.
"Of course I knew foolish boy, there's nothing I don't know. Now if I were you I would sit down and compose myself before things get out of hand," Carlisle said with an air of confidence, but a tone deadlier than I had ever heard from him.
Jasper walked back to the chair and sat down. He glanced at me for a moment than put his head back in his hands and hide his face from me. Was he embarrassed? Ashamed? I couldn't tell but I knew now I had to know the whole truth and these people were going to tell me one way or another.
"Somebody start talking and tell me what's going on," I hissed as I sat up straight pulling away from my mother.
Everyone stared at me after my outburst, but I didn't care. I wanted the truth. I deserved the truth. And, we weren't leaving this room until I knew the whole truth.
"This is my story to tell and my responsibility to tell you everything. I should have done this along time ago, but we were so worried after…" she hung her head as she trailed off. "After you were taken…" her voice quivered.
"Mom," I said softly.
"No, honey let me get through this," she said as she glanced up and gave me a small smile. "When you came home, you were different and I had my suspicions about what happened to you, but I was too scared to uncover the truth. Now I realize I should have tried to make you talk. I should have," she stopped abruptly when I spoke.
"There was nothing you could have done, I was stubborn and wouldn't talk. I still don't want to talk. What I told Jasper, which I still can't believe…" I was suddenly cut off.
"You told Jasper?" my mother gasped.
I hung my head knowing how broken hearted my mother would be from my confession. I was ashamed that I couldn't share this part of myself with her. But, she couldn't know, none of them can. They would look at me different, treat me different and I wanted no part of that.
"I'm sorry," I whispered as hot tears rolled down my cheeks.
"Oh, baby, don't be sorry. I'm glad you found someone you can talk to. I know bottling up things leads to awful things. The fact that you care for Jasper as much as you do is a good thing," she whispered as she hugged me closed and ran her hand through my hair.
A cough brought us out of our bubble and I looked up in time to see Carlisle rise from his chair and walk stiffly to the window to look out. The tension in the air was so thick you could cut it with a knife.
My mother began with a shaky voice. "When I was young, I was foolish. I believed in love and all the fairytales a normal girl dreamed of," she smiled at me when she said this. "When I went to college I meet the boy of my dreams," she said with a longing smile on her face. I heard a hiss from across the room and looked at Carlisle who was still staring out the window, but his entire body was tense. I looked back at my mother as she continued.
"He was popular, confident and the most beautiful boy I ever saw and I was in his spell the minute he spoke to me. I met him the first day I arrived. He was there to greet freshmen because he was a senior and president of the school. The fact that he spoke to me was surprising so when he asked if I would join him for dinner I was shocked and couldn't refuse. In the beginning, everything was wonderful, romantic, kind everything I ever wanted in a boyfriend, but quickly things changed. I went with him to meet his parents at his request, which I never would have refused. Everything seemed to go well and I liked his mother very much, as for his father I should have know something right then, but I was just so naïve that it didn't occurred to me at the time. His father was cold, not very personable, but I assumed it was because I didn't know him very well. I thought with time things would get better," she said as Carlisle snickered from across the room.
We both look up at him and he was staring at my mother with a look of disgust on his face. This was making me angry, but my mother patted my arm and I glanced back at her.
"Edward, I was in love," she said quietly as Carlisle snickered again. My mother ignored him and continued. "So when he asked me to marry him I didn't hesitate," she finished.
Stunned I looked at my mother in shock. How could I not know she was married before? How could she hide this for so long?
"I never got the chance to marry him," she said quietly as she looked at her lap. "When he announced our engagement to his parents his father…" she took a deep breath before continuing. "His father was very angry. He screamed and started throwing things around the room. I couldn't understand what was wrong. How could he hate me so much when he didn't even know me?" she said softly.
Carlisle once again made a disgusted noise. He was really getting on my nerves, but before I could voice my opinion my mother continue.
