I'm sorry this chapter took so long! I had it ready before March 20th but my Betas had pc problems and were sick, and I've been crazy with Uni! However you'll be glad to know that I should be able to start updating more often. *crosses fingers*

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Right behind me was Tanya, looking enraged and red-beet furious. Oh hell. I'm so not in the mood for her shit today. I wish the earth would open up and suck me in right now.

Chapter 9 – A minor set back.

I locked eyes with Tanya and for a moment I saw her rage, but she quickly composed herself and put the biggest fakest smile I've ever seen.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, I know how important your job is," she said with a fake overly sweet tone, "but my granddad needs help. Now," she added.

"I'll be right there," I answered trying to sound as if nothing had happened.

What's it to her anyway. I wonder how far her relationship with Edward goes.And all of the sudden my stomach tighten at that thought.

She turned around and went back to her grandfather's room. I turned to my friends.

"How long was she there?" I asked.

"Long enough to know he kissed you," Donna said.

"Wait. What's going on?" Esme asked.

"I'll fill you in," Donna answered her.

"Thanks. I'll go check what Mr. Denali needs," I informed.

I put on my best poker face and marched to Mr. Denali's room only to find it empty. After checking more thoroughly I found them in the bathroom.

"Oh, Bella. There you are. Good morning dear," Mr. Denali said, "Would you mind helping me this morning? I'm afraid my granddaughter is not good at this."

"Of course, Mr. Denali," I answered. "How are you this morning?"

"Oh you know. Old man pains but I'm much happier now that I see my favorite nurse. And call me Eleazar," he flirted.

"Alright Eleazar," I said with a smile, "just let me get everything ready for your shower and then we'll get started."

"Excellent. I think I might have more visitors today, and I want to look my best," he said and winked at me.

Did he know about Edward? How would he know? Oh get a grip on yourself, Bella. You're starting to imagine things. Not everything is about you and Edward. No wait. There's no you and Edward. There's you, and then there's Edward. Oh shut it! Now focus on work, Bella.

I forced myself back to earth and reality and got back to the task on hand. I was surprised when Tanya didn't come to nag and order me around. Instead she sat on a chair next to her grandfather's bed reading "Town & Country." I should have known. I think deep down I was expecting to find her reading "Seventeen". She didn't move her eyes from the magazine when I stepped into the room.

I continued my job as always and the morning passed by uneventfully. I did my rounds and Tanya kept out of my hair for the remainder of the morning.

I was in the nurse's office going through the medicine cabinet and preparing the dosette boxes for the week ahead, when I heard it. It was a feminine scream. Not one of terror, more like a short one of surprise. I knew it was Tanya, so I walked towards her grandfather's room to check that everything was fine.

I entered the room and found her standing next to the chair, food tray on the floor. Juice was covering half on the floor and food was spread all over the bed. Mr. Denali was in the middle of the bed, looking helpless.

"I'm so sorry, I tripped with the chair. I'm so clumsy," she said in a fake sweet voice. Note Bella: she never apologized.

"It's ok, I'll clean it," I said with a straight face. "You can wait in the hall or go get a coffee."

"Oh, I can wait here," she tried.

"No need to. We need to help your grandfather to the shower. I'm sure you'll understand," I added.

"I think I got some juice on my shoes, she pushed.

I walked to the bathroom, got a few wet towels and handle them to her.

"What am I supposed to do with these?" she asked me.

"It's for your shoes." I answered her.

She wanted to humiliate me, I was sure. I also was sure not to give her that satisfaction. If she expected me to kneel down and clean her shoes, she was in for a shock.

Apparently she understood because she looked at me, then at her granddad and with a sigh she turned to leave. She stopped for a minute and approached me. She leaned forward and whispered so only I could hear her.

"Edward is mine, so you'll back the fuck off if you know what's good for you."

She then took a step back and gave me a smile that would creep the hell out of anyone with a bit of common sense. As it is, I'm not one easily intimidated, and I'm pretty sure at that moment my common sense was taking a leave of absence.

Esme and I helped Mr. Denali while someone from the cleaning crew came in and clean the floors. Then I changed the sheets and by the time we were done everything had gone back to normal.

