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~~jasper~~

Michael Newton has been a pain in my ass. But now he sits here, waiting for me.

Lorenzo has been working him over for a minute, I should probably step in – but I don't think I will. He has been following my sister all over town for months. Recording her conversations, he probably even has pictures of her. Fucking prick.

I roll my neck and prepare myself. I need to keep myself calm and collected, just long enough to get the information that I need.

I walk in as I'm lighting my cigarette. Huh, his eyes are almost swollen shut. I give a little shrug and tap Enzo on his shoulder, "Fare una pausa."(Take a break.)

"Michael Newton," his head shoots up and he looks in my direction. I wonder if he can actually see anything. "Or is it Mike? Michele, maybe?" (pronounced as mee-KEH-leh)

Michael started to move his head back and forth.

"Oh, come on. The games up Newton. The Chicago PD isn't going to save you now," I said laughing. "Hell, they won't even be able to identify you when we're done."

"Stava indossando un dispositivo di ascolto?" I asked, turning slightly to look at Enzo. (Was he wearing a listening device?)

Enzo shook his head in the negative. Too bad. I spun the chair sitting across from him and straddled it.

"Michael, perché hai aiutarli a prendere mio fratello?" (Why did you help them take my brother?)

No answer.

"You should know that he's alive," I said quietly, watching his face. "It took us less than two hours to...," I chuckled, "control the situation. Either way, my brother is home with his lovely bride to be, while you are here, with me."

His face showed surprise and his shoulders slumped as the realization kicked in. "All for nothing. Fucking sucks, right? Yeah," I took a long drag on my cigarette. "So you may as well tell me what I need to know."

He didn't speak, it made me smile. Maybe he was tougher than I thought. Let's find out.

I made my way towards him, looking over at Enzo. He was next to me quickly and I pushed the cigarette into Michael's face. "It's unfortunate that you have an open wound here."

He screamed. Enzo punched him.

"Ready yet?" I asked, "anything you feel like sharing?"

He was crying, and I walked in a circle around him. I looked at my cigarette and frowned, I went about pulling out a new one and lighting it, humming as the nicotine hit my lungs.

"What if I help you out? Give you a little hint? Will that help push this along? Because let me tell you, Michael, I can do this all night." Leaning into him, I whispered, "it's what I live for. It gets my blood moving, adrenaline pumping. And the screaming, dear God, it's almost better than fucking!" I laughed loudly causing him to jump.

"So, how about that hint..." I trailed off, watching him the whole time. His body was vibrating with fear, and the cold probably. He was only in boxers and socks. "Peter is your cousin, right?"

Michael gasped—in surprise, I'm guessing. "By marriage, if I'm correct. He was my sister in law's cousin, also. He's related to a lot of fucking people, am I right?" I couldn't help but laugh. Kate's background check on Michael Newton was very informative. "Somehow, I don't think he will be welcomed into the family with the open arms he was hoping for. I mean a cop and a reporter, what the fuck, right?" I was laughing again.

Enzo walked over and punched Newton in the stomach.

"You can speak anytime," I prodded him. "I am all ears. I'll even help you out and tell you exactly what I need from you. I'm really interested in Peter's disappearance, Felix's arrival and your involvement. In that order," I stopped walking and stood directly in front of him. My cigarette was almost burned through, so I held the end of it to another wound on his face. He cried out loudly.

"I know everyone who is anyone in this city. It wasn't hard to find out who he was. Reporters, police officers, background checks, they all pay off. You would be interested to know what I found out about you," I said, laughing. "Who knew you were such a sick fuck?"

"Just kill me, just kill me," he was pleading.

Of course, this threw me into hysterics. "Man, haven't you been hanging out with the Aros? You know that isn't how this works. I can keep this up for days, weeks. You have no idea what I'm capable of," I said, quietly.

His head fell back. Huh, would he cave this early?

"I don't know where Peter is," he cried. "I owed Felix money and he came after me, but I had already left Washington. Somehow, he found out about Isabella and Peter. I don't know more than that. When Felix found me in Chicago, he forced me to start following Isabella and told me to cause problems for your family," he gulped air. "That's it. That's all I know."

