Safe With Me
Chapter 10
I'd fallen asleep sometime while we were driving, I was having vivid nightmares about Garrett finding us and slowly killing Alice and James and then beating me until I lost the baby, then after I'd suffered a miscarriage and had to endure that pain, he'd beaten me to near death, never calling help for me. Just making me comfortable enough with pain pills until I was almost healed and then he'd beat me all over again. The last thing I remember before waking up to Alice comforting me was Garrett telling me I had to watch my family and Sam die before he'd kill me.
"Bella, Bella wake up. It's OK. You're safe with us, so far so good." Alice soothed.
"I just had the most horrible nightmare." I cried into her shoulder.
"We're going to…" Alice was saying before James cut her off.
"Bella hide, Alice bed!" James shouted. "There's a roadblock ahead. Bella, it'll be fine." James looked at us through the rearview mirror.
Alice helped me into the closet, it had a little bench to sit on and then I heard Alice sliding the clothes into place and turning on the TV, the van slowing to a stop.
Breathing slowly as to not stress myself out, I waited.
"Hey officer, how can I help you?" James asked.
"We're looking for a pregnant woman who's in danger. She's a high risk pregnancy and her husband is worried sick. She didn't come home from a shopping trip today. Vanished clear out of the mall, professionals, there wasn't even any video footage." The cop rambled.
"Yeah, I've heard about those crazy people who take pregnant women. They steal their babies and then kill the women. I'll have to keep an extra close eye on my wife. We just found out we're expecting." James replied.
"Do you mind if I take a quick look? Out of state tags and all." The cop asked.
"Sure." I heard James unbuckle and must have gotten out of his seat. "My wife is sleeping in here." James slid the bedroom door open. "Mary, are you awake?" James whispered.
"I am now." I heard Alice 'yawn'.
"They're looking for a kidnapped pregnant woman." James relayed the information to her.
"Oh no!" Alice was moving on the bed.
"I'll just need to see both your ID's." I heard them all walk towards the front. "I've just got to run these and I'll be back."
"Can my wife go back to sleep? She's not feeling well." I heard James ask.
"Yeah, that should be fine. I've got your ID's Mr. Brooks."
Alice came back and slid the curtain shut, turning on the TV. "Just a little bit longer." She whispered.
I didn't reply, I just kept breathing.
After what seemed like FOREVER, I heard the cop telling them it all checked out, they were free to go. James thanked him and wished them luck in the capture.
We drove for a little while before we pulled off, I was still in the closet, not daring to move or speak.
A few minutes later the door opens and Alice clicks on the light and hands me a note, it read;
Bella,
James needs to do a quick sweep, make sure the cop didn't leave any bugs behind.
We know how sneaky Garrett can be.
I nodded and just sat there.
"Babe, think you can drive for a while." James asked Alice while he flushed the toilet and turned on some music. "I'm beat." He sighed.
"Yeah. Get some rest." Alice assured.
"I'm going to take a quick shower, so don't drive all crazy babe." James shouted back and turned on the water. I assume he started his sweep.
About ten minutes later, James turns off the shower and walks in front of me hold a button like object, holding his finger over his lips. I was trying to hold in my sobs.
"Mary, I think I need some Pepto, those tacos didn't agree with me. Can you stop at the next store?" he yelled from in front of me.
"Will do!" she yelled back.
James kept his finger in front of his lips and I nodded, sitting as still as possible, tears running down my cheeks.
I felt the RV being turned off and looked up to James like a deer in headlights.
"Hunter sweetie, are you awake?" Alice asked James, knowing he had a bug.
"Yeah, yeah. What's up?" he asked.
"We're at the store. Want me to run in?" she asked.
"No, I think I'll use their bathroom too, save you from the fallout." He chuckled and Alice busted out laughing.
"Oh, that's nothing you haven't left me before!" she yelled after him.
"OK. It's safe now. You OK?" she asked and I was gasping for air.
"Bella, come lay down. You're going to make yourself sick." Alice helped me up and over to the bed, I was shaking so bad.
The door opened to the RV and I yelped.
"Shhh… It's just James." She rubbed my back.
"We're all good ladies. I dropped it in an elderly person's car." James assured.
"You ready to go?" he asked looking at me.
"Yes, please!" I begged.
I dozed on and off, always having the same nightmare.
