Hi everyone! It's me! I've returned! I can't express how sorry I am that I haven't updated in so long. Real life has been a handful, and as many know, your craft suffers when your heart and mind aren't in it.

I want to thank Bethviolet for helping me with this chapter. Without her, I would have torn it apart and started again. Seriously…thank her! She's amazing!

I see this story wrapping up in the next 4 or 5 chapters…including an epilogue.

Now…I think you all know that I own nothing. Stephanie Meyers owns it…I just like the characters to dance to my tune for a while

Chapter 20

Edward watched as Bella slept in their bed. He'd been sleeping less and less since leaving the police station a week ago. Jake, it seemed had fallen off the radar, and Tanya was nowhere to be found. The police had found Kate, but she was of little help to them other than to say that she'd been asked by Jake to bring flowers to Bella.

Everything in the case was at a standstill until Tanya was found. One big change though was that Charlie had left shortly after their visit to the police station and upon returning home, he handed in his resignation at the police station. He was due back in Chicago in a week, and Bella and Edward were rushing trying to set up his new apartment only a block away from them. As Bella slept, Edward remembered the conversation he had with Charlie before he left.

'I don't like this Edward,' Charlie paced their living room which he vented. 'We're missing something!' He sat down hard into an overstuffed chair; Bella's favorite.

'I feel the same way Charlie, but until Tanya's found, there's nothing else we can do.' Edward hated feeling helpless. His family had given him a leave of absence from the law firm and now that Jasper had passed the bar, he was able to take over a few of Edward's smaller cases. He hadn't left Bella's side since.

'There's more going on with this Kathryn Hunter than we've been lead to believe. I know it.' Being a cop for over 20 years makes following your instincts easy.

'She is hiding something Edward.' Charlie was frantic. He couldn't allow anything to happen to his baby girl. 'I can't leave her.'

'Charlie, what's holding you in Forks? Your only family is here in Chicago, and soon she will be expanding her first child. Do you only want to see your daughter and grandchild on special occasions?' Edward knew that this could blow up in his face, but he felt that Bella needed her father here, not thousands of miles away.

'I've been thinking about moving closer Edward. I want to be able to see you and Bella and my grandchildren whenever I want.' Edward smiled at the plural term "grandchildren". 'I also want to be involved in this case. I know that Sergeant Amun is doing all he can, but maybe I can help somewhat.' Charlie needed to feel useful.

'I know Bella would be ecstatic if you moved closer Charlie.' Edward jumped up excited.

"We can surprise her! She needs some good news!" Charlie laughed out at the younger man's exuberance. He knew that Edward would do anything for Bella. Just the way it should be.

The next couple of days, Edward and Charlie were going through rental listings in their area while Bella tried to relax and do a bit of work. She was very lucky that her employer allowed her to work from home. Before Charlie was due to leave, they had found him an apartment on the 2nd floor of a security locked building, and then sat Bella down to tell her.

To say that she was happy was a major understatement. She was absolutely thrilled! She immediately drug both Charlie and Edward out to find new furniture for her father's new place. When they got back home, they had a new dining room set, living room furniture, a bedroom suite, which Charlie had never had before; just an old hand me down dresser and a bed.

While Charlie was home packing things up, Edward helped Bella find linens, and decorations and had someone come in to paint the place in fresh neutral colours. She lamented that maybe her father wanted to pick out things for himself, while Edward tried to relieve her stress by telling her that Charlie would love what she'd done.

Bella moaned quietly and rolled over, bringing Edward back to the present. Today was a glucose test that needed to be completed followed by another appointment with the OBGYN. There wouldn't be another ultrasound until Bella was 20 weeks, unless there was a problem.

He wanted Bella to sleep as long as possible, but looking at the clock, he realized that it was time for her to wake up and get ready. He leaned over and lightly kissed a line up her neck until he reached her jaw. He raised his head and looked right into her beautiful brown eyes.

"Good morning my love." Edward smiled down at her as she blinked sleepily at him.

Clearing her throat, she whispered , "Good morning Edward." She started to lean up to get out of bed, but Edward had other ideas. He tilted his head down to kiss her softly on the mouth. She tried to beg off, stating morning breath, but Edward wouldn't hear of it. He kissed her until she pushed at his shoulders.

"Edward, I have to pee!" Bella was giggling as she tried to disentangle herself from him. Finally letting her go, Edward laughed as she darted to the bathroom and shut the door firmly.

He waited a few minutes for her to return, but when he heard the shower, he decided to start breakfast.

He had just started the scrambled eggs when he heard Bella scream. Dropping everything he ran to their bedroom and into the adjoining bathroom. He didn't know what he would find, but he knew he wasn't prepared to see his beautiful girlfriend sitting in the shower surrounded by red water.

"Baby," Edward whispered. "What's wrong? What's going on?"