"We left the house quickly and he apologized profusely for his fathers behaviour. That night we went back to his place and he was beside himself. He told me it didn't matter what his father said that we would be together forever and that he loved me. And I believed every word he said. He was it for me and we would be happy together, forever. That night was monumental for me. That was the night you were conceived," she stated quietly.
"You're… talking… about my… father," I stuttered out in my shock.
"Yes and no," she said as she looked into my eyes. "Edward, the father you know, the father you grew up with was not your biological father," she said as she grabbed my hands and squeezed them.
"What?" I said and gasped for breath. "How… you… wait, what?" I said shaking my head as tears were forming in my eyes. "How could you not tell me this?" I asked as anger swept through me. "How could you…" I was so angry I was shaking. I stood up to put some distance between myself and my mother.
"Oh Edward, the timing was never right. First your father was killed," I cut her off abruptly.
"You mean the guy you were married to. He was not my father remember," I yelled as I turned toward my mother.
"He was your father, Edward. He cared for you like you were his own," she stated as tears ran down her face. "I'm sorry," she whispered.
Hands were suddenly holding my shoulders and I turned to see Carlisle giving me a look that told me to take a seat and listen. Stunned silent I sat back down and put my head in my hands as my mother continued.
"After the night you were conceived Demetri changed," she said.
I quickly looked at her with the mention of a name I didn't recognize.
"Demetri is your father's name. Anyways after that night he changed," she took a deep breath then continued. "Everything changed really. He became angry and controlling, he was not the boy I had met. He turned into the man I didn't recognize. I became scared of him and would do as he asked afraid of the consequences. Then one night I decided I had enough and that he would not control me anymore. I left and went back to my apartment deciding I would take back control of my life and move on. At first everything was fine, Demetri left me alone. He didn't try to see me or try to get me back. Yes, I was heartbroken that he didn't even try, but I throw myself into school to shake my thoughts of him. A couple of weeks later I found out about you. I couldn't believe that the one and only time I had sex resulted in you. I was devastated and didn't know what to do so at first I was in denial. I denied that you were real and it was easy at first because no one knew, no one could tell. But then, I got bigger and it became more noticeable and I couldn't hide you any longer," she lifted her head an smiled at me. "I never thought of abortion or anything like that. Like I said I was in such denial. When my friends started to figure it out word got back to your father. To say he was unhappy would be an understatement. He told me to get rid of you. He accused me of trying to trap him. I told him to get lost and forget about me. The pain in his eyes when I said that has stayed with me all these years," she said as she looked at her lap again.
Carlisle clicked his tongue garnering our attention once again. What the hell was his problem? How could he be so insensitive to my mothers story?
"Carlisle, please. Let me finish. He needs to hear everything," my mother said sternly to him.
"Fine," Carlisle said with a huff and sat back down in the chair. "I promise I'll be quiet from here on out," he promised.
I chanced a peek at Jasper who was folded like a pretzel in the other chair looking uncomfortable. He was looking at the floor and not moving a muscle. My mothers voice brought my attention back to her.
