Warning: This story deals with domestic violence and the struggles to recover. If you have problems with this issue please don't read this.

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Okay on with the story.

A/N at bottom.

A mother's love

Sam's POV

Why was he running away from me? Didn't he realize I was going to rescue him from them? Was he afraid they would take him away again? Fury overtook me as I quickly tucked myself back in my pants and gave chase. They wouldn't get the chance to take him away again; I would keep him safe this time. I was hot on his heels until that annoying little freak of a woman got in my way. Shoving her hard enough to knock her straight through the glass window at the front of the restaurant, I continued my chase after Edward, noticing briefly that Jasper was kneeling down over Alice, and Jacob was hot on my tail. Seeing that he had run straight past them only solidified the fact that I was right. He was looking to get back to me and didn't know a way out.

I heard Jake scream out "no" behind me and saw Edward stop dead in his tracks, causing a large smile to overtake my face. I just had to reach out my arm to grab hold of him, but just as my hand was about to make contact, I was hit.

I felt myself bounce off the windshield before I was thrown back and hit the ground hard. Raising my hand to wipe my mouth, I felt a stickiness there and looked down to see blood; I started to see stars as my mind flashed back to my time with Edward.

The park was my favorite place in the world; it was peaceful on a Sunday, which is why I chose that day for my jogging time. That and the cute boy that sat at the same bench every Sunday reading. I had been watching him for the last two months, trying to work up the courage to start a conversation with him. He was just so damn beautiful and I found that very intimidating. But today was the day - I was going to talk to him today.

I ran up and stood in front of him, my body causing a shadow to overtake his form. I frowned slightly at the thought of someone so beautiful being shrouded in darkness, but I smiled as soon as his eyes met mine. We introduced ourselves and talked for a few hours before I found the courage to ask him to join me for dinner. He said yes, and I was beyond ecstatic.

From that day forward, we were together, and I found myself falling for him more and more every day. He was not only beautiful, but he was funny, smart and all sorts of adorable with his shyness. The best thing about him was that he had no clue just how truly attractive he was, and he thought the sun rose and set with me. Six months after the day we met, I asked him to move in with me and he agreed immediately. I thought I couldn't be happier at that point, but as the years rolled on, things just got better and better.

There were times when he would step out of line and I had to punish him. I hated those times just as much as he did, but it was the only way to ensure he would stay true and never leave me. I knew I couldn't live without him in my life anymore.

The day I got the tattoo of Edward's name on my back was a big moment for me, and even though I knew he was afraid of needles and wouldn't step foot into a tattoo parlour, I knew he would love to get a matching one in the same spot with my name. It was a great night for us, until he messed up. I mean, how hard is it to say thank you? After the lesson I taught him that night, he would never forget again.

When he was really bad, I had to bring out 'daddy', who wasn't very nice at all. It was always for his own good, to make him a better man. I loved him, he knew that.

I felt myself being lifted into the air and placed on gurney. The pain that had been coursing through me was starting to dull with the medication the paramedic gave me. "Edward, Edward, where are you?" I called out, wondering why he wasn't at my side. Jasper and Jacob had twisted his mind so badly he actually called me a monster. I would have to remedy that as soon as possible. Once I got him back to our place, it wouldn't take me long to deprogram him and set him straight. He belonged to me, I knew it and so did Edward.

Seeing him at the police station for the first time since he disappeared almost stopped my heart. The happiness I felt almost overwhelmed me. I could see in his eyes how much he had missed me, how much he still loved me and needed me. That's when I started putting the pieces together; Jacob must have taken Edward from me, snuck in and stolen him from the house while I was sleeping. It was the only thing that made sense to me; Edward would never leave me.

The things he said to me, though. The words that came out of his mouth - they weren't my Edward. Jasper and Jacob had really worked a number on him. I was devastated when I woke up five years ago alone on the floor of our bedroom, and I spent two days searching for Edward, terrified something had happened to him. He would never leave by himself. But then the doubt started to work through my mind that maybe he had left me, decided he didn't love me anymore. I couldn't take that and took off, travelling the world, always searching for what I had with Edward. I never found it and decided that it was time to go back home, find my Edward and win him back.

But I knew, the moment I saw him, that he had never left voluntarily and that my cousin, the person I went to for help, was behind this; and as soon as I had Edward back, I would make him pay.

