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Chapter 8

JPOV

It had been a day since we left to go and hunt, we had one more day till we were going to return and find out more about this girl called Bella. Me and my brothers had decided that we would wait outside her and her father's house until she got home and then we would wait until she got home and see if anything happened.

Edward's emotions had been all over the place ever since we left, I could tell how much he cared for Bella but how this confused him a lot. He had never felt this way before, but he knew that even though he cared for her he may cause her more pain and be very dangerous to her, just because he was a vampire.

It was early around midday on the final day of the hunting trip when I got a phone call from Alice.

"Jazz… Jazz" her usually excited voice sounded worried.

I replied quickly so I did not have to make her even more scared. "Yes Alice, I'm here. What is it?"

"I'm just ringing to warn you that something might happen tonight, something bad" Her voice was sad and almost confused.

"What do you mean" I was getting worried.

"I was talking to Bella yesterday… I'm sure that what is wrong with her happens at her home." She paused and drew in a deep breath "I can't tell you much my visions are very blurry but I keep seeing her crying in her room, Edward was not wrong. Something is definitely not right."

"Ok, I will watch out, and keep an extra eye on Edward, make sure he doesn't give away our secret… I got to go now, Edward is coming. I love you, and don't worry, we will figure this out."

"I love you to, bye Jazz"

EPOV

We ran vampire speed to Bella's house; I was rather excited but also worried about what I would see. As we ran I listened into my brother's thoughts. Jasper was obviously trying to hide something from me, something he didn't want me to know, as he was thinking deeply about how to assemble a certain bomb from WW2. But Emmet was just thinking about how to get back at Jasper who had beat him in a wrestling match earlier in the day.

We arrived at her house and peered into the kitchen window, Bella was cooking some dinner, it seemed to be onions; maybe to make a soup?

It looked revolting to me though to humans it may have been delicious. We watched her for about fifteen minutes before she went into the living room and lay down and almost immediately fell asleep, she looked so exhausted.

"Nothing's happening… Should we go?"

I turned round to glare at Emmet; he would be the one to get bored first.

"No, we will stay until I see her go to bed later. We have only been here for about half an hour."

I quickly turned back to the window where I could see Bella asleep on the sofa in their front room. We didn't have to wait long for something to happen, after about thirty minutes we heard a car pull up in the drive and saw Chief swan pull up.

His thoughts worried me and I could feel my body tense at the harsh words. – If that little slut hasn't got dinner ready… I swear she will only get what is coming to her. I have been very kind to her lately, almost too kind.

Bella's dad entered the house and stormed noisily into the kitchen and glared at the onions, which were now burning.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS" why was he shouting it was only food. But as soon as he spoke Bella jerked awake. The terrified look on her face scared me.

She ran into the kitchen, just as her father screamed at her again. She looked so scared, her whole body was shaking with fear and I felt the urge to protect her.

I felt heavy hands on my shoulder and glanced round to see jasper looking at me and suddenly felt a wave of calm wash over me. I relaxed out of my crouching stance which I had not even realised I had been in and turned quickly back to the window to see what was happening.

I heard him speak again loudly and then I saw him pick up the pan and throw the boiling onions at her, burning her delicate skin. How could he do that to such an angel?

Then he did something that I thought no parent would ever do to their child. He chucked the heavy metal pan at his daughter making her fall to the floor. At that moment I felt Emmet restraining me and the calming waves increase. How could he do that to someone so innocent and defenceless?

I wanted so badly to help her, to protect her as her so called father started kicking her and stomping on her ankles. The scream that escaped her was so full of pain I stopped struggling against my brothers and just fell limp, gazing through the window.

As she cried I also felt like crying, then he started to choke my angel. Why was he doing this? And why couldn't I help? I struggled against my brothers again. I needed to help her and save her from this monster.

Her father left the room and she was left crumpled on the floor gasping for breath, she looked in so much pain as I was dragged away from the house, my brain was in shock. How could someone do that?

I ran home with my brothers at my side and when I entered the house my family was already gathered Alice dry sobbing into a cushion. She looked up when I entered I'm so sorry, I didn't know, I didn't see until it was happening.

I nodded and looked around at my family.

"Edward, what happened? What did you see?" Carlisle asked me gently, guessing something was wrong from my furious expression.

"She…she's being abused…by her father"

So, now the Cullens know...

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