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Chapter 26: A Shocking Situation
What the hell am I going to do? I mean... how can this even be possible? This whole thing is so fucked up! I can't believe that outlandish, fucking bitch. She fucking left them on their own! Did she leave...? I mean, she had to have left... it just kills me, thinking of him on his own so young. He would have had to have been less than a year old. Fucking shit! My chest – it feels so fucking tight. Argh... this is just too much! If she wasn't already dead, I'd kill her myself.
I know Bella loved her stepmom regardless of how the fucking bitch treated her, but this... this is going to kill Bella! I know that she had no part in all this shit, but I don't get why she didn't know about Edward. As for Seth and Leah, I'm pretty sure they would be upset, but not as upset as Bella because they don't really remember her. I still don't know what the fuck I'm going to do. How do I tell her that her mom is dead? And how the hell am I supposed to explain how I know that for certain? This is... and then I will have to tell them how I know... this is a whole new fucking ballpark of messed up.
My fucking chest hurts so fucking much right now. Everything is falling apart, and there's not a fucking thing I can do to stop it. Why did I have to look at those books? As the saying goes, ignorance is bliss. In this case, I think it applies.
There is a part of me that wants to go to her grave and dig the bitch up. I mean, how could she have done all of this? And how did I not see it before? Fuck! Why was little Edward not with Bella and the twins? Bella must have been ten when I dated Tanya, or Sue, or whatever her real fucking name was. Why had I never seen Bella? I was at Tanya's house a few times; she must've been there.
Thank fuck the pain in my chest is easing up. As for Eleazar, or Charlie or whatever his name really is... was... whatever – either way he was a fucking prick ass smug bastard… It's no wonder he didn't want Tanya – or whoever she really was – spending the night with me. I mean… what the fuck? Your husband pretends to be you father? It's just so sick and wrong... Jasper would have a field day with that one. I just can't get my fucking head wrapped around any of this. How the FUCK can Tanya be Sue fucking Swan? I fucking need help with this. Where the fuck is Jasper when I need the fucker?
"Edward, can you hear me?" I open my eyes, not realizing I had closed them. I see Carlisle kneeling on the floor in front of me while Jasper, Emmett, Aro, and Zafrina are all behind him looking at me worriedly.
"What is with everyone?" They look to each other and then to me.
"Edward, you had a panic attack – a really bad one; you wouldn't respond to anyone or anything. I gave you a shot about ten minutes ago to help you calm down enough to breathe normally."
I look at him, starting to understand that I must have collapsed. "How long was I unconscious?"
Carlisle places his hand around my wrist, taking my pulse. "Half an hour," he answers. My hand goes up to my hair and I start pulling at it.
"It didn't feel that long. Fuck! What the fuck am I going to tell her? This whole situation is completely fucked up..."
Carlisle clears his throat to get my attention. "We understand that," he says, waving his hand around to include everyone in the room. "That's the one thing you kept repeating while you were out. Edward, we will all help you if you would just enlighten us on what happened?"
I take a much needed deep breath, and then look for that fucking book. Upon seeing it, I push it over to Carlisle and I watch as he picks it up. "That is what's wrong," I say, knowing that out of all of us, he will understand right away. I look to the floor, close my eyes, and take deep breaths, knowing that I need to pull myself together to get through this. I need to be there for Bella; she is going to need me more now than ever before.
"What the fuck? This... that... it's fucking impossible – impractical... it's... it's unimaginable. I open my eyes, seeing that Carlisle is mad and the others are all clearly confused.
"What's going on? Is someone going to fill us in?" Zafrina just about shouts, and as Carlisle looks at me, I nod my head, silently giving him permission to tell them. Because... well fuck, I'm going need all the fucking help I can get.
"Bella drew a picture of her stepmother and father. Here it is." Carlisle stops, takes a deep breath, and then holds out the sketch pad.
"Fuck, yeah! Now we know what the bitch looks like. I can't wait to meet her," Emmett says in a somewhat enthusiastic, yet snide voice.
"We've already met her," Carlisle answers, and as he stands there's a chorus of 'huhs?' coming from the others. "It looks like Bella's stepmother, Sue, is none other than Edward's ex, Tanya."
Everything goes deadly quiet. I jump up because I've had enough of this. "How do I tell Bella and the twins that their mom is dead? I mean, most people would be applauding her demise, but this is Bella we are talking about! This information is going to really fucking hurt her." I start pacing the floor while tugging relentlessly on my hair.
"What do you mean she's dead? When? And who the fuck is Tanya? Are you sure it's the same person?" I look at Zafrina and nod my head.
"Short story... I met her when I stared college at UW. We dated and started having sex. She said she was pregnant, and claimed that she wanted an abortion. Her father, Eleazar – who we now know is really Charlie – was extremely possessive, and was pissed at her for dating me. Anyway, it turned out that she wasn't pregnant, and was just trying to get my bank account information. She had been scamming me the entire time, but the night before everything came out, we had unprotected sex. Of course, by someone's cruel idea of humor, she ended up getting pregnant for real. About two years later, she came back with a baby boy, saying that he was my child. Esme made her take the child to have a paternity test, and it turned out he was, in fact, my child. Tanya tried to sell him to me, but Esme stopped her, afraid that once she had the money, she would disappear with my son, never to be seen again. My son, Edward, was born in February 2004. On March 10th, 2006, both Tanya and Edward, Jr. died in a house fire." By the time I'm done telling them all of this information, I have a few tears running down my face.