The rest of the day was quiet. I kept thinking that maybe Edward was due to visit, but he didn't show up and soon came my time to go home.

When I got home I went immediately to my answering machine to check for messages but no one had called. Jesus, Bella, give the guy some time, you just met him for Christ's sake. And you did saw him less than 14 hours ago. Oh God, I did not just count the hours. Yes damn it, I did! Great, a good night, a few kisses and I'm back to being a teenager. Earth calling to Bella!

I tried in vain to focus back on reality. Instead I settled for a nap. After my nap I did my chores and continued onto my daily routine. The day went by fast and soon enough was time for bed again. I decided on a book, grabbed some juice from the refrigerator and head onto my bedroom. Incredibly as soon as my head touched the pillow I feel asleep.


The next two days went by faster that the blink of an eye and soon it was Tuesday night. Tomorrow's your night Bella. You're going to see him again! I squealed, then, I realized I had a lot to do. And what was I going to wear? Oh my God! I need retail therapy! Okay, okay, nothing you can do about it now Bella. So chill the fuck out! You can focus on it tomorrow, for now, let's try to sleep.

I was sound asleep when the phone rang. I glanced at my alarm clock and groaned.

"Who the hell is, calling at 11:20?" I sighed.

"Hello" I said groggily into the phone.

"Mrs. Newton?" a voice said on the other side.

I thought about correcting him, but decided against it. It was late and whoever was calling was not close to me or didn't know me at all.

"Yes, this is she. Who's calling?" I asked.

"This is Dr. Lutz calling from Northwest Hospital. Your husband has been in a car accident."

"Is he alright?" I asked while getting off the bed and starting to dress up.

"He has some broken bones and bruises, but I think you need to come here," he quickly answered.

"Right. I'll be there in 20 minutes."

"Alright. Do drive carefully please," he added.

I was already half dressed. I lifted my hair in a pony tail, finished dressing and got out. I got to the hospital in no time at all. I got to the info desk and was inquiring about Mike when someone called my name from behind me.

"Mrs. Newton?" Dr. Lutz asked.

I turned to see the most beautiful doctor I have ever seen in my life. He was in his late twenties, a resident by the looks of it. He had blond surfer hair, blue eyes and a body to pounce on.

"Miss Swan, please," I said extending my hand to greet him, "we're going through divorce." Great Bella, now he's going to think you're hitting on him. Well maybe just a little bit… No, no no. Surprisingly he grinned at that moment.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Ms. Swan, your ex-husband has a concussion, three broken ribs and a broken leg. They're taking him up for a CT-scan as we speak," he informed me.

"Is he conscious?"

"No, he's heavily sedated, so he's asleep. But you should know that when he got here, he couldn't remember anything about himself." He added

"I'll take it from here." A familiar voice said.

I turned in time to see Carlisle stepping from a room to my right.

"Carlisle, Oh it's so good to see you!" I said with true relief.

It was nice to have someone familiar in these situations.

Carlisle gave me a quick hug and then turned to take the chart from Dr. Lutz.

"I'm sorry Bella. I'm afraid I was in surgery when they brought Mike in," Carlisle said.

"Carlisle, it's fine. What are you apologizing for anyway?" I asked.

"Well, here's the deal. He was intoxicated when he crashed. I'm sorry. I'm afraid the police is waiting to talk to you," He informed me.

I slumped into a chair that was next to me. This is not the way things were supposed to go. I wanted to see Mike, I was worried about him but the selfish part of me wanted nothing to do with him anymore. I had loved Mike and I still cared about him, but by God forgive me I was tired and I did not want to deal with this now.

Dr. Lutz came back with some test results and handed them to Carlisle.

"Dr. Lutz, Bella here is a R.N. at Virginia Mason and a family friend. If I'm not here I expect you to keep her informed and help her should she have any requests," Carlisle told Dr. Lutz.

"It'll be my pleasure," Dr. Lutz answered with a small nod of his head.

"Bella, I'll let you know as soon as I know more," Carlisle added. "Are you going to be okay?"