Idiot.

I lifted my gun and shot him in the head. "Get the acid, take care of this." The clean up team was already in motion.

I blew out a deep breath, running my fingers through my hair. I'm so fucking tired.

My ringing cell phone interrupted my train of thought, "Yeah?"

"Jas, you need to get your ass to the house," Edward yelled into the phone. The background noise was loud, crazy. People were screaming and yelling.

"What the fuck is going on?" I asked, running toward my car. Paul was chasing me out of the warehouse.

"There was a fucking explosion, one of the cars parked in the drive blew up. It took out part of the garage. Everyone is freaking the fuck out. And we have someone here, came in through one of the downstairs windows. Security system was tampered with."

"Jesus..." I muttered, "we're on our way."

"FUCK!" I screamed, punching the dashboard. Paul was speeding through the streets, swerving through traffic.

I started dialing, getting voice mail after voice mail. Either everyone was at the house already, or there was a lot to be fucking worried about.

"Paul," I said, looking over at him, "have you talked to Demetri?"

He shook his head, and hit the accelerator.

~~edward~~

I kept swallowing, my throat was tight, but I couldn't let my emotions take over.

Bella was hanging on me, my mother was kneeling on the concrete in tears. "Nooooooooooooo," someone else was yelling, over and over. Me, I was in fucking shock. How the hell did this happen? Security has been tight. Tighter than ever, there are fucking cameras everywhere.

"Edward," my father called me, demanding my attention. His face was hard, a vein bulging on his forehead. I noticed my grandfather was walking toward me, he took Bella from my arms. She was looking at me, frantic, pleading.

"Baby, let Santo take care of you," I said softly, kissing her cheek. "I'm going to be right over here with Dad, okay? I'm not going far."

She whimpered, but wrapped her arms around my grandfather. I began walking toward my father.

"Did you speak to Jasper?" he asked, moving with me.

"He's on his way."

"The clean up guys are already in the basement. We need to deal with Alice," he raised an eyebrow.

I blew out a breath, nodding. "Do you think that's a good idea, right now?"

Jesus Christ, I stopped in the foyer, leaning against the wall. The severity of what just happened was finally seeping in.

My father's hand on my shoulder snapped me out of it. Fuck. We started moving again.

"She's in labor. Get the kid, take care of the girl."

My legs stopped working and my father kept going. "Shit."

Bella ran into the house, her face was red with anger. Her heels were tapping against the tile quickly.

"Alice!" she yelled, it echoed through the house. "Where the fuck are you?"

I went to her, grabbing her arms.

"Alice!" she yelled again. "I'm going to fucking kill her, Edward. That bitch..." she trailed off, crying. The sobs so fierce, her body doubled over.

"Hey," I said quietly, pulling her into my arms, "she's in labor, we need to deliver the baby."

"What?" she asked, fat tears running down her face. "She's having the baby? How is that fair?"

"Baby, it isn't up to us to decide. Let's take care of this, alright?"

She was taking in deep gasps of air, her body relaxing as much as she could.

Once she looked somewhat calm, I led her toward the back of the house. The bedroom at the end of the hall was brightly lit. And we could hear Alice yelling.

We took our time walking toward the room, neither of us wanting to deal with this. It was too much, too fucking much.

"Please, help me. Help me!"

Alice was crying, screaming.

"What do we do?" I asked, looking at Bella.

She rolled her neck. "Get some water and a lot of towels. And some peroxide and scissors. Someone will need to take her to the hospital afterward, or she might bleed out."

Bella's voice was eerily quiet, scary. I took a second to look her in the eye, she nodded and pushed me toward the door. "Hurry."

I ran to the kitchen and pulled open cabinets. I found a big glass bowl. Placing it in the sink, I flipped on the hot water, filling up the bowl. I ran to the linen closet next, pulling out a huge stack of towels.

I walked as quickly as I could holding the towels and water. When I made it back to the room, Bella looked frantic.

"Edward, the baby," she cried.

I set the items on the dresser next to the bed, handing Bella a towel.

"Push, Alice! Fucking push," Bella yelled.