Zafrina looks at me and then to the picture that's sitting on the counter of the four of us that was taken at church on Christmas. She frowns, shaking her head. "Edward," she says loudly. I stop pacing and look at her again; she never calls me Edward unless it's important. "I'm not saying you got it wrong about Tanya and Sue being the same person, but... she isn't dead. She can't be." I look at her and struggle for breath as she holds her hand up to me. "I saw Sue or Tanya; whoever she is. I'll just call her Bella's mom... no, I don't like that. God, we need a name to call her... oh, I know! We can call her Sybil – after that multiple personality woman from the 1950's. Regardless of what we call her, she couldn't have died in March, because I saw her a month after that. The last time I saw Sybil was the 10th of April, 2006. I'm sure if you ask Bella, she will confirm this. That was the day that Sybil left." I pull my hair, remembering that Bella has already said that to Jasper, so I know it is true. "But that isn't the only thing that worries me." I look at Zafrina as she passes the picture she was holding to Carlisle and whispers something in his ear. I watch as his eyes get wide and almost look like they're about to pop out of their sockets.
"What? Someone want to tell me what the fuck is going on now?" I shout out, and Zafrina clears her throat.
"Edward, Seth was born on the 31st of December in 2003, and Leah the next day. Tanya, Sue, Sybil or whatever you wanna call her... the fucking witch could not have given birth six weeks later to little Edward. I'm not a doctor, but I don't think they would have left a third child inside of her for that long." I look at Carlisle, who confirms Zafrina's comments with a simple nod of his head. "Plus, I really don't get how I missed this, but Seth is your double here," she says, pointing at the picture in Carlisle's hands. "Seth really looks just like you in this picture."
Carlisle rubs his face and takes a deep breath. "So does Leah, son."
I snatch the picture from them, looking at it as if my eyes are seeing them for the first time. Fuck... No, this can't be real... Can it? I move quickly over to the other sketch pads, knowing there are several more sketches of them as babies. I start flipping through the sketches while blocking out the others chatter. I stop dead in my tracks as I see a picture of a hand holding out a muffin to a small girl. The girl has her dark hair cloaking her face while she sits with her back against a tree. Her knees are tucked up underneath her curtain of long hair. I rub the page, and, looking at it, I'm not sure why, but something about this is so familiar to me. I study the picture more, and notice the arm and hand holding the muffin out to the girl. There is something so recognizable, and then I notice the watch on the wrist. I know this watch well, because it's mine; the same one Bella found in Gina's office. This is me handing the girl a muffin. Oh my God... this is me! I close my eyes, trying to bring back the memory of this. Fuck! I saw her. I fucking gave her a muffin.
It was a cold day, and I was early to pick Tanya up, knowing that she hates when I'm early. I went to the nearby playground to waste some time. As I look around, I see a small girl trip and fall. She picks herself up and carries on without so much as a tear. For some reason, I keep watching her; she is extremely small, and looks so lost. I hear laughter, and as I look away from her, I see older, bigger boys, riding bikes right toward her. I watch in horror as they crash into her and knock her back down. One of the boys falls, too, but he jumps right back up, shouting at her to watch where she's going before riding off. The girl just lays there for a few minutes, and I move over to her to make sure she's all right. When I get to her, I bend down, but she crawls quickly away from me and leans against the tree, almost wrapping up within herself.
"Hey, I'm not going to hurt you. Are you okay? You took a nasty fall." I wait for her to talk but she doesn't. "Do you want me to walk you home?" The girl's only response is to shake her head. "You're not much of a talker, are you? Okay then, it looks like I'll need to do the talking for the both of us." I chuckle a little at the end, hoping to get her to talk back to me, but she doesn't even lift her head. I sigh and rub my face, and as I do, I hear her stomach grumble loudly. "You sound hungry. I have some of the most amazing muffins. My adopted mom made them, and they're really yummy because she's a really great cook." I take one out and hold it out to her. "It's okay, I promise. They're really, really good, and you'll love it. Please take it." Slowly, her hand comes out and she takes the muffin, and when she does, our eyes meet. She looks at me, and when I look into her eyes, I see a shit-load of loss and hurt in them. "So how about you tell me your name?" She looks away from my face and over my shoulder, looking scared all of a sudden. I turn to see who she's looking at, and as I do, I see Tanya walking over to me.
"Hey, Sweetie. Sorry keep you waiting," she says and I smile at her.
"It's fine. I made a new friend," I say, turning to look back at the girl, but notice that she's gone. I look around, but I can't see her anywhere.
"Who's your new friend?" Tanya asks as she crosses her arms.
"It was a little girl. Some boy knocked her down, but she's gone now."
Tanya grabs my arm, pulling me away. "Oh, I'm sure she's just fine."
I shake my head at the memory, trying to hold myself together. I turn a few more pages, and as I look at the last page, I break down. Right in front of me is a nearly exact replica of the only picture I have of Edward with Tanya. This confirms what Zafrina said in my mind. Seth is my son – Edward. What does that mean for Leah? Is she my child, too? Fuck, this is going to destroy Bella. I wanted to give her the world, not take her world away from her.
"Edward, you need to calm down." I look at Carlisle, who is now standing in front of me.