"Yes. Thank you," I offered with a small smile

He returned me a warm smile of his own and then he was gone.

This was bad. The moment I heard he crashed, I should have known. And just like that I knew I would have to take care of Mike. I felt like a huge weight had been again dumped on my shoulders. I must have done something bad in my past life. Why can't I seem to get a break? This time it would be different because I was going to make sure to make things differently. Mike had a mother. He had friends. Why should I be the one to care for him by myself?

I walked outside the hospital and called Mike's mom. I was not going to take the whole responsibility of Mike by myself. He had a family. I was not going to be the only one. Not anymore.

Once I was done, I called the hospital to let them know what had happened and inform that I was taking the day off.

After my phone calls were done I walked back to Mike's room only to find the police on the door. Carlisle was talking to them and I knew it was time to face the music. My shoulders slumped in defeat and I walked to the awaiting officers.

"Misses Newton, I'm inspector Darcy and this is my partner Maslin. We'd like to make you some questions about your husband's crash." The first officer said.

"It's Miss Swan now. I'll be happy to answer your questions, though I'm not sure I'll be of any help," I answered truthfully.

"Doctor Cullen, is there any place we can talk privately?" officer Maslin asked.

He nodded and then answered, "You can use my office."

An hour later I was just coming out of Carlisle's office as I saw Meggie coming towards me. I scrubbed my eyes with my own hands to make sure I wasn't seeing visions out of tiredness. Nope, it was really her.

"Meggie! What are you doing here?" I asked.

"You didn't think we were going to leave you alone now. Did you?" Angela asked from behind Meggie.

"Oh girls," I said while embracing them.

I knew then that probably Esme had called them and told what had happened. I was so happy to see my friends there.

"What are you doing here?" I asked them.

"Esme called me and told me what happened. And I called Angie," Meggie replied.

"I'm so happy to see you guys," I informed them, "Let's go to the cafeteria to get some coffee."

We sat in the cafeteria and I told them everything that happened. I told them about the call I got about Mike's accident, about rushing to the hospital, him being DUI and the police investigating the case and about not wanting to face my mother-in-law.

"Thank God, he just crashed against a tree," Angie blurted.

"I don't know what the fuck he was thinking of," Meggie added.

"You might not want to know either," Angie said so softly I could barely hear her.

"What do you mean?" I asked her.

"Well… he's probably been depressed about you guys separating. Have you considered that maybe it was not an accident?" Angie replied.

"Are you implying he was trying to hurt himself on purposed?" Meggie asked perplexed.

"I… umm, uh. No," I said more than shocked at the suggestion.

I hadn't really given much thought to the incident. At first I had been worrying about Mike. Even though we were not together anymore I still cared about the guy. He had been a huge part of my life and I did love him in a brotherly-kind way. After getting to the hospital and knowing that he was alright, I had mostly discarded the issue, just thinking it was just another silly thing Mike had done. I had in my mind blamed it all on the alcohol.

"Dear God," I said after a few minutes. The magnitude of Angie's suggestion was finally sinking in.

Right then, it all fell into place. Eric had seen me with Edward and probably he had told Mike about it. But no, Mike was not capable of something so stupid, was he? I couldn't wrap my thoughts about that one.

Meggie was rubbing my back, while Angie had my hands in hers.

"I'm sorry Bells. I didn't mean to upset you. I just thought you should consider all the possibilities. I should have kept my mouth shut," Angie said.

"No, you're right. It is something to consider, though that doesn't make it true. Maybe it was just that. An accident," Meggie helpfully added.

I felt myself relaxed some and deciding I would not know until I talk to Mike I let it slip for the moment.

"So, what are you going to do about your date tonight?" Angie asked.

"Oh shit," was all I said. I had totally forgotten about my date with Edward. I definitely needed to do some thinking. On that note we left the cafeteria to head back to check on Mike.

We stepped out of the elevator, and walked down the hall only stopping outside Mike's room. I had decided I would not make any assumptions when I heard my mother-in-law's voice inside. I sighed and prepared mentally for another battle. I took a deep breath and then I stepped in.

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