Bella Mie
Chapter Nine
Bella poured herself another cup of coffee. She wiped the sleep out of her eyes and walked out to the balcony. It had been a long night for the three of them. So many new pieces of information came to light that sort of made things make more sense.
Right now Bella was alone in her and Alice's apartment. She had all but kicked Edward and Jacob out of the building with physical force. She couldn't stop thinking about the conversation, though.
"You…you fell in love?" Bella had asked with a gulp.
Jacob nodded, his eyes again flickering to Edward.
"There's something I have to tell you, Bella," Edward piped up. "I was also hired for your well-being. But not by Jacob's employers."
Bella didn't know how much more she could take before she either exploded or started crying. Both were quite possible at the moment.
"Then, who hired you, Edward?" Bella murmured.
It took him a few minutes before he could reply. He had promised himself that he would never tell Bella this.
"Bella, I can't tell you. I promised I wouldn't…I'm so sorry," Edward said.
She could see the sadness in both of their eyes.
"Fine, Edward. Whatever, don't tell me. But why is someone coming after me? What did I do?"
Jacob was the first to respond.
"Do you remember that fire in Forks? Where the supermarket burned down?" he questioned. She nodded, encouraging him to continue. "My dad, Billy Black, had died in that fire. Well, he was a pretty major drug lord. I hadn't known it until I entered this profession. His name was well-known, which is not a good thing."
Bella gasped and her hand flew to her mouth.
"That was the reason I didn't go to Forks very often. But when I did I was known as Jacob Black. My dad may have been into bad bad things, but he would protect me until the end," Jacob continued.
"Why couldn't you tell me before?" Bella asked.
Jacob shrugged and Edward looked like he was in pain.
"It just wasn't the right time. We had to make sure you were ready to hear it. We had to wait until we knew you could care for yourself. So, now we have to get you to take self-defense."
Bella put her coffee cup in the sink, coming back to present day life. She had told Alice the whole thing when she had gotten home late that night. Both girls were amazed with what direction things suddenly went.
It was decided that Jacob would be the one to help Bella learn to defend herself. Edward was going to help her learn manipulation and how to sleep with one eye open.
Her first training session was going to start within the hour. Bella got dressed in her running shorts and a tank top. Jacob texted her to remind her of everything she had to bring.
Within twenty minutes Isabella arrived at an gymnasium. Walking in with her bag, she noticed no one was around. Once the bell on the front desk had been rung, resulting in nothing, Bella knew something was about to happen.