"Do you think Seth is my son? Do you think Edward was really Seth? What about Leah, and why didn't she say she had twins? I've got so many fucking questions, and the only fucking person that has the answers, is who – the – fuck – knows where. A part of me wants her here to answer the questions I have, but the other part just wants to fucking kill her on the spot. The sad thing, though, is that there is a bigger part of me that wishes I never learned any of this, because I'm afraid this will break the only girl who has truly loved me more than life itself." I sigh and rub my face. "I mean, how did she fake her death? How the hell did she do that?" I hear the anger in my voice.
Aro places a hand on my shoulder. "I'm just guessing here, but if James Hunter was a real person, then I think Tanya Denali was more than likely a real person, too. My best guess is that she must have had a son, and it's the two of them who are dead." I look at him; feeling like my head is going to explode. This is really too much information to take in at one time. "I think we should do a DNA test on Seth and Leah, and have it confirmed before telling anyone else."
I let out a growl and shake my head. "We cannot tell Bella about this. It will completely destroy her. Those kids are her world. Please, you can't tell her about this," I beg them all. Argh... fuck, I need to know if they're my kids or not. If they are, I doubt that I would treat them any differently than I do now. But if I knew, Bella would pick up on it right away. I mean, I already love them unconditionally, but I can feel my heart expanding at the mere idea that they may, in fact, be my children. I have to know the truth or it will drive me up the proverbial wall. What the fuck am I going to do? "Okay. Do the DNA test, but even if it confirms that I am their father, I don't think we should tell Bella." I slide down the wall, exhausted from all the pacing I've done.
"Edward, I don't think keeping this from Bella is a good idea. Things like this tend to have a way of coming out. I think we should, however, wait until we have all the information in hand before we do or say anything. The DNA testing will take four days from the date the samples are taken." I look up at Jasper, shaking my head.
"No. If they're mine, it's going to hurt her so much... too much." I grip my hair and start to pull. This is so fucked up! I feel like I'm in a horrible soap opera, or in the twilight zone, or some kind of alternate universe from of hell.
I hear someone clear their throat, so I look up. "I'm going to get as much information as I can, so I'll need a photocopy of everything from Sue's room to give to Jenks. I will more than likely get information before the cops do. They're really fucking slow, and sometimes doing things illegally gets you the information faster." I nod my head at Aro in agreement. "As for telling Bella, I think we should." I growl at him, but he holds his hand up to stop me and make me listen to him. "I know that this will hurt her, but from what we already know about Sue and Harry, they are evil, and a part of Bella knows this. We know Harry has been around, and if he sees you with the twins or with Bella, he'll tell her everything, and not in a nice way. As for Sue, I think once she knows Bella is coming into money, she'll haul her ass back to try to swindle it from Bella. I think she would do anything, including using the paternity of those children, to hurt her. So, we need to take that ammunition away from her as soon as we can. If the news comes from you, then you'll have a lot more control over how Bella will take it. If she learns about it from someone else – whose goal is to hurt her – that means she'll learn the information without you there to console and love her. "
I shake my head while pulling on my hair. "I don't want her hurt, but I don't want to lose her, either." I sniffle as the tears run freely down my cheeks.
"How about this: Carlisle does the DNA test, Aro gets the information from Jenks, and we wait for the results. You can hand the evidence in to the police, and once we have everything in front of us, we can talk about telling Bella then?" Everyone turns to Zafrina and nods.
"That sounds like the best plan at the moment," Carlisle says.
After calming down, I want to go home, knowing Bella, Seth, and Leah are already there. I stop by the police precinct and hand the information into Scully. I told him what we found out, and I also made it clear that at this point, Bella was not to know. I think I scared the fucker a little, because he went white as I leaned over him when I pointed out that Bella was not to know until we had results. Emmett pulls me away as Scully whispers that they would allow me to tell her, and would never consider leaking that information to her or anyone else.
I have finally made it home, and as I pull up outside of my house, a part of me wants to run in and hold Bella in my arms. The other part is scared that I will push her away, over-thinking all of this fucking guilt that is consuming me.
Then there is Seth and Leah to think about. I know in my heart that they are both mine. The more I look at the photos and sketches, the more I see what I couldn't before. Seth is so much like me when I was his age, it's fucking scary. Leah looks a lot more like Tanya – the Tanya I knew, but she also looks a lot like my mother. I don't understand why the fuck I didn't see this before. How the hell did we all miss it? I mean, they look nothing like Bella. Bella is pale and has a heart-shaped face. She has dark brown, beautifully soulful eyes and dark brown mahogany hair. She is really petite and tiny, and the twins are almost her height already. Both are agile and well balanced, Bella is also extremely uncoordinated; she could trip over air. Both are tall for their age, and both of them have more of an oval shape to their faces. Seth and Leah are both pale, but have more coloring than Bella. Seth's eye and hair color are the same as mine, and Leah has Tanya's blue eyes and blond hair.
I'm pulled from my thoughts when I look up at my front door and see Bella walking over to my car. I open my door, jump out, and pull her into my arms.
"Edward, is everything alright? You've been sitting out here for ten minutes." She pulls herself out of my embrace, looking right in my eyes as she rubs my arms, waiting for me to answer her.
I look down at her, and all I can see is the love this girl – my girl – has for me and everyone around her. I try to smile at her, but I know it comes off wrong as she frowns at me. "Please tell me what's wrong. Has something happened? Is everyone okay?"