When I was released on bail, I went back to our house and made plans. I followed Jacob, who led me to Jasper, Alice and Edward. My Edward. He looked so lost with them, like he was trying to find a way out. I would help him, I would free him and we would run off together, after I had made them all pay for stealing my love away from me. I had to bide my time for three weeks, watching Jacob or Jasper taking Edward to work and then home again, he was never left alone, always someone with him. When Jacob was the one with him, he would always be touching him, putting his hands all over my Edward. I nearly blew my cover a few times when I saw Jacob put his dirty lips on my Edward, my mind would spin and my hands would clench with the need to rip him apart.

My time came when I saw them leaving from the underground car park, and I followed them, careful to keep my distance. Stupid restraining order had made my life very difficult and I'm sure Edward was very upset they had done that. Why else would it have been Jasper that took it out instead of Edward himself? My lawyer had given me that bit of information.

When they parked out the front the restaurant and got out, rushing inside, I knew this was my shot. I got out of the car and made my way around the back to the staff entrance, sliding in unnoticed and watching from behind the side wall.

When Edward announced he was going to the men's room alone, I knew this was my shot and that I had five minutes to pull it off. Just hearing Edward ask for alone time, I knew that was my signal to come get him, he was letting me know that he wanted me to save him.

I slid my way around the back wall and made my way to the men's room, sliding inside and smiling to myself as I saw him there, paper towel covering his face; and when I slid my arms around him, it felt like home. God, I missed him so much. But at that moment I was angry. Angry that he let himself be kept away from me. Angry that he didn't try to get away. Angry that he was just standing there. Daddy was definitely home.

I gave him a love tap, but he lost his footing and hit his beautiful face on the counter top. Such a shame really, to mar up that face before I got a chance to cover it with kisses. Later.

I must have blacked out or something, because the next thing I knew I was waking up in the hospital, machines were beeping wildly around me and everything hurt. My eyes blinked rapidly against the bright light and a groan left my lips. I felt someone's hand touch me and looked up to see a nurse standing there, her finger on my pulse point, eyes at her watch before snapping to mine as soon as I made a noise. Nothing came out when I tried to talk, and I licked my lips and cleared my throat to try again. It worked this time but just a croak, "What happened? Where's Edward?"

"One second Mr. Uley, I will get the doctor so he can explain everything." With that she left the room. Bitch. It was only moments later the doctor walked in and began talking.

"Mr. Uley, you were hit by a car. Do you remember that?"

"Yes." My voice was rough and I was really fucking thirsty.

"You had to have surgery to repair the damage. You have been in a coma for two weeks."

"Wait. What? Two weeks?" I was getting angry, who knows what they had done to Edward in that time. "Where is Edward? Where the fuck is my Edward?" I was screaming now, my throat felt like it was being ripped apart, and I started to thrash causing pain to roll through my body.

Next thing I knew I was beginning to feel sleepy, and I fought like hell to stay awake. I needed answers and I needed them now, but it was no good and everything went black.

The next time I woke there was a woman sitting in my room, just watching me. It was really kind of creepy. "Who are you and what do you want?" I rasped out.

Without a word she reached over to the table and picked up a cup before leaning over me and placing the straw in my mouth. I sucked greedily and sighed softly as the cool water relieved the burn in my throat. "Thank you."

"Oh, you don't want to be thanking me, Sam," she said. Her voice sounded very familiar, and as I blinked a few more times to get accustom to the light, I realized who it was.

"What are you doing here? Let me guess, you are helping those assholes keep my Edward away from me?" I sneered at her.

"Your Edward?" She chuckled darkly; there was no humor in her voice. "Let me tell you a little story, Sam." She didn't wait for a response before she continued. "I met Edward five years ago; he was a bloody, broken mess, having been beaten beyond recognition. Jasper and Alice found him on the side walk outside the hospital, laying in a pile of his own blood, trying to crawl his way to the doors to get help." She took a deep breath to steady herself before she continued. I just shook my head at her, trying to understand what the fuck she was talking about.

"You see, Sam, he was living with an abusive man who used him for his own pleasure and beat him constantly. This man was a vile man, a monster you might say. Evil to the very core. Anyway, it took Edward a while to trust anyone, but Alice wormed her way into his heart and took care of him, along with Jasper. And for a long, long time, Jasper was the only person to ever be able to touch him without Edward flinching back in horror, waiting for a blow to come. This man that he had escaped from had really worked a number on Edward. The damage was so bad that we never thought he would actually ever be able to find someone to love. He never thought he was worthy of it you see."

