Previously on 'Road to a Happy Ending'
"Edward, what are you doing here?" asked Carlisle, shutting his door. I peeked through my hair and looked over at him. "Carmen said it was important."
"Dad..." trailed off Edward, shaking his head.
"Ok, what the hell is going on?" asked Carlisle, shortly.
"Bella was raped," whispered Edward.
Edward's POV
When Bella called, I could tell something was bothering her. My first thoughts were that she was going to break up with me. I'll admit that the pain that welled up in my chest at just the thought of losing her was horrible. Nothing prepared me for what she told me. Hearing her talk about how that...dog put his hands on her, violated her, hurt her. It took every ounce of my control not to find him and string him up in the nearest tree and let the animals have at him. But I couldn't do that because my Bella needed me and I would not abandon her now.
"I'll just go now. I understand that you don't want me anymore; because of this I'm sorry. Thanks for everything Edward, I love you," said Bella.
Bella tried to stand up but her legs gave out on her and she stumbled to ground. She wrapped her arms around her body as she sobbed uncontrollably.
"Shh, love, I've got you," I murmured, lifting her into my arms.
"I'm so sorry, Edward," cried Bella, throwing her arms around me. "I'm so fucking sorry."
"It's okay, love," I whispered. "It's not your fault."
I settled Bella on the ground with my arms around her as I rocked her back and forth, rubbing her back as she continued to cry. She was mumbling under breath about being broken and me not wanting her anymore. My heart was breaking with each word she said.
"You are not broken," I said, pressing my lips to the side of her head. "I am not leaving you, Bella. Ever."
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about his calls and texts," whispered Bella, tucking her head into the crook of my neck.
"You were scared or whatever," I murmured. "Bella, we need to go see my dad."
"What?" asked Bella, pulling back. "No, Edward. Nobody can know."
"Bella, he could have really hurt you," I whispered, bringing my hand up to her face. "You have to tell him and Charlie so they can put Jacob in jail, where he belongs."
"They'll blame me," muttered Bella, darkly as she looked away from me.
"No, they won't," I whispered, turning her face back to me.
"Will you stay with me?" asked Bella, quietly. "I can't...Please?"
"I am not going anywhere," I whispered, leaning my forehead down onto hers. "I promise."
Bella slowly nodded her head. "Okay."
Somehow I managed to stand up with her in my arms still. I carried her over my car and set her in the front seat. I placed a soft kiss onto her forehead before shutting the door. I ran around to the driver's seat and climbed in behind the wheel.
I pulled up in the parking lot and climbed out of the out of the car, I ran around to Bella's side of the car and helped her out. I kept my arms around her waist as I pulled her through the parking lot and into the emergency room. I felt Bella ducked her face into my chest.
"Edward, what are you doing here?" asked one of the nurses.
"I'm looking for my dad," I said, clearing my throat. "Have you seen him? It's...it's kind of important."
"I think he was checking on a patient upstairs," said the nurse, "Go wait in his office and I will page him."
"Thank you, Carmen," I muttered.
I tightened my arms around Bella and pulled her through the double doors that led to the examination rooms. I kept my arms around Bella as I pulled her down to the hall under the intense gazes of the nurses and doctors that fluttered around the nurses' station.
I pulled Bella into my father's office and held her tight in my arms. A few minutes later, the door to Carlisle's office opened.
"Edward, what are you doing here?" asked Carlisle, shutting his door, "Carmen said it was important."
"Dad..." I trailed off, shaking my head.
"Ok, what the hell is going on?" asked Carlisle, shortly.
"Bella was raped," I whispered.
"What? Who could do something like this?" said Carlisle, "Bella sweetheart, who did this to you?"
I could feel Bella struggling to speak. She started shaking and burying her head on my chest as she whispered, "Edward, I can't do this."
"Bella, no matter what happen I'll never leave you. I promise you that, but you have to tell my dad what happen so he can help you," I whispered.
"Edward is right, Bella, you have to tell me what happen so I can help you," whispered Carlisle. "You know that I will not hurt you, and you know that you can trust me."