I close my eyes, take a deep breath, and pull her to my chest again. "Baby, everyone is fine. It's just been a long day and I've missed you so very much."
Pulling back a little, she gives me a big smile. "I missed you, too. Seth, Leah, and I made your favorite dinner as a thank you for dealing with the apartment."
She kisses my cheek and I pull her into me again. "I love you, Baby. Please don't ever forget that. Don't ever leave me, please. I love you." While still hugging her, I clasp my hand over my face, trying to stop my word vomit.
"Edward, I know something happened. Please talk to me or go see Peter. I love you with everything that I am. I promise you that I will never leave you. Whatever is wrong, I will stand by you. We will make it through this together." I pull her up, kissing her hard. I push my hand into her hair, praying that she's right; that this will not destroy her or us.
After a few more heated kisses, I let her go, taking her hand as we walk into the house. I hear Seth and Leah talking, so I head in to say hello to them. I stop and watch them play their game for a minute. As I look at them again, I feel the love that I've always felt. The love I've always had for them is exactly like a father's love should be. I know that when we get the results, I'll need to tell Bella, but it's going to kill me.
"Edward, welcome home! Are you coming to play this game with us?" I look at Seth and nod my head. "Sure, I'll play until dinner's ready." I sit in between them, trying hard to keep my emotions under control.
~HCV~
I'm in Carlisle office to get the DNA test done. Seth and Leah have just had their cheek swabs done, too. Thankful, they didn't question it and neither did Bella. When they were done, she took them to the cafeteria to get them each a slice of pie and a glass of milk so Carlisle could 'talk' to me privately for a minute. I fucking hated not telling her the whole truth; it was so fucking hard.
After swabbing my mouth with the sterile swab, Carlisle places them into the plastic cylinders to avoid contamination, which could affect the results. "I've spoken to the lab and asked that they rush the results. We'll know in less than seventy-two hours."
I nod my head at Carlisle. "Did you tell Esme?"
He shakes his head. "No. I didn't think it was right to tell her if Bella doesn't know."
I rub my face, feeling horrible. I know that, like me, Carlisle doesn't like keeping things from Esme. "I'm sorry for all of this..."
He stops me with a pat on my arm. "This is not your fault, Edward. This whole thing is Tan... Su... That bitch is to blame. I understand you want to protect Bella, so we'll work through this together as a family, okay?" Carlisle lets out a sigh. "There is a part of me that's hoping this is all wrong – that we are wrong – so Bella won't be hurt. But there's another part of me that is extremely happy that you may have your son back, and may have a daughter now, too. I feel so torn inside. I can't even imagine how you must be feeling."
I give him a quick nod. "I better get to the cafeteria and have that slice of banana cream pie they were getting for me, and then get them home."
~HCV~
It has been three days since the visit to Carlisle's office, and I'm with Aro at his downtown office. We've been waiting for Carlisle to arrive for the past twenty minutes. Just as I'm about to call him, he walks in, takes a seat, and rubs his face. "I have the results. They are both your children, Edward. The test was pretty conclusive at 99.9875%." I nod my head at him, not really surprised. I already knew what the results were going to be.
Aro lets out a sigh. "Okay, this is what I've been able to find out about Tanya Denali." He hands me a photo of a young girl, who is pale and has long blond hair. Her eyes are a clear blue, almost like she has no pigment, they're so clear. "Tanya was a straight A student. She was a reader, and was described as being extremely quiet. She didn't have many friends and was bullied a lot. She lived with her father, Eleazar, who was a preacher.
"He was well liked in their community, but he became a recluse after Carmen, Tanya's mother, was raped and killed. Tanya was only twelve when this happened, and Eleazar became an overly protective father. Tanya wasn't allowed to go anywhere without a chaperone, and this made her lose the few friends she had. When Tanya was fifteen, she and her father disappeared without a trace.
"There was a police report filed by the two of them about Tanya being stalked and receiving several gifts and letters from an anonymous sender. When Eleazar stopped calling the police to follow up, the officer in charge closed the case. Tanya was last seen three years later at a dentist's office. The people in the office filed a report with the police, believing that Tanya may have been in an abusive relationship. This is where the police got her dental records to identify her remains."
I sigh, rubbing my head as I look back at the girl in the photo, wondering what happened to her. Aro again clears his throat to garner my full attention. "From the information that I could gather, I believe that the male she was with was none other than Harry Clearwater."
I let out a sarcastic chuckle. "Now there is a fucking surprise. Speaking of that bastard... any word on his whereabouts?"
Aro shakes his head. "No, but I have several people looking for him. I've also been in contact with a Billy Black. He was friends with Charlie, and is from La Push. Felix went to pick him up. He should be here in the next half hour." I nod my head at him.
I walk over to the window, looking out to see the others all talking. Emmett is getting as much information as he can to use in court. The other dilemma I have is this: do I fight for the rights to my children? I know they're safe with Bella and that she'll never hurt them or keep them away from me. But in order for her to get them fully and legally, I would have to give up my rights to them. I don't know that I can do that. I don't want them to feel abandoned by me when they learn the truth. If I do claim my rights to them, I will be taking her world from her, and that's something I never want to do. I am so lost in my own thoughts that I don't hear Felix coming in.