Alice had cooked a few things for us, but James was grumbling about real food.
"We're almost there Jay, chill out. Bella, we're in Iowa. It's where the safe house is, our own personal safe house. NOT owned by anyone, not even the bank. My grandparents gave it to me and I kept it in their name since it was paid off." Alice smiled.
"Are you sure we're safe?" I asked, totally freaked out.
"Yes. And we'll know when Garrett makes a move, we've got a lot of people watching him and your family, Bella." James assured me.
GPOV
"Where the FUCK did she go?" I yelled at Stephan as I punched his face over and over, once I returned home.
"I don't know! She was shopping with that lady and she said they'd text me when they needed me. I sat at the entrance and waited, they never came out." Stephan cried.
"You're done!" I yelled before I snapped his neck.
I called a meeting with all my men and wanted them everywhere, shelters, police stations and I gave them a picture of Alice from my surveillance cameras at the house.
I called my men in Seattle to follow Emmett and his family, as well as Sam.
"If he even says her name I want to know! If he takes any trips outside of the scheduled football trips, I want to FUCKING know!" I screamed.
"Jasper, I need you and Peter to go to Seattle. I want you two overseeing this, one on Sam and the other checking out any other leads on this Alice and her husband." I snarled.
"Sorry Garrett, I can't. Laurie is really sick and we're still mourning our child." Jasper thought I'd have sympathy.
"I don't give a fuck! Hire a nurse! My wife is missing and she's still fucking pregnant." I was in his face.
"You're a heartless bastard." Jasper shook his head. "If anyone should understand it should be you."
Walking out of the room I threw my hands in the air and said "That's where you're wrong. My child is still alive." And walked to my bar, I needed a drink.
Calling my buddy Dave at the police department I told him I wanted road blocks everywhere and anyone who looked suspicious was to get bugged, no matter what.
"Will do Garrett. What do you want us to do when we find her?" Now that was my kind of man. 'WHEN we find her, not IF we find her.' He was a smart man.
"Detain them all. I'll get there and handle it. That bitch won't ever leave me again, unless it's by my hand." I informed him.
"How can you stand to be tied down, man? I just fuck them and leave them. I can't stand when they get clingy." He'd sighed over the phone.
"You've got to show them who's boss. When we catch her, I'll let you watch." I chuckled darkly.
"I'll get to learn from the master. I'd love to see you put her in line for fucking you over after everything you've done for her."
"Oh she'll pay Dave, she'll pay." I laughed. "Look, I've got to go. I need all this done ASAP." I reminded him.
"Already done man. Text all my men while on the phone." He informed me.
"Thanks Dave. I need you on my official crew."
He declined and said he served me better in his current position, to have a man on the inside.
I agreed and said he's due for a raise.
He didn't argue.
I went about searching video feed from the mall, I found them before they went into the store with the strollers and shit. She and Alice didn't have any bags, but Bella looked happy. Like when she left, no signs of distress. She had to have been taken against her own will. Right then there was a knock at my door and a delivery guy was there.
"I was told to deliver this to you." He handed me a package.
"Who told you and where?" I had him slammed against the door.
"Some generic looking white guy. He was 5'8" or so, black hair and dressed in a designer suit." The guy stuttered.
"Don't move." I told him as I opened the package. I dumped the contents into my hand. It was Bella's phone and wedding ring. "FUCK!" I yelled as I threw the phone and it shattered.
I handed the guy a $100 bill and thanked him.
"PETER!" I yelled.
"What's up Gar?" he asked. "What the fuck happened here?" he asked.
"That is Bella's cell phone and these are her rings. She's got absolutely no trackers on her now." I scowled.
"Not true brother dear, remember when she left the first time and we got her back? I placed one under her skin. But she has to be gone 24 hours before it activates." He shrugged.
"Nice work brother, it should be activating in a few hours then. We'll get those fuckers who took her." I sneered. "Have my jet ready."
BPOV
I couldn't sleep, even in the house fully equipped with security.
Alice was leaving for a week to get back to Texas. She was playing the part of being beat up, from the kidnappers, she'd call Garrett and tell them what happened.
I was also a nervous because they had found a tracking device in my skin after we'd arrived. James said he had to remove it. It hurt like hell, but he got it out. It was in my shoulder, luckily it wasn't too deep. Then he drove Alice into town to catch a cab to the airport and she'd dispose of the chip once at the airport.
