Chapter Twenty Nine – Bullet Wounds
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"Sorry Son this is the way it has to be." He said. And before I knew it Bella was screaming behind me as she was ripped away from me. I swung around and saw that a man had her. I turned back to my father and he had the gun pointed right at her, I was too frozen in shock, and before I knew it he pulled the trigger.
"BANG!"
I couldn't look away from her face as the loud bang echoed through the room. "NO!" I screamed, finally coming out of my frozen state. I ran to her and the man that was previously holding her pushed her into my arms and quickly reached behind his back for something.
"Drop the gun! Or I'll shoot!" I couldn't bother with what I was hearing I was too focused on her. I held her to me tightly and I felt her grab onto me holding me even tighter, but I needed to see her face to make sure she was all right before got us both the hell out of there.
I pulled away from her slightly, "God Bella, are…are you alright?" She asked looking at my shoulder.
"What are you talking about?" I glanced down to where she was looking and saw a huge stain of blood on my shirt. How did I not feel any pain? I rolled my shirtsleeve up and didn't see any type of wound.
"Baby I…" I started to say, but suddenly froze. She was looking down at her shirt that was smeared in blood. "FUCK!" I shouted as I reached for her shirt, ripping the buttons off to expose her shoulder, and there it was a dime sized hole that was oozing out blood.
Her knees started to buckle and I caught her quickly and gently laid her down on the floor. Without even thinking about it I tore off my shirt and put it over her shoulder, "Edward, I'll be alright." She said in a shaky voice. I looked up at her and she was smiling at me. Why the fuck would she be smiling at a time like this? She must be going into shock.
I took a deep breath and kissed her lightly on the lips, "Don't worry beautiful." I heard a scuffle behind me and I remembered that that the man that had Bella had taken a gun out. I looked over to see that this guy had my father in handcuffs. "Who are you? What's going on?" I shouted out to him, I needed fucking answers dam it!
The man turned around, "First, let me take care of this and call an ambulance for her." I nodded my head and he and my father walked out the front door.
"How are you feeling?" I whispered, as I laid her head onto my lap.
Her beautiful brown eyes looked up at me, "I'll be fine baby." Her smile faltered for a second and I knew she was putting on a show so I wouldn't worry.
"Bella, baby, tell…"
"Has your father always been like that?" She asked cutting me off.
"Yes," I sighed. "When I was really young I have these memories of him playing with me and my brothers, but after I turned about eight he turned into and evil son of a bitch." I removed the hair covering her face and looked up to the door, "Fuck! When is the fucking ambulance going to get here!" I practically shouted.
"Shhh, they'll be here soon." I put more pressure on her shoulder, "Baby? Where did they take Angie?" She asked me suddenly.
"I really don't want to talk about her Bella. She's the reason we're in this mess right now." I said, trying not to raise my voice. I just couldn't even think about that girl, I could care less if she was lying dead in a ditch somewhere. If it wasn't for her I would have been home with my girl right now, snuggling on the couch, instead of putting pressure on her bullet wound that my "dead" father gave her.
"…Not all her fault," I looked over at her as she finished her little rant.
I was about to respond when two men carrying medical supplies came running into the room, "About dam time." I mumbled under my breath. She rolled her eyes at me.
"Sir I am going to have to ask you to step away, while we work on the victim." I grunted but reluctantly moved away from her, so they could do their jobs and fix her.
Five minutes later they had her on a stretcher and were wheeling her out of the cottage. Once we got outside I noticed there were about four cop cars that were surrounding the house. One of the officers came up to me, "Sir, where going to need to ask you a few questions." I ignored him and followed the stretcher that Bella was on. "Sir!" He shouted, and grabbed my arm trying to stop me.
I yanked my arm free, "Don't fucking touch me!" He cowered away slightly, "If you want to ask me questions do it at the hospital. I'm not leaving her!" I turned and walked away without a second glance in his direction. When I caught up to them they already had her loaded into the ambulance and were about to shut the door. "WAIT!"
The man held the door open for me and I quickly jumped in. The ride to the hospital was quiet as the paramedics tried to stop Bella's bleeding. I just held her hand and asked them a million questions on the way.
I couldn't stop bouncing my leg, this was taking too long! "Dude you're driving me insane," I scowled over at my brother and he quickly shut his mouth and looked away. Not too long after I heard a loud smack and a grunt come from their side of the room.
"Don't worry Edward, our girl is strong." I looked over at Alice and smiled. She's right, my girl is strong, but that didn't stop me from worrying about her. I was the reason she was in this mess. It might have been Angela who got her into this situation, but it was my father that shot her and put her in the hospital.
I couldn't take my eyes off the doors to the waiting room, and jumped out of my plastic chair once I saw the wrinkly face of the old man that told me he was going to be the one handling her injuries. "Calm down son," He grunted.
