I Do Not Own Twilight, The great Stephanie Meyers does, I just like to play with her characters!
Sorry for the long wait. Went camping with my family over the weekend!
CHAPTER 9
When I woke the following morning I was alone but I could hear Edward in his office yelling on the phone. I couldn't really hear what he was saying but I could hear him shouting once in a while. I decided it was time to get up anyway and get to work; I told Jasper that I would be in today. My ribs were sore but nothing that I couldn't handle, I knew that Edward would have a fit but he couldn't really say much with Felix going with me now. I walked into the office and Edward looked over at me and smiled, I walked up to him and gave him a kiss good morning and then went to make breakfast. I had just finished when Edward came into the kitchen.
"Is everything ok? You sounded upset on the phone; I could hear you all the way in the bedroom." I set a plate in front of him and took a seat next to him.
"No, I got a call from the guy that Felix was having look at your truck, it's a good thing that you didn't start it up or you wouldn't be here right now. He had it rigged so that when you started it up it would explode; I don't know the technical name or anything I just know that it was meant to kill you. That pissed me off, I'm sorry if I woke you up though." He kissed me on the temple before taking a bit of his breakfast. "This is great, thank you love."
"Your welcome," I was still in shock about my truck I didn't quite know what to say. "I guess I won't be getting my truck back then?"
"No, is that what you're worried about?"
"It's not that, I just don't know what to say. In all honesty I'm not surprised by anything that he does anymore, I told you before that he was going to kill me and he will find a way."
"No he won't, I'm not going to let that happen. This is why you have Felix; it's his job to make sure that doesn't happen when I'm not around." He was getting upset so I decided I should change the subject.
"Do you have any thoughts about what you would like to have for dinner tonight? I was just curious so that I knew if I needed to stop by the store on my way home from Twilight or not."
"You are not going to work today, you can't be serious, and he put some sort of bomb on your truck!" I guess he didn't like that idea either.
"I'm going to work; it's what you pay Felix for so that I can go to work. I'm not going to let James stop me from working; if I do that then he will have won. This is not fair to me either, I hate that I have to watch my every move, but you have to remember that I have been doing this for almost 4 years now, I know what he is capable of." I got up from the table and started to walk back to the bedroom to get ready for work, I was not going to let Edward talk me out of it either. He followed me into the bedroom pleading with me to stay home today.
"I'm only going to be there for a few hours, it's not like I will be there all day long. Plus Felix will be there in the kitchen, hell the man follows me when I go to the bathroom, so I won't be left alone." I was trying to reason with a brick wall I think.
"I don't want you going to work; Felix will still get paid for today even if you don't go to work."
"I don't care, I'm going and that's final." I was finished getting dressed now and walking back to the front door, Felix was already here waiting for me.
"Let's go Felix, Edward already told me about my truck and I don't care, I'm still going to work." I said what I needed to and walked out the door, I wasn't going to listen to Edward tell me not to go to work or try to convince Felix that it would be a bad idea too.
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Work went smoothly today, Felix was on the phone more I'm sure giving Edward updates but everything was good. I hope that James has been caught by now but I hadn't been told anything. I knew that Felix was working with the cops because they came and talked to me also about what I had seen. I had just finished cleaning up when Jasper came into the kitchen and asked if I could talk to him in the office for a minute. Something told me that I was going to hear about coming to work from him too and that somehow Edward had but him up to it. Felix and I walked into the office and sat down, I took a chair in front of the desk and Felix took one by the door.
"What's up Jasper is everything ok?"
"Yeah everything is fine, I just wanted to know what was going on with the whole James thing, Ed called me in an uproar about you being stubborn and coming into work. I know you know the guy better then anyone, but if you don't think that you should be here then please don't put your safety in jeopardy, I don't want to see you or anyone for that matter get hurt because of this guy. I guess what I was wondering is you going to continue to work, if not then I want to be able to find a replacement quickly. If you think that you're going to stay then great, I know that Ed can be controlling at times and in this case I think I would be doing the same things."
"I want to stay here, but I honestly don't know what he is going to do next. James already knows that I work here, he got to my truck with no problem and he found my apartment too. I think I would look into finding another person just to be on the safe side, that way incase I can't work then you will have a back up. I could help with the training and things also if you need me too." I was kind of pissed but in a way I could understand his points too, if something were to happen to me then he would be out a chef again and that's not good for business.
"Ok, I'll look into this week then and we can both go over the applications and see which one will be the best fit back there. How are things with Lauren working out? I know that you were having trouble with her yesterday, did she do better today?"
"She was ok, I honestly don't think she will last much longer, most chefs won't but up with her lack of knowledge but I wanted to give her the benefit. It's like having to baby sit and you really can't do that in a kitchen."