"What the fuck are you talking about? Edward hasn't been with anyone but me, and you know perfectly well that Jake broke into my house and stole him right out from under me while I was sleeping. You people are filling his mind with all sorts of bullshit, but once I'm out of here that will all change. Edward will be home where he belongs and you will never see him again." She slapped her hand down hard on the surface of the table and stood up. What the hell was she doing?

"You are a nasty piece of work, Sam Uley, I knew it from the first moment I saw you. What you did to Edward, the things he told me during therapy... You make me sick. Jacob didn't steal anyone from you, Edward left you! He pulled his broken body off the floor and got out as quickly as he could." She took a deep breath and my mind reeled. Edward left me? No, that wasn't possible. He loved me.

"You are a liar." I said, staring her down. She was not going to get away with taking my Edward away from me again. This bitch was in on the whole thing.

"Oh, I assure you, Sam, I am no liar. Edward has finally recovered from all the beatings and the belittling. He has survived and moved on. Jake has been very good for him and they are in love now. He will be happy and loved for the rest of his life because Jake will care for him like no one else could. Edward has found his soul mate, and it is certainly not you, Mr. Uley." She spat the last words at me before she bent down to pick up her bag. Pulling something out of it, she turned to look me dead in the eyes.

"You have hurt him for the last time. You will never hurt anyone again. You almost killed Edward, and you nearly killed my daughter, you are going to rot in hell where you deserve to be." And with that, she flashed a needle in front of me before walking over to my IV bag and pushing some kind of fluid into it. Everything became cloudy and my heart started to race.

"Wh-a-at dd-iidd you doooo?"

Esme's POV

I sat at my daughter's side, holding her hand as she began to wake up. The window that Sam had pushed her through had shattered around her as she went flying through it. Glass was embedded in her back, neck, legs and arms. It was touch and go during surgery and it had taken a full week for her to finally wake up. Jasper never left her side while Edward and Jake were never far away. They were either in the waiting room giving Jasper privacy, running around to get him food and changes of clothes, or by Alice's side themselves.

Edward was heartbroken and blamed himself entirely. He could not be calmed by anyone but Jake. Not even Jasper's soft words to Edward about how it wasn't his fault could help. He was slowly reverting back to the boy I had first seen in that hospital room and it killed me, just as much as it killed me to see my daughter laying broken in the hospital bed.

The only good thing to come from this was that the bond between Jake and Edward had been tightened to an almost unbreakable strength. Edward clung to Jacob, taking strength from him as he watched the woman who saved him suffer; each day ripping away another piece of him. If it wasn't for Jake, I don't think Edward would have survived it.

The plan formed in my head as I stroked my daughters hand, and my determination grew every day the longer I sat by her side. By the time Alice woke up, I had made my decision. I would kill Sam Uley. I was married to a doctor, so I knew how to make it look like an accident, and they would never know the difference - not that anyone would care to look for a monster like that.

When I found out Sam had woken up, I panicked, thinking that maybe I was too late and that I lost my shot at him. But I steeled myself, and at midnight, I snuck down to his room and waited for him to come too from the drug induced sleep he was under. At exactly 1:15 a.m., Sam opened his eyes. I laid everything out on the table for him, letting him know what a monster he was and how Edward had finally found happiness with Jake. Sam was psychotic, believing we had somehow taken Edward away from him. He was clinically insane. The delusions he let himself believe where just plain out there. I sighed and pulled out the needle.

At exactly 1:30 a.m., Sam Uley was dead by my hand. I wiped off the needle with my handkerchief and placed it into the bio hazard box they keep in every room. I walked out of that room with a tight smile on my face.

I knew what I had done was wrong, and I knew that I was going to hell for it, but I would do it again in a heartbeat to protect my family; and I would live with the consequences of my guilt.

After all, that's what a mother does.

A/N 1stly There is alot going on in Fanfic right now and the chances of getting fics pulled is currently very high so I have taken precausions. I will still publish here ever week, but incase my fics get pulled you can also continue to read them on my LJ I started just for this purpose. Link is on my page :D

2ndly Me and a few of my girls are running a contest. Its a NO BELLA ALLOWED CONTEST. Which means no Bella in the fic at all. Submissions are being accepted now, details can be found here: http://www(dot)fanfiction(dot)net/u/2216993/ so enter and show me how good my readers are!!!!!