"How is she?" I couldn't take it any longer, I needed to fucking know!
"She'll be fine Mr. Cullen." I let out a deep breath, "The bullet didn't hit anything major. Her shoulder should be very tender for a couple of months and she should see a physical therapist, but overall she should recover."
"When can I see her?" I desperately asked him.
He smirked, "You can go right now if you can be quiet, I gave her some medicine for the pain so she should be sleeping for the rest of the day." I nodded my head and started to power walk to her room. "Mr. Cullen! The other way, she's in room 407." I turned around and saw his smirk, I was about to call him out but I wanted to get to my girl more.
I started running up the stairs, too impatient to wait for the elevators. By the time I got to the fourth floor I my legs were aching and I was huffing like an old man. It didn't stop me from running the rest of the way to her room, and once I was standing in front of the door… I suddenly got nervous.
"Shit! She probably doesn't want to be with me anymore." I hit myself on the side of my head and slid down the wall as I staring at her door. I don't know why I didn't think about this before, but what if she hated me for letting this happen to her. I always told her I would be the one to protect her, and when I needed to the most…I couldn't. I failed her. All of a sudden I heard something crash behind the door and immediately jumped up and ran into Bella's room.
There was a woman in a nurse's outfit holding a pillow over my girls face. "Get the FUCK away from her!" I screamed, as I ran at the woman and tackled her. I landed on top of her and stared at her face for a moment. "Fuck! I-I've seen you before." I gasped, "Who are you? Did my father send you?"
She cackled, "Why Edward, you think you have this all figured out, but you got another thing coming boy." She smiled. "Now get the hell off of me!" She spit in my face and I was about ready to pick her off the ground and throw her across the room.
"Tell me who you are…I know I've seen you before." Her hair was a dark brown almost like Bella's, but it wasn't her hair that I recognized…it was her face.
I sat up so I could see her more clearly but made sure there was no way she was getting away from me. She sighed, "You might remember me more clearly if I had red hair."
Then it all clicked, "You're the woman from the explosion, the one that was hurt."
She smiled, "That would have been me."
"What aren't you telling me?" I growled out, I was sick of these little games, I wanted to know the facts instead of circling around everything. She was silent for a while and my temper was flaring. I put my hand around her neck and held tightly, "Tell me what you know, NOW!" I growled into her face.
Her face was turning red, "Let. Go. First." She gasped out. I let her go and she started coughing and trying to catch her breath, this just annoyed me even more and I was about ready to tighten my grip on her neck when she spoke. "I don't know you," she gasped, "But I know her." She spat looking over at the bed where my girl was sleeping peacefully, unaware of what was going on.
"How do you know Bella? What is your name?" I had so many questions, but they would have to wait a bit longer because at that moment the door flung open and my brothers and their girls were standing in the doorway.
The girls gasped and covered their mouths. "Dude! What the fuck?" Em said staring at the scene in front of him…Which was me on top of a random woman in my girlfriend's hospital room.
I got up off the floor but held the woman's arms around her back, "She tried to kill Bella." They were all staring at me like I was insane. "I walked in the room and she had a pillow over her face trying to suffocate her." I was so fed up I shove the woman at Em and she fell on the floor and started to scramble for the door, but Em got her in time. "Now take her to the warehouse and make sure nobody sees you!" I sighed and sat down into the chair next to Bella.
"What are you planning on doing with her?" Em asked before he left.
I narrowed my eyes, "I still need some information from her…then I'll decide if she's worthy of breathing." He nodded and started to walk out the door. "Wait. Jazz, why don't you go with him. I want the girls to stay with Bella when I leave." He kissed Alice on the cheek and left the room with Emmett.
I sighed once they left the room, "Edward, we'll be waiting outside. Take your time, I know you want to take care of that situation, but I bet Bella would like to hear your voice for a little while."
I looked away from my girl's perfect face and smiled at Alice. "Thanks Ali, why don't you guys go get lunch?"
Once they both left the room I got up from my chair and carefully laid down next to my girl. I didn't want to hurt her shoulder but I needed to be close to her, I missed her. "Hey baby." I sighed, as I looked down at her peaceful face. I removed the hair from her face and kissed her lightly on the lips. "l'm so sorry I let this happen to you." I closed my eyes and rested my head on top of hers, "I'll make this up to you. Shit," I sighed, "I'll be making this up to you for the rest of my life…If you'll let me."
I ran my fingers through her hair as I talked. I knew I couldn't spend as much time with her right now as I would have liked to, but I knew Rose and Alice would be here, so it took a little guilt off of my shoulders. I kissed the top of her head and closed my eyes letting the darkness take me.
So what do you guys think so far?
Anyone think they know who the woman is, or how she could know Bella?
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