I locked myself in the safe room the entire time he was gone.
James came back a few hours later, no doubt making sure he wasn't followed, but he also brought home some wonderful food from the local diner. If I wasn't pregnant, I think I still would have gobbled down the meatloaf sandwich, extra-large fries and vanilla milkshake he brought me.
"Wow! You're hungry." He smiled.
"I didn't think I was that hungry." I blushed.
"You're eating for two! And you haven't really eaten good the past couple of days." James assured me.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. I feel a little safer too, I think that helps."
"I'm glad I don't make you nervous." He observed.
"A little, but the fact that you're not built like him or yelling helps." I shrugged.
"I don't plan on yelling, unless it's to tell you to run, and it'll be for your own good. Here's an extra set of keys to the RV. It's parked a few blocks over, you'd just need to run down the street to your right. Push the button with a lock to unlock it. No need for keys. The windows are bullet proof as well as the vehicle itself. It's got a full tank of gas; you just drive straight to the interstate, when you feel you've gone far enough, call Alice and let her know what's going on. There's several disposable phones in there, all programmed with mom and dad. You can guess who's who." He cautioned.
"You're scaring me." I choked.
"Don't be scared. This is worst case scenario." He assured.
I nodded in understanding and excused myself for a shower and bed.
Being almost six months pregnant, I was finding it difficult to get comfortable. I tossed and turned most of the night. I was thinking about my brother and Rose, Alice and mostly Sam. Sam was never going to love me again, especially carrying another man's child. And who's to say I'll even get to see him again. If they can't take Garrett down, I'll be on the run forever.
Waking after a few hours of sleep, I noticed it was morning. I headed downstairs for breakfast.
"Oh good, you're awake." James looked up from the paper. "Alice said everything went smooth and Garrett bought her story about being kidnapped. Sent a guy named Jasper to check out her story. He asked where I was and she told him I was at an artist's retreat, with no phones or internet and because that's MY listed profession, he believed her and there's no way for him to check it out. It's at a secret location that Alice doesn't even know." He chuckled.
"I-I'm surprised he believed it."
"Well you can Google it, it does exist." He shrugged.
"Any word on Emmett? Sam?" I looked at him hopeful and he just shook his head. "It's too risky." He looked at me sadly.
APOV
"Garrett! Thank goodness!" I was crying, had to perfect the act.
"Alice, slow down. I can't understand you." He snapped. "Alice, hey. Are you OK? Where's your husband?" He tried to be sincere to calm me down, but I could tell he was boiling by the tone of his voice.
"He's away for the next month." I hiccupped.
"What? Where?" I was agitated.
"Some retreat for artists. No internet, no phones." I kept crying.
"Alice, calm the fuck down. Where's Bella?" He asked firmly and I broke down.
"She-she was taken by some men in a van. We were twisted around and didn't realize we went out the wrong door. They put a black hood over my head, Bella was yelling and screaming that you'd find her. She sounded so scared Garrett." I was full on sobbing now.
"Shit! Why did they let you go?" I could hear the suspicion in his voice.
"I-I don't know. They had me separated from Bella. We drove around for a while and then I was shoved out in a dark alley, they punched me a few times and told me to wait to take off the hood, if I didn't the person watching me would shoot me. They shoved me to the ground and I waited for what felt like forever before I got up. I'm back at the hotel, but I'm leaving for Seattle on the next flight. I can't stay." I cried.
"I'll have my personal jet take you Alice." Garrett announced.
"No, I already have an open ended ticket, I'm calling to cash it in. Keep me informed please." I tried to slow down my crying.
"Do you need a ride to the airport or to your house once you land?" I've got Uber coming here and I'll probably just call Rose to come get me. SHIT! Have you told Emmett yet? He's going to lose it!" I started crying harder.
"Fuck! No, I didn't even think about them. Sorry, I'm a selfish bastard. I'll give them a call. And I'll keep you informed Alice. Thank you." He sighed and hung up.
I did a happy dance and then called the newspaper of the town we were staying at in Iowa and put an ad in the newspaper letting James know all was well, in our own little code.
I packed my stuff and headed home.
Knowing Garrett would have people in Seattle AND watching Rose and Emmett, and possibly me now. I'd have to be careful when I left for Iowa again.
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