"Your father wouldn't listen to me and started ranting that I was to get an abortion. There was no way in hell I was doing that and I told him straight away. He became more irate yelling, screaming and throwing things around the room. He reminded me of his father and I told him so. He stopped dead in his tracks and stared at me for a moment. He walked towards me an I flinched when he stopped in front of me, again the pain in his eyes told me what he was thinking, but then he did something that shocked me more. He knelt down on one knee, looked up at me with a face full of hope and asked me to marry him once again. He told me how sorry he was that everything he did was because of his father. He told me he no longer cared what his father thought and that he would love me and take of me. His 360 was shocking and I stood staring at him like he was crazy. He finally stood up and placed his hands on my face, looking deep into my eyes he begged me. He told me we could run out right then and get married. He wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. I was shocked and didn't know what to do or say. Demetri pulled me to him and I went willingly. We were married the next day and it was done. To say his father was angry would be an understatement. He let us know that we were to do as he said, that we were to move into their home and follow their rules. I was too scared to say no, I was too scared to raise you on my own so in the beginning I went along with it. But after you were born things weren't exactly normal. Demetri's father was in charge that was apparent. He told Demetri what to do and when to do it. Demetri followed everything his father said. He was gone a lot leaving me alone with you. His mother was wonderful and loved you a great deal, but his father could barely look at me or you without disgust in his expression. One night it all became too much and I finally let it all go. We were having dinner in the dinning room when Demetri's father asked me what my intentions were with his son. Shocked I stared at him like he had two heads. I couldn't fathom what he was asking me. Then his next statement floored me. He told me that Demetri had been groomed since birth to take over the family business. That I would not be getting in the way of their plan and nether would you. He told me that I was to be a wife that was seen and not heard. Then he told me that it would be best if I quit school, stayed home to raise you and be a doubtful wife. Enraged I sat and looked at this man wondering how he could talk to me that way and what I had done to him to make him say such things? Before I knew what was happening I was up out of my chair yelling and screaming, I don't even know what I said, honestly I was so mad that he would wait until Demetri was out of town to attack me I just blew up. The next thing I knew I was being shuffled out of the room by strong arms that were gripped around my waist. Demetri's father was yelling in Italian and there were more men in the room then I had ever seen. I fought with the person who had a grip on me as we made our way to my room. Once inside he let me go and told me to calm down, but I couldn't. My anger was beyond anything I had ever felt… it was scary. I turned to see the man and my world stopped. There standing in the shadows was Carlisle," my mother looked up and smiled at Carlisle. He on the other hand was stone faced. "I asked him what that was all about, but he just mumbled and paced in front of the door. The next thing I knew he pulled out a phone, pressed a couple of buttons and placed it to his ear. He talked to whoever it was in Italian so I couldn't understand what was being said, but I could tell from his body language that he was angry. He paused and listened for a moment, than turned and handed me the phone. Slowly I lifted it to my ear and said hello. It was Demetri and he was mad. He began yelling at me for being so stupid. He told me to shut my mouth and do as I was told by his father or there would be consequences when he returned. I stood listening to his rant until he hung up on me. That was the last straw. I ran to the closet, threw open the door and grabbed my suitcase. Carlisle came to me and grabbed the suitcase from my hands. He turned me to him and told me to calm down, but I couldn't. The things Demetri and his father said were so hurtful and mean and I no longer wanted to be part of this household or them. I especially didn't want to raise you there," my mother said as she squeezed my hand. "Carlisle told me that I couldn't leave, that if I did they would hunt me down and hurt me or you. That's when it all dawn on me, I hadn't realized before what type of world I had married into. The family I had married and brought you into. They were dangerous… all of them and I naively married and had a child in this world of control. Carlisle saw the recognition in my eyes and his features looked sad," my mother said.
"I was sad… I loved you," Carlisle said quietly.
I looked at him wondering how that could be true when this was the first I heard of him in this story. He didn't even know my mother.
"I know you did," she said quietly, than turned her attention back to me. "I told Carlisle that I had to get you out of there that this was no place to raise a child. At the time I thought he took pity on me and agreed to help me. We made a plan for our escape and when the time came I left taking you with me. The whole thing was a success until five years later when Demetri found me again," my mother said as she took a deep breath, tears running down her face. She turned to me and looked in my eyes then continued. "That's who killed your father Edward. It wasn't werewolves like you think. The men who killed your father in front of you worked for Demetri. They were suppose to take you, but thanks to Carlisle he got there before anyone could get away," she said as she turned and looked at Carlisle. He had his head down looking at his lap.
I thought about what she said. I had this story in my head for so long that it seemed like a reality to me. But as she spoke the truth I realized that there was an angel there who saved me and that angel was Carlisle. I looked up to see him staring at me. His look sent shivers threw me.
"I couldn't let them take you," he whispered. "It would have killed me," he said so softly I'm not sure we were meant to hear it.
"That was the second time Carlisle saved my life," my mother said looking at him in awe. "He had been in the shadows all those years watching over us," she said smiling sadly.
"Yeah, lot of good that did. It led Demetri right to you," he said as he looked at her.