"Son?" I look at Carlisle and frown. "Mr. Black is here." I look over to the table to see a man sitting there in a wheelchair. I watch his eyes fall upon me, and he gives me a tight smile and a slight nod.
"Mr. Black, I'm so glad that you could join us." Mr. Black's eyes move to Aro.
"There wasn't much of a choice, so please, let's get to the point. Why am I here?"
Aro chuckles at the no-nonsense way Mr. Black addresses him. "Well, we think you could help us track down a few people. We're looking for Sue Swan and Harry Clearwater."
I watch as Black's face pales and a look of disgust washes over his features. "Why would I know where they are?"
Aro sits down across from him and smiles. "Well, we know that you are a friend of theirs."
Black shakes his head. "That's where you're really wrong. They are no friends of mine."
Aro stands up, walking over to Black. He is just about to speak when there is a tapping on the door. Aro frowns and looks at Felix, who opens the doors.
"Hello, Felix. Is Edward here?" I look right at Aro when we hear Bella's Voice. I then look at Black, who is looking at the door. "Sorry, Isabella. Can you give me a moment?" Felix shifts a little, so Black moves his chair to look out the door and gasps.
"Billy!" I hear Bella call out as she pushes past Felix and hugs Mr. Black. "Billy," she says again as she sits on the floor at Black's feet. "I've missed you, and so have Seth and Leah. I've been taking great care of Jake; he is so big now. How have you been? How is Jackie? Why are you here?" Bella busts out all her questions at once, and I watch Black as he chuckles a little.
"Sorry, Pumpkin. I've missed all of you, too, but your mom fell out of touch with me and didn't give me your new address. If I had known where you young'uns were, I would have come to you."
I clear my throat as I step forward, and Bella looks at me and smiles. She jumps up and comes over to me, hugging me tightly. "I love you," she whispers to me. I kiss her head, giving her a genuine smile. When we separate, she takes my hand and walks back over to Black.
"Edward, this is Billy. He's really nice. Billy, this is my Edward. Seth, Leah, Jake, and I live with him."
Black's eyes go to mine and he looks pissed. "Why aren't you staying with your mom?"
Bella bites her lip immediately, looking down, and I tighten my grip on her. "She left a few months after we last saw you." Billy's face pales, and he almost looks sick to his stomach. "She hasn't been back since, but it's okay because Edward helps us out, and he loves me like I love him. And Aro," Bella points to Aro, "got me some jobs. They all thought that I was older, but they know the truth now, and understand why I lied. This is Emmett." Bella smiles when she says his name and points to him. "He's helping me get guardianship of Leah and Seth. That way Mom or Harry can't hurt them if they come back."
Billy Black nods his head at her. "Pumpkin, I didn't know she left you. If I did, I would've come and gotten you."
Bella shrugs her shoulders and waves her hand. "It's okay because we have Edward now, and I'm happy. So why are you here?"
Black puts on a smile. "I've been looking for you, and this man said he could help me, but wanted to know a few things first about things I know. I'll help them with the information they need, and then, if it isn't too late and it's okay with Edward here, I could have dinner with you and we can catch up."
Bella smiles, looking at me with hope, so I nod my head at her. "Okay, that'll be great! I'll go home and see what we have to cook. Maybe Esme will help me make a big pan of lasagna."
Bella quickly moves to the door. "Baby?" I say questioningly, causing her to turn and look at me. "When you came here, you were looking for me?"
She closes her eyes and slaps her forehead with a smile. "I'm sorry. Detective Scully needs to see you. He wants to go over the information you gave him." I nod my head in acknowledgement, and she gives us all a smile and waves as she goes out the door.
"You know she's only nineteen and virtually only a child, right?" Black shouts at me after she was gone.
I glare at him and nod my head. "I know exactly how old she is and I love her." I chuckle sarcastically as I cross my arms over my chest. "Since you are the one to start the inculpatory questions, did you know what they did to her? Did you know how they fucking hurt her on a daily basis?"
He looks back at me and frowns. "I tried everything I could to get her away from them, especially after Charlie was killed. I tried so hard to get Bella away from Sue. Charlie was not the man that she made him into. Sue and that fucking brother of hers changed him. He used to be a good man, but they infected him with their evil."
I step towards him again, menacingly. "They fucking abused her – even your so – called good – guy friend Charlie. You're just as guilty as they are because you did nothing to stop it."
Black looks up at me and growls. "I asked them time and time again to let me take her. They moved around so much it was near impossible to keep track of them. When Charlie told me of his plan to sell her to the highest bidder when she was eighteen, I was pissed. That was around the same time he was planning the bank robbery with Harry. I'd had enough. I went to the police with the information about the robbery, but it changed nothing. I thought he and Harry would get arrested, and that Isabella would be safe, but Harry escaped and Charlie was killed."
I look at him as if he's mentally deficient. "Why didn't you tell the police or social workers? They were abusing her. You could have saved her! Did you know that Harry beat her with a belt so badly that she has scars? Did you know they never took care of her, or even fed her?"
Black sighs and rubs his brow. "Yeah, I knew all that, and I tried. Harry's not a stable person; he's a very dangerous man. He's worse than you will ever know. He raped and beat girls from the age of twelve on. He killed his and Sue's own parents. Sue's not stable either." He lets out another sigh and I sit down, knowing from the look on his face I probably need to.