"Do you think we should look into replacing her also then?" I nodded yes because she really wasn't working out; she didn't know how to julienne or dice, she would get the two mixed up all the time. That to me was simple basic training in culinary school. "Come in as early as you can tomorrow and we'll go over the apps that I have already and if we need to I can put in an add in the paper."
"Sounds good, thanks Jasper I'll see you tomorrow." We got up and left his office to go home.
When we got home Edward was already there waiting for me in the living room, he didn't look very happy and that made me wonder who he was mad at, me for going to work or was it someone else.
"Hey is everything ok? Are you still mad at me about this morning?" I asked him tentatively because I wasn't sure the mood he was in. When he looked at me I could see fear in his eyes that had me perplexed.
"This was delivered today; I think you should take a look at it." His voice was cold and hard, he threw an envelope on the table in front of him. I slowly reached for it not sure if I wanted to know what was in there. When I opened the envelope pictures fell out, I wish that I would have just left them in there. There was a picture of me hugging Jasper when I first got the job, it was taken here in my old apartment, there was also a picture of me laying on the couch cuddled up to Edward and one of us sleeping in the bedroom in his apartment. I wondered how he got those, this was way up at the top of the building and there were no trees around us. There was also one of me talking to Jasper today in his office it looked like, I was starting to shake I could feel it, but I didn't want to breakdown in front of Edward and Felix, I ran to the bedroom and shut the door. I knew that Edward was pissed, he must have seen the pictures and now he was going to want me to leave. I was crying so hard that I didn't hear the door open and close but I did feel the bed dip when he lay down behind me. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close to him telling me that everything was going to be fine. I knew that it wasn't going to be until I was dead or James was.
"I'm sorry that I didn't listen to you and went to work anyway."
"I'm not mad about you going to work love, I'm just worried about you because that psycho is still out there, and I don't want anything to happen to you is all."
"Jasper and I talked about him finding someone else to take over for me because of this, I said that I would come in early tomorrow so that we could go over the apps that he has now and see if there would be anyone that would work."
"I know I just got off the phone with him when you got home, he told me what you said, it's not that I don't want you to work, it's just right now with James still out there that I would feel safer if you were here at the house is all."
"But you seen the pictures, he knows that I'm here with you, he had a picture of us in bed together. I don't know how he is getting this, I thought that he only had the one person working with him that Lonnie guy and now he is dead and James is still finding this info out."
"I don't know love, but the cops are going to be stationed outside 24 hours now, they were taking breaks because they hadn't had any leads on James and now that he is back and watching you they are going to be sitting outside all day to see if he comes back here. Felix is still going to be with you even if you are here at the apartment; I don't want you to be alone while I'm at one of the clubs or something."
"Fine with me, I don't want to be alone anyway." Edward continued to hold me and my eyes became tired so I closed them for a little while, I felt like I needed a nap and it was only 4pm but with everything that had happened I was exhausted.
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The rest of the week went by quickly, I helped Jasper go over the applicants for a new chef and a new line cook, we were able to narrow it down to 4 possible people, 2 for each, and we would be meeting them the following week. Nobody had seen James at all, it was kind of odd that he was able to disappear like he did and then reappear. I continued to work and help Jasper out with the new people he had hired, Vicki was going to take the place of Lauren, and Vesilli was going to take my place. Both were great at there jobs and I wasn't needed much to help with the training. Edward was happy that I was home more now and in a way I was glad that I was too.
We went to his parents on Sunday for dinner; the whole family was there it was nice to see everyone. Sometime during the week I would talk to my friends as well, with the whole James thing I hadn't been able to get out much but they did come over often to see me. I hated that we couldn't go out like we used to but I knew that it was for the best.
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It's been about a month now and I still work at Twilight but only during the day for prep, that was fine with me it got me out of the house so I wasn't sitting there all day long with nothing to do. Edward's new club Pulse was up and running and was doing great so far, there wasn't much to do for kids and having him open a club that was for kids under 20 was a great idea.
I was out with Felix doing some shopping when I felt like someone was watching me, I looked around but I didn't see anyone. I continued with my shopping, Felix was just to my side looking at some things that he must have needed also, he usually did his grocery shopping the same day I did mine it was more convenient for him I guess. We had finished shopping and were headed home when out of nowhere we were hit from behind, I tried to look behind us but it was no use, the windows were tinted on the car so you couldn't see the driver. I had a feeling that it was James but I didn't know for sure this time, this was a bit much even for him. The person in the car hit us again and again until they had run us off the road and into a ditch, we rolled a few time, I could hear the glass breaking and everything in the truck get smashed together. Felix was doing the best that he could to keep us on the road but it was no use. When we finally stopped rolling I was in so much pain I let the black consume me.
AN:
I know that this was a short chapter and I apologies for that, my mind just wasn't working today, it's still camping with my kids LOL.