"You knew that was inevitable, we all knew he would find us sooner or later. Yes, we hoped it was much later, but really Carlisle do you think living in the shadows of our lives was better than where you've been for the past 10 years," she stated to him and even though it was a rhetorical question he answered.
"No, but I could have done more to protect your identity. I could have," he was cut off abruptly.
"Enough, we have been over this enough and I for one am sick to death of it. No one is to blame for this besides Demetri and his father. Now can I finish my story please," she begged.
"Fine, but I need to reveal my truth to Edward myself," he said sharply.
"And so you will when I'm finished," she said turning her attention back to me. "After your father was killed we had to move. We were discovered and I knew Demetri would come after me and you. I couldn't let that happen. Carlisle found us a new location and after a few years everything seemed to be fine. There was no talk of Demetri or his father. We were living a pretty normal life. You kids seemed happy with your life and with Carlisle. Carlisle and I talked about when we would tell you everything and the time just never seemed right. Then when you were taken we knew immediately who had taken you. I got in touch with Demetri and demanded he return you. Of course, he acted as if he had no idea what I was talking about. He told me that if I had done my job properly you wouldn't be missing. He told me he would do everything in his power to find out who took you," she said as she exhaled loudly. "That was the hardest phone call I've ever had to make. He was so cold and indifferent like he didn't care that you were missing and that it was my fault as your mother. We knew then that he had a part in your disappearance. Carlisle began lighting up the phones trying to find out where they had taken you, but this is the part of the story he should tell you," my mother said patting my hand. "I'm just going to go make some coffee," she said as she rose from her seat. "I am so sorry we didn't tell you this sooner, Edward," she said as she turned and walked to the kitchen.
My eyes followed her until she was out of the room. Then I turned my attention to Carlisle who was also watching my mother retreat. I cleared my throat to get his attention. He looked over at me with sad eyes.
"What I don't understand is how you fit into all of this," I hissed at Carlisle.
"Well, the easiest way to do this is to tell the truth," he said.
"That would be a start," I hissed.
Carlisle glared at me and I backed off.
"Sorry," I said softly.
"It's okay. You won't be after my story. The reason I was around and the reason I did what I did was because I loved your mother. From the moment Demetri brought her home I could see her beauty and not just her appearance. She was an angel in a world of corruption. She didn't belong there, never would," he said proudly.
"Okay, so you worked for my grandfather," I spat out.
"Not exactly," he said.
"Damn it Carlisle, tell me!" I shouted.
"I'm Demetri's brother," he shouted back.
The silence in the room became unbearable as we sat and stared at each other. I was the first one to break it.
"So you… are… my uncle?" I questioned.
"Biologically speaking… yes," he said smiling at me.
"I don't get any of this," I said standing and pacing the room.
"I know, but if you'll sit back down I'll tell you everything," he offered.
I immediately sat back on the couch. A throat cleared bring our attention to Jasper who I had forgotten was even in the room. He had remained so quiet and still this was the first thing he had said or done.
"I'm just going to leave," he said as he rose from the chair.
I wanted to grab him. Tell him to stay, but I wasn't sure how Carlisle would react.
"No, stay please," Carlisle said softly to him. "This involves you too," he offered.
Jasper nodded his head and sat back down. I looked at him to see he was looking at me with what appeared to be pity. I didn't like that look and wanted to change it so I smiled at him offering him so hope. He smiled back and settled in folding himself into the chair again. I turned my attention back to Carlisle who stood up and walk to the window.
