I do not own anything- Stephanie Meyer is the mastermind behind twilight

"Jake wants to get married someday." I told Bree as we sat in the office lunch room.

"Yay that's great Bella… Why are you not happy about this?"

"Because what if I make a horrible wife. I told him someday but I don't think I am cut out for marriage." I replied.

"Okay that's bullshit just saying. You need to get over yourself because that beautiful man who looks like a damned god wants to spend forever with you and you feel?"

"Scared Bree, I feel scared."

"Don't be B, if you love him you gotta let yourself go all in or you will never be truly happy." Bree reminded me. "Plus Riley and I are going to get married someday and I think we should do a joint bachelorette party in Mexico."

"Oh I see this is all about you huh."

"Well of course." She laughed. "No seriously though, he's a great guy and he loves you. What more can you ask for."

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I thought about what she said for the rest of the day. I made my way home in time to see Rosalie sitting on my front steps reading something on her phone. "Rose?"

"Oh Bella, Hi. Sorry for stopping in unannounced."

"It's alright, is everything okay?"

"I'm not sure. Edward wanted me to give you this. He handed it to Emmett when he went to visit him and asked that I speak with you."

"I don't understand why?"

"I don't know either." She handed me a small paper, I opened it up and read the words inside.

Bella,

Please believe me when I tell you that I did not kill my wife. Tanya and I were having problems but I wouldn't kill her. We were talking to a counsellor about divorce. Please find the truth, no one is looking for it all the want is to send me away for this crime. Take Rosalie and go back to Forks, the answer is there."

Edward

"Did you read this?" I asked her as she watched me fold the paper back up.

"I did yes and it makes no sense, why me?"

"I wish I knew." I replied. "We both have lives we can't just up and go to forks."

"I know things ended badly with Edward but he is my brother in law. I can get Emmett to stay with our daughter while I deal with this."

"I suppose I can take a few days off from work."

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The trip to Forks was a quick one even though Rose and I had nothing much to talk about. We made plans for the interview about her book that I had gotten approved by the station manager. The weather was cool and wet like normal for this area. We first went to the old Cullen house to see if anything was left behind. "What should we even be looking for?" She questioned.

"You are the one that knows him."

"Alright maybe we should talk to her ex." Rose suggested.

"Wait… James Belleville right?"

"Yeah."

"He was always such a creep." I remembered out loud.

"He never did get over her dumping him for Edward."

"If we get on his bad side he could try and kill us you know if he killed her." I reminded her.

"Yes but he loved her." She said.

"Edward loved her." Silence took over as we pondered on what to do next. The house had been left by the Cullen's but not sold so everything remained the same. A thick layer of dust covered everything as we walked throughout the entire place.

"I don't think we are going to find anything here." She announced.

"I don't think we are going to find anything at all Rose. We have to accept that he did it."

"I know that the evidence points to him and that his actions that night at your place do not look good but what if they send an innocent man to jail. What if it was James and he finds some other woman to date and then kills her when she ends it. There are way too many what if's."

"I agree Rose but why get involved and risk hurting yourself or your daughter?"

We left the house and walked downtown to the square, kids were out playing and everything was normal in this small town we both used to call home. "Ladies, long time no see." An eerie voice rang in my ears. We spun around to face James, just the person we were hoping not to see.

"Can we help you?" I asked him.

"Did you kill Tanya?" Rose piped in. He laughed a full belly laugh, the tone creepy and disturbing.

"Now why would you ask that Hale."

"Just curious."

"You too should run along before anything bad happens." He sneered. She grabbed my hand and pulled me forward towards the house were we left the car parked.

"I think we just angered him, we need to get back to California and fast." I said as we ran.

"Talk to the cops and the prosecutor."

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The trip back seemed to take longer than ever as we feared what might happen. I called Jake to let him now I would be home late and I called my dad to tell him what happened. To say he was pissed would be an understatement. I went with Rose to the police station and then to her place to check on Emmett and her daughter.

"Bella?" Emmett asked as we walked through the front door.

"Is everyone okay?" Rose questioned her husband in a huff.

"Yeah babe what's going on?"

"We ran into James on our trip."

"Babe that guy is dangerous and awful."

"We know. We think he may have had something to do with Tanya's murder."

"Woah so you two went off on some vigilante mission to clear my brother's name. Why the hell would you do that?"

"Emmett he asked us too." I told him.

"That doesn't mean you should. Listen I love my brother and I wish this shit wasn't happening but my brother killed his wife and it sucks but there is nothing we can do about it. Now you two need to stop before either of you get hurt or worse."

"Alright we will stop." She agreed.

"Yeah."

Alright let me know what you think. This chapter is kind of all over the place and it moves pretty fast.