I was standing there watching, unable to fucking move. The image was nothing like I ever imagined. Jesus, a fucking person was coming out of that tiny space. I felt lightheaded.

"Fucking hell, Edward, sit down. I can't take care of you if you pass out."

My legs were moving but I don't know where the hell I was going. I hit a wall, and my body slid down slowly, until I was finally sitting. I was still watching the fucking delivery, it was like my eyes were refusing to look away. Shit, I'm going to throw up.

This baby was covered in blood and slimy shit, and it was sliding out of Alice and onto the towel Bella was holding. At some point, Bella had placed towels on the bed under Alice and had several in her hand.

The baby was finally all the way out and Bella was tapping the chest. She dipped a towel into the water and started to clean away all of the mucous and blood covering the baby's face.

And then there was a cry, strong and angry. Bella was leaning over the tiny creature, with its headresting in her hands. Looking from Bella to Alice, my vision blurred and then came back into focus.

Get the kid, take care of the girl.

Bella was looking at me, as if she knew.

Get the kid, take care of the girl.

"Edward, I need scissors and peroxide."

I stood and walked into the adjoining bathroom, pulling out the items Bella needed.

Handing them to her, I went back into the bathroom, turning the knobs on the bathtub, feeling the heat on my wrist. I made my way to Alice, "I'm going to take you into the bathroom, sit you inside of the bath so you can clean off."

Alice was crying, "Please don't do this. Please," she was pleading with me. I didn't respond and placed her in the bathtub.

"Is it too warm?"

Alice didn't answer, but her sobbing increased. "Please, please," over and over again.

Looking toward the room, I found Bella handing the baby off to my grandmother. She nodded at me, closing the bathroom door.

I said an Our Father and a Hail Mary and pushed Alice under the water, keeping my eyes closed the whole time. Her fingers were gripping my arms and her body was jerking beneath the water. I hadn't plugged the tub, so could hear the water running and draining simultaneously.

"...pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with me...," whispering the prayer over and over. This is not the first time I've killed a woman, sadly. But it is the first time killing a mother, a woman that had just given birth.

When she stopped fighting me, I opened my eyes taking in the small body in the water. Her eyes are open and the water is pink. Swallowing tightly, I fell back, sitting on the small rug and ran my hands over my face. "Shit."

The door swung open and Jasper walked in. "Fuck," was all he said.

"Is Bella...," I trailed off.

Jasper was already lifting me off of the ground. "Yeah, man. She's out there, in the hallway waiting for you."

"I'm gonna go out there," I said.

"Yeah, I'll take care of this. Go help your wife, she's falling apart, this is a lot of shit to take in."

I was resting my head against the wall, trying to get myself under control. Bella needs me. Bella needs me, I chanted in my head. After a moment, my ass was able to move and the hard shell that I normally wore, slipped back into place. Bella needs me.

When I opened the door, two guys pushed past me and Bella fell into my arms. Her heart wrenching sobs were almost too much.

"Shush," I sang to her, "It will be okay." Repeating the phrase over, hoping one of us might believe it.

"There are flashing lights outside," I said, calmly.

"Paramedics. Edward, they delivered Gianna's baby."

My shoulders slumped, "and?"

She shook her head, "I don't know, the baby cried. The paramedic said it was almost like Gianna was holding on for him. She died right after he was born."

"And Demetri?"

She shook her head, "he was gone quickly, the bomb was under the drivers seat."

Tightening an arm around her, I pulled at my hair with the other.

"Baby, everyone has to go back to the secured building. No going out, at all. Until this asshole is dead."

"Do what you have to do, Edward." Her eyes were boring into mine, "that little boy will be without parents, thanks to those assholes."

"What about the other one?" I asked, whispering.

"Daniel Aro will be here soon. Carlisle called him."

Bella and I were on the porch now, I sat on the top step before pulling Bella into my lap. We sat quietly, watching the chaos around us.

"I love you, Edward, with my whole heart," her words were soft against my skin.

Resting my forehead on her shoulder, kissing her neck lightly. "Ti amo, Isabella, per sempre." (I love you, Isabella, forever.)

Those were the last words spoken between us that night, as we sat on the steps waiting for the Aros to get here.

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