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BPOV

I told him. I told him how I would do what I could to make Mike happy. I told him how I would just lay there and take the abuse. I told him how I ran to our friend Lauren's house when it got to be too much. And I told him how when Lauren told Mike where I was that things just got worse.

He listened. He listened when I told him how much I loved Mike before the turn of events. He listened when I told him that Mike had me trapped in my own house. He listened when I told him that the night that I got home from the bar, I didn't care what Mike said or did to me.

Edward and I sat outside together and he let me cry. He even cried with me. Edward held onto me so tightly that I didn't think that he would ever let me go. And if he didn't, that would be fine with me.

"Bella, its five o'clock. I have to be at work by 8:30," Edward told me. Oh yeah, the real world still existed. I can't believe I had no idea what he did for a living.

"Where do you work?"

"I work at Seattle Publishing," he told me.

"You're an editor?"

"Yeah, manly, I know," he said with a smile.

"No Edward, it's a great career choice. I've always wanted to be a writer," I said.

"Bella, that's great. You should share some of your work with me."

"I don't know. Maybe."

He left it at that and we decided that we should go get some coffee since neither of us found sleep comforting at this point and we wouldn't get to spend the day together like we have been. We were out of the door by 7 o'clock and in his Volvo heading toward the coffee shop. The plan was for him to drop me back off at the apartment and he would be home by 4 o'clock. "I don't have a lot going on today so I will be home soon. And then if it is ok with you we can go talk to my lawyer, Emmett. He has been a friend of the family since I can remember," Edward said.

"Ok," I said. We arrived at the coffee shop. Edward went and ordered for us and I went to our usual table.

"Bella?" I heard a familiar voice call me. I turned and saw Tyler Crowley. We have been friends since high school. And he has been Mike's friend since kindergarten. Shit.

"Hi, Tyler."

"Is Mike here too? I haven't talked to him for a few weeks. Things have been so hectic lately," Tyler said.

"Uh, no. Mike isn't here." I am screwed.

"Oh, well I guess I will see you at five. Poker night is still on right?"

"I have no idea. You'll have to ask Mike," I said cautiously. My knees were shaking at this point. Just as Tyler was about to say something, Edward came and sat down next to me. "Tyler, this is my friend Edward Cullen. Edward this is mine and Mike's friend, Tyler Crowley." Edward looked at me with a knowing expression.

"Nice to meet you, man. Well, I actually need to get going. I'm gonna give Mike a call about poker. If I don't see you tonight Bella, I'm sure we will all do something soon," Tyler said.

"Ok, bye Tyler," I said as he started walking away. I couldn't help but breathe out a sigh of relief.

"Are you ok?"

"He's going to tell Mike that he saw me."

"Bella, even if he does tell Mike, he can't touch you. I promise," Edward said taking my hand.

The topic was dropped after that. Edward headed back to drop me off at his apartment by eight, so he would make it to work on time. "Bye, baby. I'll see you at 4:30, ok?"

"Ok," I said and he leaned over the console to give me a kiss and he also handed me the key to his apartment. When I got out of the car, he drove off.

For the next few hours I just relaxed. I took a bath, lounged around, and cleaned up a little. It was the least I could do. I wanted to cook Edward a nice dinner too, but he hardly had any of the things I needed. Luckily there was a market on the same street as the apartment building. It was already 3:30, so that gave me plenty of time to get what I needed and get back here before Edward.

I grabbed my cell phone, Edward's keys, and put them in my purse along with my wallet. I locked the door on my way out and made my way to the market. I grabbed a shopping basket and got what I needed to make lasagna. Everybody always complimented it, so I figured it was the best thing to make for him because I wasn't exactly sure what he would want.

I was back at the apartment by 4:15. I stopped at the door, grabbed the keys out of my purse, and went to unlock the door. I put away all of the groceries that I wouldn't be using right away and decided to start cooking the food. When I cooked I got lost in my own world. It was a way for me to think about whatever I wanted. I started thinking about Edward and his beautiful green eyes. And how they looked at me.

Just then I felt hands on my waist. Edward. "I was just thinking about you, baby." I said.

"Oh yeah?" Only the voice didn't match who I was expecting. Mike.

EPOV

I was hard leaving Bella after running into Tyler at the coffee shop. I knew she would be worrying for the rest of the day. I arrived at work and checked my schedule for the day. Being an editor, I only read the manuscripts that we referred to me by the acquisitions editors.

There was a new one today. I put it in the pile of other manuscripts to read and moved on with what I had to do. The day was easy, but it seemed like it went on forever. This was the longest I had been away from Bella since we met. It was weird not being around her.