"Our family is corrupt, Edward. My father was the worst of his kind. He ran the underworld and everyone in it. Women, drugs, slaves you name they have a hand in it somehow. My father was the king of the underworld. He could do no wrong and no one would go up against him. He groomed Demetri and I to be exactly like him, but when we were out of his world for the first time and in college on our own we left all that behind. We were twins and we did everything together, so when we got to college we agreed that we would just be regular kids. We wouldn't tell anyone who we were and we would become regular students. It was all working for a few years, we lived two lives, one at home and another at school. That all changed the moment your mother stepped on campus. We both fell for her quickly… she was so…" he thought for a moment while looking out the window. "Innocent. Your mother was innocent… like an angel," he said quietly while he turned and sat back down in the chair. "She was sweet and kind, everything our world wasn't and we both fell for her immediately. She doesn't know this but Demetri and I noticed her right away. Unfortunately, he reached her before I could and the rest as they say is history. She fell in love with him so I stood back and let him be happy. I stayed out of the way but I could never be around them because I know I couldn't keep my feelings to myself. I never wanted to officially meet your mother and I didn't. Demetri and I fought many times over the whole situation. He knew my feelings about him involving her in our world, but he wouldn't listen, until my father spoke," Carlisle took a deep breath. "My father knew that she was coming between the two of us, before your mother we were inseparable, then your mother came along and we couldn't be in the same room together. My father put two and two together and came to me one night asking what I intended to do about the situation. I told him not to worry that Demetri could have it all that I wanted no part of my father's world. That angered him more and he let me know by punching me in the face," Carlisle rubs his face as if he were just hit. "My mother came running in yelling at my father to stop. He apologized but I could tell he didn't mean it. My time at home became sparse after that. I stayed at school more and would go away with friends at holiday time. Mean while, your mother and Demetri practically lived in our apartment off campus. My father was not too happy about that and it all came to head one night like your mother said when they got engaged. Everything your mother told you was true, but what she didn't know about was after her and Demetri broke up I was giving the job of watching her. My father told me that I was to make sure they didn't end up back together. He had a plan for Demetri and your mother was not part of that plan. Demetri on the other hand was lost without your mother. I truly believe he loved her, but he would never turn his back on our father. When I realized that she was pregnant all hell broke loose. I told Demetri that he needed to do the right thing and marry her," Carlisle huffs before he begins again. "I thought he would go to her… I thought he would leave my father's way of live and marry your mother. I can't tell you my disappoint when I realized how wrong I was. He married her all right without ever revealing the truth about our family. He let her walk into our world blind and I can never forgive him for that," he said through clenched teeth. "I sat on the sidelines and waited for the day when this would all fall apart. I knew that day would come when your mother found out the truth and when that day arrived I knew what I had to do. I had planned long before hand how to get her out of that world because I knew once she knew the truth she would never willingly stay. I had a friend from college who wan on stand by, he was a single man who lived an obscure life but he owed me and knew that I would call him one day. When that day came he took your mother and you in with no questions asked. I remained in the shadows as much as possible," he said.
I couldn't help it. I had to know the whole truth. "So my father was a set up?" I asked quietly.
"No!" Carlisle looked me in the eye. "He loved you more than anything in the world, everyone did really… I mean your were such a good kid with a big heart, nobody could resist you," he smiled at me.
"It's the truth," my mother said as she took her seat beside me.
"While your mother stayed with Alec, your father, they formed a friendship at first that soon turned to love. That was so no in my plan, but it happened and I was happy that she seemed so happy. I knew she could never be that way with me but at least this way I felt I had a little something to do with her happiness," he smiled at my mother.
"You were my happiness even if I didn't know it at the time," my mother said.
"Anyways, when your father was…" Carlisle stopped and took a breath. "When Alec was struck down I knew right away who it was. I had people watching the whole time, but they weren't quick enough to save your father. They did make it to you in time thank God for that. Your mother was a wreck and so was I. I hadn't planned for that. I didn't know what to do except to get you two out of there. My father and brother knew it was me that help Esme escape with you and they were mad. When I talked to my father he wanted me to bring you two back, but I refused subsequently ending my ties with my family. I knew this was the moment I had little time to react, I had to get you two out before they came to get you. So I took your mother and you, got into the car and began to drive," he said quietly.
"I remember thinking that any moment they would pull up beside us and take you," my mother said as she held my hand tighter.
"That was my fear also. I was so nervous that we weren't going to get away and I really didn't know what would happen if we had been caught," Carlisle said as he looked at me.
The silence stretched throughout the room before my mother broke it.