"I need to take you back to the beginning. Charlie and I were friends from diapers. I was there when his mom left, and he was there when my mom passed away. After my mom died, I went down a dark road, and of course Charlie came, too. I was fifteen when I began drinking and doing drugs. My father was at a loss as to what to do with me. I was arrested twice in a three week period. When we were nineteen, I entered into a few street races. I really loved driving fast. Charlie was my right-hand man, and that's how we met Sue and Harry. They both seemed alright at first, and Charlie fell hard for Sue. It was like love at first sight, and it was like magic seeing them together."
Billy shakes his head and takes a drink from the bottle of water that Felix placed on the table in front of him earlier. "It was a few months later that Harry started showing strange behaviors. Sue kept saying it was because of all the shit that happened to them both growing up. We all started doing stuff together, like car races for money, and even participated in running drugs for some heavy hitters. Then Sue told us about this family that was loaded, and how she had come up with this idea to get money from them. I was against it at first, but then I ran into their son, who just happened to be the biggest racist that ever lived. We were all in then, just to bring that bigot down. We made sixty G's for one week of work. It was great, you know, having all that money. I bought more booze and drugs, and that's how it all began."
"You do realize that the man you took those sixty thousand dollars from had a target out on your heads, don't you?" Aro asks. I look at Aro, wondering if it was him they stole from, but his next statement answered my unspoken question. "You all were lucky it wasn't me. If it were, I'd have caught you before now. You're safe from him, though. He's doing time in Oregon, and will be until the day he dies."
Billy nods his head. "After that, I meet a girl and got her pregnant. It made me wise up and straighten up my act. I went into rehab with some of the money we made. This, of course, made Charlie and Sue start spending even more time together. When I came out of rehab, she was pregnant, but she lost the baby soon after. Then Renée came into the picture. Charlie was trying to con money from her, and they slept together. Sue was so pissed, because it wasn't part of the plan for him to be with Renée sexually. When it all fell through, Charlie was back with Sue again. Sue got pregnant a second time, and again she lost the baby. Sue was evil, but when she found out that Renée had a baby and it was Charlie's, she went off the deep end. They kept up the con, and when Renée passed, Charlie was going to give up his rights to Isabella at first, but then they saw how much money they would get if he agreed to take her in. She was a beautiful girl, but Sue couldn't cope with the fact she lost three babies and Charlie's bastard child survived. Charlie loved Sue more than anything, so he blamed Isabella for Sue being sad, and he rejected Bella, too."
"So Charlie and Sue were given a bunch of money to take Bella in?" I shout out.
Billy nods his head, as does Aro confirming that he had already found this out.
"I was happy with my wife and daughter, Jackie. Since I saw how miserable Sue was, and how they treated little Bella, I asked Charlie for custody of her. He always said no. I even told him they could keep all the money, and begged him to just let her live with us, but he never agreed. I would sneak her chocolate and give her toys when I could. Then they moved to Alaska for a few months, and my wife died during the childbirth of our second baby. It almost killed me, and I went back to drinking and doing drugs. I even gave my baby girl up to my dad; I wasn't fit to look after her. Charlie called me and asked me to come to Alaska for a little bit, and I thought it would do me some good, so I went."
"I bet that was a mistake," I say cynically, and he nods at me as he takes a drink.
"Charlie and I had a boy's night out, but we got a phone call in the middle of the night. It was Sue, and she was very upset, so Charlie and I ran to where she was. Harry had become obsessed with a girl named Tanya. He would follow her, and watch her sleep. He even sent her underwear and shit like that. She was only sixteen at the time. When we got to her house, we found out that Harry had killed Tanya's dad, Eleazar, and had locked her up. He wouldn't listen to reason.
"God, I tried... we all did, but he was losing it. Sue refused to turn her brother in, and Charlie said he would help them get rid of the body. I was roped in, too, since I was there. Sue had watched Fried Green Tomatoes the night before, and decided to cook him. It was so sick, and the three of them got stoned and ate parts of his body. It was then that Sue told us about Harry killing their parents. The really sick part is that Sue even told us how great their parents were. How they were loving and good to them. Harry killed them because he wanted their money and didn't want to wait for it, and Sue agreed with him."
"So far you're telling me that Harry is guilty of at least three murders, is that correct?" I ask and Black nods his head.
"Harry kept Tanya locked up all the time, and none of us were allowed to see her. He would rape and beat her daily, trying to make her love him, he said. I couldn't take it anymore, and I wanted to go to the police, but Harry found out and stopped me by beating me. He is the reason I ended up in this chair. After nearly killing me – only stopping because of Charlie – he threatened me that if I ever told, he would do the same thing to my daughter that he was doing to Tanya. Jackie was only seven years old at the time, so I keep my mouth shut. Charlie and Sue brought me to a doctor and told them I fell down a mine shaft. I got fixed up a bit, but I'll never walk again."
"Have you seen any doctors here?" Carlisle asks, always being the caring doctor that he is. Black nods his head, and I could see there was no hope from the look on his face.
"We moved back to Washington and I got clean again. I tried everything to get Tanya and Isabella away from them, but couldn't do it alone in my condition. Sue was on to the next big thing. She conned some guy and took on Tanya's name when she did. She never got what she wanted from him, but she found out a few months later that she was pregnant. She swore it was Charlie's baby, and she hoped that everything would be alright this time."
"Yeah, well... it wasn't Charlie's baby; they were my babies. I'm the guy Sue... or Tanya what – the – fuck – ever, was trying to con."