Bella, holding her abdomen, lifted her tear stained face to his and whispered.

"It hurts. So much."

As Edward sat next to Bella in her room in labour and delivery, he said every prayer he could think of. Bella and their unborn child were his life. He didn't exist without her. He watched as they performed test after test on his girlfriend and held her hand, reassuring her that he would be there for her no matter the outcome.

After hours of waiting and hoping, it was deemed that while Bella was indeed under a lot of stress, the reason for her cramping and bleeding was a Urinary Tract Infection which can be extremely painful, whether your pregnant or not.

With a new medication, and an order from her obstetrician to rest as much as possible, Bella was released from the hospital. When they arrived home, they immediately saw the blinking light on the answering machine.

There were several hang ups, and they made note of the time and how long the person stayed on the line before hanging up. They also checked the caller ID on their phone and noticed that every call was made from a different number.

The last call was Bella's boss, and she sounded frantic.

'Bella, I need you to call me immediately. There has been some confusion here with your work. I will be here until 5, but if you receive this message after 5, my cell number is 555-3569. It is imperative that you call me immediately!'

With that, the call abruptly ended. Confused, Bella checked her cell phone, but there were no missed calls. She had left her cell number at the office in case of emergency, but she hadn't received any calls. This was very strange.

Sitting down, she dialed the number she was given. Jane, her boss, answered right away.

"Jane, I just got home from the hospital. What's wrong?" Bella couldn't imagine what was going on. Just last night she had submitted a novel she had finished editing and was just waiting for final approval to send it off for print. Edward got her a cup of tea while she was trying to get through, and sat next to her, holding her hand.

"Bella, you have been with this company for quite some time and you have always been a very bright, eager and meticulous editor. That being said, I don't understand why you haven't been turning in your manuscripts." Jane was babbling on incessantly while Bella tried to keep up. When she finally took a breath, Bella jumped in.

"Jane, I honestly don't know what you're talking about. I just sent a novel to you last night before bed. And just last week, I sent in one." Bella was concerned. She'd never missed a deadline.

"Bella, I have checked my email and have received nothing. I'm sorry, but until this is investigated, you're under suspension." Bella's heart both jumped into her throat and fell to her feet at her words.

"But Jane, I still have them saved on my hard drive and in my email. I always mark the date and time and-" But Bella got no further.

"Fine. Bring your lap top here tomorrow morning and we'll take a look. I know you're under a lot of stress with your personal life, but I'm afraid I can't have that overflow into your professional life. I have people I have to answer to." Jane was short with her for the first time since….ever really.

"I understand Jane, I'll be there first thing. 8 o'clock. I don't understand what's going on." Bella's heart was pounding as she tried to figure out what was happening. Her mind was running in a thousand different directions.

"I'll see you tomorrow Bella. I hope for your sake that there is something going on with our internal email system. I can tell you though that I have received manuscripts from the other editors." With that, Jane hung up.

Bella turned toward Edward with tears streaming down her face. She climbed into his lap and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck while she sobbed.

Edward, having heard only Bella's half, was trying to piece together what was happening.

"Bella, baby, what's going on?" He continued to rub her back soothingly as his other arm was wrapped tightly around her waist.

"My work…my….manuscripts," she babbled, barely making out the words. "They're not with Jane. Unless I can show my work from my lap top tomorrow, I'm suspended." This ended with another bout of tears.

Edward was shocked. Bella worked every day. She would eat and breathe literature. She was proud of her work. There must be some kind of mistake!

Bella jumped off of Edward's lap, surprising him, and ran for her laptop which sat in their joint office. She waited impatiently for it to power up and connect to the internet. First thing she noticed was that her "Work" folder wasn't on the desk top where it usually sat.

Opening "find" in her computer menu, she typed in the name of the latest manuscript. Nothing. The one before. Nothing.

Panicing, she opened her work email and logged in. Her inbox had requests from Jane but all of her file folders she normally filed each email under were gone. She checked her outgoing email box. Empty. Her deleted items folder. Empty.

Bella could barely breathe. Her last hope was that her back up email had something.

She logged into her personal email that she backed everything up into and prayed. Gone. It was all gone. Just as she was collapsing into her chair, she received an email from an unknown sender.

Her hands were shaking as Edward leaned over and opened it. Only one line was there.

'I see you.'

There was an attachment and Edward's hands too were shaking. As it loaded, he rubbed Bella's shoulders and hoped that it was just a prank from a kid, but his gut told him it wasn't.

Once it was loaded, they clicked on it and up popped a picture of Bella sitting at the computer looking through her email. It was from just minutes ago.

AN: I'm not sure if a UTI can cause bleeding while pregnant, I just went with what I read on the internet. It's also been a long time since I had my children so I'm not sure when they do the glucose challenge lol. Thanks for reading and please….leave me some love.