"Jacob raped me," whispered Bella. She was speaking so softly that I could barely hear her. "I'm sorry. I tried to stop him but I couldn't do it."
"It's okay, love. You don't have to apologize," I said.
"I need to do a rape kit so we can collect some DNA. Then I need to do a physical examination to make sure that you're okay," said Carlisle.
"Please don't make Edward leave, Carlisle," begged Bella, gripping the front of my shirt in her hands. "I can't do this without him. Please, Carlisle, please!"
"Bella, I'm not going anywhere, I promise," I said.
"Bella, honey, you have to tell me what happen," said Carlisle.
Bella sighed. "We started talking. I told him that I didn't want to be with him, that I was happy to be my old self again. That I'm in love with Edward, but when I said Edward's name he…" Bella trailed off and took a deep breath. "He started hitting me, I tried to run away but he push me to the ground so hard. I tried to scream but he covered my scream with his hand, he started taking my clothes off-"
"That's enough Bella," said Carlisle, cutting her off. "I'm going to examine you now okay."
Bella simply nodded her head. My father led the two of us out of his office and down to an examination room. He laid a gown on the bed and told her she needed to change. I went to wait in the hall but she begged me to stay with her. I couldn't deny her anything. I kept my eyes closed as she stripped off her clothes and pulled the gown on. Carlisle came in a moment later and I lifted Bella up and laid her on the table.
After pulling on some gloves, Carlisle started to examine Bella. I could see how scared she was. Every time that Carlisle touched her, she whimpered and flinched back. I heard Carlisle sniffing as he struggled to keep his tears at bay. I wanted to kill Jacob for laying his filthy hands on my Bella, Carlisle started asking Bella questions. He asked her if she was on birth control. She said that she was because that help her control her period and she was thankful for that. I hadn't even thought about that and I was relieved to hear that she wouldn't have to worry about getting pregnant from this. She had enough to deal with.
"I am going to get this kit to the police," said Carlisle, looking up at Bella. "Then I need to call Charlie."
"No, you can't," whimpered Bella. "He'll be mad. Please, don't tell him."
"Sweetheart, I have to tell him," said Carlisle, taking her hand in his. She flinched back but he ignored it. "It's the only way for Charlie to put Jacob away."
"What if he blames me?" whispered Bella, laying her head on my chest.
"He won't," murmured Carlisle. "I've known your father for a long time, honey, and he will not blame you for this."
"Can you call Esme?" she asked, looking over at him. "I need a mom and...Please?"
"Of course I can," said Carlisle, quietly. "Why don't I grab you a pair of scrubs so you don't have to wear those clothes."
Bella nodded her head at my father. Carlisle came back a few minutes later with a pair of blue scrubs. He bagged the clothes she had been wearing and told us we could wait for Charlie and Esme in his office. Once again, I kept my eyes closed as Bella changed from the hospital gown. I wrapped my arms around her as we walked back down the hall to my father's office. We settled down on his leather sofa and just held onto each other.
Bella was finally starting to relax and calm herself a bit when we heard a knock on the door. She automatically tensed up but I kept my arms around her and held her against my chest.
"Come in," I said. When we look to the door, Charlie's head pop in. I could tell from the look on his face that Carlisle had already told him what had happened. I had never seen him look so pissed off and sad at the same time.
"Bella, sweetheart," whispered Charlie as he made his way to Bella. He knelt down in front of her and opened his arms to her.
"Oh, Daddy, I'm so sorry. Please don't be mad at me," sobbed Bella as she threw herself in Charlie's arms.
"Bella, honey, I'm not mad at you," whispered Charlie, rocking her back and forth. "This bastard is going to jail and rot in there."
I felt like I was interrupting a private moment between them, I was starting to make my way to the door when Bella whimpered, "Edward please, don't leave me, you promise."
"I won't leave you love, I'm just going to give you some privacy with your dad okay," I said as I kissed her forehead.
"Edward you don't have to leave," said Charlie. "I want to thank you for been for Bella in a moment like this."
"You don't have to thank me, sir," I said. "I would do anything for Bella."