"You're Edward Masen?"
"Yep," I say, popping the 'p' and the room fell silent for a bit. "Can you just finish your story?"
Black nods at me and starts in again. "When she kept this pregnancy going, I knew it was to my advantage. I knew she would no longer want Isabella around, so I worked on getting them to give me Bella. When I heard about the bank robbery plans, I went to the police. I knew if Harry and Charlie were locked up, she would hand Isabella over to me, but it all went wrong. Charlie died, and when Sue gave birth, she was pissed that the boy turned out to be the son of the college guy, so she rejected him right away. The girl, Leah, looked like her, so she hoped she was Charlie's. She kept Bella to look after Seth until she could find someone to buy him. Then she found out that Leah was not Charlie's either. Her blood type made it impossible to be Charlie's child. Sue sank into a deep depression, but Harry made her keep them. I was so fucking close to walking away with all three of them, but he stopped that and moved them.
"Two years later, she called me up, scared out of her mind. Harry had lost it again and killed Tanya and her baby boy. She needed me to take him away for a few weeks so that she could burn down the house. When I saw her the next week, she asked me to keep some papers and give them to Harry. That was the last time I saw her; it was the beginning of April 2006. I asked her where Bella and the twins were, and she said they were fine. She had them taken care of, and to drop it if I knew what was good for me. She reminded me that Charlie was no longer around to protect me. She looked so evil."
I just stare at him. This is so fucked up, but it doesn't excuse him for the things he did. We all talked a while longer, and everyone asked questions. Black claims that he hasn't seen Harry in a few years. He claims that even though Forks and La Push are close, he barely leaves his house. I begrudgingly take him back to my place to have dinner with Bella when we're done. Aro was not pleased, but I knew I would upset Bella by not letting him come. When I help the fucker out, I see Bella at the front door smiling at us.
"Hey, Baby. You all right?" She smiles and nods her head at me.
"Hello again, Billy," she says cheerfully. I wheel Black inside, and we sit at the dinner table. I watch and listen as they talk back and forth. Even Seth and Leah talk to him; it's clear they remember him and seem happy he's here. By the end of the night, I didn't hate the fucker as much as I did this morning, but he's still not one of my favorite people. Felix comes to pick him up to take him home again. I'm sure he will also be having a word with Black about not saying anything to anyone about where Bella and the kids are. Not that I think he'll need the reminder; it's clear that he cares about them. I noticed that Bella never once looked at the ground tonight when talking to him.
"Edward, before I go, may I have a word with you, please?" I look down at Black and nod my head. I take him in my office and close the door, knowing Felix is right outside. "Harry is not all there in the head, but he's very smart. You'll need to tell her that you are the twins' father soon, because he will if you don't. As for Sue, she always has a back-up plan. She's very smart and completely diabolical. I honestly believe that she's smarter than most give her credit for. When it comes to cunning and cruel, she could've taught Ted Bundy a thing or two. The fact that she is so smart means that you just never know what her plan is until it's completed. Whatever you do, don't let her get her hands on those kids."
I nod my head at him. "I plan on keeping that bitch away – far away – from my family."
~HCV~
The next few days go by swiftly, and we get a shitload of information on Sue and Harry. I got the DNA results on Friday, and have been putting it off for a few days, but after talking with Peter, he and Jasper came up with a plan to tell Bella. Carlisle told Esme yesterday. She said that they would take the twins so that I could help Bella deal with this. That way, Bella could show her emotions without thinking that she was upsetting the twins. We all decided that the best course of action would be to sit down with Bella and explain everything in great detail, and then afterwards, we can tell the twins.
I'm brought out of my inner thoughts by my phone. "Hello," I answer without looking to see who it is calling.
"Edward, we locked in on Harry. Felix is getting him now and bringing him in!"
I feel the air leave my body. "I'm on my way." I stop myself from hanging up, remembering that I don't know where they are. "Where are you?"
Aro chuckles a little. "I'm at one of my warehouses. Garrett should be with you in a few minutes; he'll show you the way. I already assumed you would want to be here when they brought him in."
I smile even though he can't see my face. "Oh yes, I want to see the fucker." I hang up, telling Taylor that I need to leave. Bella's at home, so I don't have to worry about getting her there before I meet Aro.
Garrett arrives and I follow him to a storage facility on the outskirts of Seattle. I get out of my car and head into the building that Garrett enters. When I walk through the door, he leads me to another room where I see Jane.
Jane creeps me out a little bit; especially now that because she is standing there with this huge smile on her face. "Hey, Eddie. How's it hanging?"
I look at her and decide that since she scares the shit out of me, she can call me anything she wants. I let the Eddie slide. I clear my throat, looking at Garrett, who barely holds back his smirks. "I'm alright, thank you. How are you, Jane?"
Her smile, if possible, gets even bigger. "Oh, I'm good," she says to me. Turning to Garrett, she licks her lips and smiles even bigger. "How's it hanging, sweetie?" Jane asks and then looks down in her bag. She starts pulling out different, strange looking tools.
"To the left, Jane, just like always. We still on for tomorrow?"
She looks at him and nods her head, giving him a wink. "I'm always ready for you, Garrett." She gives him another wink before picking up another bag. "I better go get ready." At that, Jane turns and walks into the other room. I look at Garrett, who is watching Jane retreat while licking his lips.