"But they never did," she said smiling at Carlisle.
"Well that's not exactly the whole truth," he returned.
My mothers head snapped toward Carlisle so fast which made me look at him.
"What?" she asked hesitantly.
"Well, sure we got away at that moment," he said calmly.
"Carlisle, what are you not telling me?" she asked sternly.
"Esme honey, everything I did was for the sake of you and Edward. I wanted to make sure you two were safe and cared for," he said before he stood up and walked to the window. "I went to see my father and Demetri after Alec was killed," he said quietly.
My mother gasped and let go of my hands. She stood up and stared at Carlisle. I was… well I had no idea what I was. I sat there and stared at Carlisle seeing him in a whole new light. I wasn't sure if I was grateful or angry. But I didn't have time to contemplate it because Carlisle started to speak again.
"When I got home my father demanded to know where you two were. When I refused to answer he pulled a gun on me," my mother gasped again and sat back down. "He threatened my life but I still refused to tell him your whereabouts, that's when…" he trailed off and turned to face again.
"That's when what Carlisle?" my mother pleaded.
"That's when Demetri stepped in. He told my father to let me go. He said that if I didn't want to be part of the family I didn't have to be. He told my father to simply let us go that none of us were a threat to them. My father finally agreed and I was realised. Before I left Demetri caught up to me and told me that he would do everything in his power to make sure no one bothered us again. I thanked him and left. When I came home to you I knew we would be okay. I knew my brother would keep his word, but I was still afraid my father would change his mind so I had people watching… all the time. Edward there hasn't been a minute in your life that you have been truly alone. I have had people watching you like a hawk waiting for the day that our peaceful life would fall apart. And five years ago that day came… with a vengeance," Carlisle breath out the last words and I could see the suffering on his face. "To know that he would be that bold… to send people to take you right in front of me… well, I never thought it would go down like that. I never thought my own brother was that callous," he said angrily.
"You think he did that on purpose?" I asked quietly. "You think he had me taken to hell because… why? Why would he do that?" I asked.
"I have no idea. Honestly, I don't think he knew what they would do. I don't think he realizes even today what happened in that house. Edward, I had my suspicions but until today I wasn't even positive," Carlisle said to me.
My head snapped to Jasper so fast I thought it would break. Jasper began pleading with me immediately.
"I didn't tell him anything. I swear Edward. I would never betray your trust like that," he pleaded with me, but I was beyond angry and could barely heard what he was saying. Carlisle next statement shocked the room silent once more.
"He didn't tell me anything Edward," Carlisle lowered his head before finishing his statement. "I have bugs in the house," he said so softly I almost didn't hear him.
"WHAT!" my mother jump from the couch and stalked toward Carlisle. "What did you just say?" she screamed at him.
"I said the house is bugged, has been for years," Carlisle said firmly.
My mother reached out and slapped him across the face so hard the noise vibrated around the room. All was silent for a moment. My thoughts were running ramped. So all this time I wasn't crazy when I thought someone was watching me? And all this time I felt as if something could happen at any moment it could have? Suddenly I was angry. Beyond angry really. I couldn't believe he would lie to me all these years. How could he do this to us? We were suppose to be family. We were suppose to watch out for each other. What the hell do I do now? What the hell does all this mean?
Rising from the couch I had to get out of there. I couldn't stay in that room one more second. I raced for the front door and ran outside. I heard Jasper following me and saying something but couldn't make out what it was. Red was all I could see.
I jumped in my car, turn the ignition and peeled down the driveway. Spinning around onto the street I drove. My head was spinning and questions were pouring out of me. Who was I? How did I end up here? What do I do now? Who was Carlisle or Aro? And how does Aro fit into all of this? I was speeding down the highway before I knew it and I knew I had to turn around and go back if I wanted answers to the million questions I had. I drove for a moment longer before doing a u-turn on the highway. When I straightened the car to get back on the highway I saw a glimpse of light. Everything happened really fast and I heard the twisting of metal and a horn blaring. Then everything went black.
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