I started reading, and got so hooked on the plot of the story that I lost track of time. It was already 4:15. Oh, great! Now I'm going to get stuck in traffic. Fantastic.

When I got out of the office and to my car I realized that I would definitely be late. I tried calling Bella's cell to tell her that I would be late, but she didn't answer. I tried a few more times on the off chance that she just didn't hear it the first couple of times. But there was still no answer. She was probably just not by her phone. Actually, she was probably avoiding it at all costs. I know I would if I had a crazy ex. I also texted Emmett and told him to meet me at my house by five o'clock, so we could get this shit figured out with Bella. Especially now that Mike knows that she is still in the area.

Ok. B there at 5 –Em

At the rate I was going, he would get there before me.

I arrived at the apartment twenty minutes later than I had hoped and when I approached the door, it was cracked. Then I heard a crash. What the hell? "Bella!" I yelled as I ran inside. I went straight to the kitchen because that is where the noise came from and standing over Bella was a blonde haired man. It had to be Mike.

Bella was on the floor with her hands wrapped around her abdomen. She was in pain.

I didn't even think twice, I just jumped on the fucker. He must not have seen that coming because he fell right down. I punched his face, and he came back swinging. He managed to roll us over so he could get his chance to hit me. And he did. A couple of times. Fuck! That hurt. If it hurt me, I know it had to hurt Bella. That made me even madder. I grabbed at his arms and forced him away from me. When I had him pinned, I punched his face as hard as I could. Repeatedly.

"Does it make you feel like a man when you hit her! Do you feel better about yourself seeing her fall to the ground!" I punched him again. "You fucking lowlife piece of shit! How could you hurt someone who would do anything for you? She was your wife!" I punched him harder this time. "How does it feel to be powerless?" He started to push back and that shit just wouldn't fly. I grabbed him by his shirt and pushed him down onto the floor. He let out a loud grunt.

His face was starting to swell. I got that bastard good. "Holy shit! What the fuck is going on?" It was Emmett. He ran over and pulled Mike and I apart. I kept swinging, though. I wanted to fucking kill him. "Edward, go to her," Emmett said referring to Bella. I turned and saw Bella still wincing in pain, and her face was covered in tears. Emmett managed to hold down a practically unconscious Mike down and called the police to come take the bastard away. "Take her into another room until we get him out of here," Emmett said, his voice full of authority.

I went and leant down by her. "Baby, where does it hurt? Can you get up?" She shook her head, but I had to get her out of the room and away from Mike. I did the best I could at gently picking Bella up and walking her into the bedroom. I placed her on the bed. She was still curled up and her body shook with sobs. I sat on the bed next to her and pulled her into me.

I promised her that he couldn't touch her. And he did. "I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry," I repeated, gently rocking her. I let her down. If I had been home on time I could have kept her from getting hurt.

"Edward, you're bleeding," she croaked out through her sobs.

"I'm fine, Bella. I'm sorry. I-"

"Edward, stop apologizing. It's not your fault," She said, looking up at me. "I'm ok. What matters is that we are ok. But this is exactly what I didn't want to happen. He hurt you. I can handle when I hurt, but I don't like seeing you hurt," she said and she started crying again. Seeing her like this was one of the worst things. I couldn't help but let a few tears fall. Seeing her like this hurt more than any blow from Mike.

"I should have been here sooner. If I was here on time I could have maybe stopped him from hurting you."

"Don't blame yourself. Please, don't ever blame yourself for something that he did. I shouldn't have ever brought this on to you. You don't deserve this. If you had someone else you wouldn't have to worry about this bullshit."

"Bella, it's you who doesn't deserve this! And I don't want anyone else. Don't ever think that I would even think of ever leaving you because of this. Bella, I love you way too much to let you go," I said and it took me a minute to realize what I had said. She was looking at me in disbelief, but I meant what I said. I really did love her.

"You love me? We, we just met," she stammered.

"I know we did, but I have never felt so much feeling for one person. I feel like if you ever left me, I wouldn't ever be able to be with someone else because they aren't you. I know there is so much we don't know about each other, but I know that everything I do know about you, I love. Bella, you are a strong, beautiful, amazing woman. I love you." There I said it.

"I love you too," she whispered. I leaned down and kissed her forehead, but when I pulled away she lifted up and kissed my lips, with a sweet, slow, perfect kiss.

I knew that we had an odd situation here, but I also know that we really were in love. We had already been through so much.

In this unfortunate situation, we were the lucky ones. We had each other. We had someone who we could count on and trust, which is more than we had before. And I was confident that we were one of those couples that could make it through anything.

Just as we were enjoying the moment of silence after all of the chaos, there was a loud noise so distinct that anyone would know what it was. A gunshot.

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