Turning to me, he smiles like the cat that ate the canary. "She's really hot when she does this stuff, and afterwards, sex with her is like magic. I wish I could get her to settle down with me." I try not to look at him as if he's insane, because Jane really makes my balls shoot up inside me. Right now, they're so far up I don't think they'll ever come back down.
"This way, An... Edward. It sure is strange calling you by another name. Hey, how are things with little Isabella?"
I look at him and smile. "Things are great between us. She's fucking great. It's just all this outside shit that's falling apart."
Garrett gives me a nod. "I'm sure everything will work out alright, but I miss seeing you at the club. Don't get me wrong, I would hurt you if you fucked around on little Isabella, but I miss our little chats. Well, that and you were always the best tipper."
I roll my eyes at him as we walk into the last room, and I see Harry... or James... whoever in the fuck he is calling himself these days, tied to a chair with Aro sitting across from him.
The fucker looks up at me and smiles. "Well, well, well... look what the cat dragged in. How are you, Edward? I hear you've been fucking the little slave girl. Sue is going to be pissed when she finds out you lost her the two million bucks. She just closed the deal yesterday with some guy named Paul." I look at Aro, who jumps up to grab his phone. "But Paul said that if she came touched, he'd still take her for half a million. He really wants that piece of ass, but he sure doesn't like you much."
All the rage and hate I have for this man for what he has done to Bree and put my Bella through, is eating away at me. All of it. I mean, this motherfucker broke Seth's arm. I close my eyes, and when I open them again, I see nothing but him. Without even thinking about what I'm doing, I hit the fucker as hard as I can. I just keep hitting him until I feel someone pull me back. With the rage still blinding me, I knock whoever it is off of me and hit Harry again.
Suddenly, I feel a lot more people dragging me back. I feel a sting on my face, and I look around to see Aro shaking his head. Garrett has his arms wrapped around my waist, Felix is holding my left arm, and Emmett is on my right. I have no clue when he got here. Standing right in front of me is Jane.
"Jane, I don't think you needed to slap him," Aro says as he walks over to us. That fucking bitch slapped me!
"He was out of it, and it brought him back didn't it? Besides, I get to do the beating up around here," she huffs, walking away from me to bend down and look at Harry. I look down as well, noticing that I knocked the fucker out. I can't help but grin about it. "Wipe that look off your face! You broke some of his ribs and his nose. That's my job, Assward!" Jane jumps up and walks over to her bag. She brings out some jars and sets them in a line on the desk.
"Eh... what the hell is in those jars?" Emmett asks, as he gives me a look to ask if I'm alright. I nod and the three of them release me.
"Oh, these are my cock jars. You see, these are from the other assholes who I've dealt with in the past. Men who misuse their cocks to rape others, don't get to keep them." Jane smiles at Emmett and he gives her a scared shitless smile in return.
"They... they're not real, right?" Emmett looks to Aro, but Aro looks away, making himself seem busy. Yep... my balls have taken permanent residence far, far up inside me.
"You keep that cock of yours in check there, big boy, and don't rape anyone, and you'll never need to find out!" Jane may have been directing her comments to Emmett, but we both nod our heads and cover our junk.
It takes an hour before Harry wakes up, and he's all smiles until Jane start her work. Both Emmett and I excuse ourselves from the room. I hate the fucker, and want him to hurt, but it's another thing to actually see it take place. Emmett and I are talking over the plans for tomorrow when my phone rings. I see that it's Bella calling, so I pick up.
"Hey, Baby, I'm sorry that I couldn't make it home for lunch..."
I'm cut off by Alice's voice. "Edward, you need to come home, now. Something is wrong with Bella. She's... I think she's having a really bad panic attack. I've already called Jasper; he's on his way, too."
I frown, looking at Emmett. "What the hell did you do to her, Alice?" I ask, jumping up and heading to my car with Emmett hot on heels.
"Nothing! I came to see Rose. I knew she was dropping things off for Emmett, and Bella said I could stay. When Rose got here, she asked for some paperwork that Emmett left for her. She told Bella it should be in your office. Bella was in there for ages, and Rose wasn't talking to me, so she stormed into your office and I followed. Bella was sitting in your chair, looking at the picture of Tanya and little Edward. She looked confused, so Rose told her who it was. After that, she just started shaking, saying that wasn't possible. She hasn't made much sense since then. Rose left, and I didn't know what to do. She keeps saying that you're going to leave her."
Fuck this can't be happening! Emmett jumps into the driver's seat of my car, and we take off to my house. I'm just hoping and praying that Bella can hold herself together until I get there. We get to my house in no time flat, and I run inside as fast as I can. The only thing I can see is my baby breaking down while Alice actually tries to console her.
A/N: Well some of you were guessing correctly and some of you were way off. I know there will be a plethora of questions on how this all took place and had the ability to happen, but if you have read the chapters and not skimmed them most of your questions have been answered. There will be much more detail coming, and I am assuring you that even with Uncle Harry caught the jig as they say is not up. Harry gave a startling bit of information, and now it seems we have to worry about Paul as well as Sue. I wonder if they have anyone else helping them? How many of you think that Aro makes a kick ass almost mob-ish cool guy? I personally love our Aro he is the bomb diggity! Can't wait to hear from you, so bring on the words, and show us some love. Kasi (&Nikky)