"Anyway, I thank you and please call me Charlie. You've earn that right," said Charlie.
Moments later we heard another knock on the door, "Come in," I said. Carlisle and Esme entered the Carlisle's office. Once again, I could tell that my father had told my mother what had happened.
"Oh Bella, sweetheart," said Esme as she knelt in front of Bella hugging her and Bella started sobbing again.
"Mom, it was horrible. I wanted to died, I couldn't stop him," whimpered Bella as she hug my mom like her life depended on it, "I'm sorry."
"Honey, it's okay. We're going to get thru this I promise okay," said Esme, "I love you my daughter."
"I love you too, mom," said Bella.
I looked at Charlie and Carlisle. They both had tears falling freely form their eyes. We were in a comfortable silence until Charlie said that he was heading out to the police station so they can arrest Jacob.
"Bella why don't you stay with the Cullen's while I take care of this," said Charlie, "I know that you'll be safe there."
"Okay daddy," said Bella as Charlie hug her and left.
"Okay why don't we start heading out to the house, if that is okay with you Bella?" said Esme.
"You won't leave me right mom?" asked Bella.
"Never, you're stuck with me," said Esme with a small smile in her face.
Esme, Bella and I left the hospital and headed to my house, a few minutes later when we arrived at the house I saw the Emmett and Alice's cars in the driveway. I could tell that Bella notice to because she started shaking again.
Esme started rubbing Bella's back telling her that nothing was going to happen to her and that it was going to be difficult but that she need it to put this thing behind her, so she could continue to be the strong young lady that she was. Trust me when I tell you this my mother is the best!
I slipped my arm around Bella as we headed into the house with Esme leading the way. Emmett, Alice, Rose, and Jasper were sitting in the living room playing some new video game that Emmett had just bought. The four of them looked up at us and gasped. Bella turned her body into mine and buried her face in my chest. God, give her the strength to deal with this.
Bella's POV
I could feel their eyes on me, glaring at me, accusing me of being nothing more than a whore who deserved everything that happened to me. I wanted to run and hide. I wanted to scream and shout at them to stop looking at me but didn't do any of that. Instead, I turned into Edward's embrace and tried disappear.
"What's going on?" asked Emmett. I peeked through my hair and looked over at him. He was standing up in front of everyone with his hands on his hips. "Mom?"
"Sit down, Emmett," said Esme, placing her hand on my back. Emmett looked from her back to me before sitting down. Esme turned back to me. "Do you want me to tell them?"
"No, Mom," I whispered, pulling on my bottom lip. "I'll do it."
"Are you sure?" asked Esme. I nodded my head as I shifted my eyes to the floor. "Ok, just...take your time. If it's too much..."
"I..." I started but trailed off as I felt the tears building up in my eyes. Edward raised his hand up to my face and cupped my check. "Jacob Black raped me."
"WHAT?" roared Emmett, jumping back up to his feet. I flinched back into Edward. "I'LL FUCKING KILL HIM!"
"I'll help," growled Jasper.
"Sit down and stop this nonsense," snapped Esme. Emmett and Jasper both sat back down, shocked by the tone that Esme used. "Neither of you will be killing anyone and if I hear that word come out of your mouth again, Emmett, I swear I'll use a bar of soap on you. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, ma'am," they both muttered. The four of them looked over at me and just stared.
"Stop staring at me," I griped.
"Bella," whispered Alice, looking away. "I..."
"I know, Ali," I muttered. "Look, I'm really tired and I just want to go to bed. I just want to put this behind me and move on, ok?"
"Bella," said Rose, shaking her head.
"I know," I snapped. "Just...I'm going to bed."
"Ok, sweetheart," murmured Esme. "You know where I'll be if you need me."
"Thanks, Mom," I whispered.
I looked back at my friends, who were still staring at me. Ducking my head, I let Edward lead me up the stairs to his bedroom. Normally I would stay with Alice but I need Edward to hold me. I was so afraid to let him go.
Well guys this was the hardest chapter to write, but I did it. I want to thank a million times and I still think that it is not enough to my beta and friend Ms. Butterflybetty!
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