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Chapter 29
Bella
"See isn't this nice?" Rose said. "Some sisterly bonding."
"We always bonded," I pointed out.
"True, but we haven't done this in forever," she said, pointing her spoon at me.
Rose wanted to go to get some frozen yogurt when I picked her up. I didn't care and after telling her that she looked fine in a shirt and jeans, we went out. We were just sitting in my truck eating frozen yogurt before I suggested hitting the movies since we never did that in a while.
"I guess," I said.
"Anything going on with the cases?" she asked.
I contemplated on whether or not I should tell her. I want to but at the same time, I don't want to let her down. Ever since what happened with Dad, I could tell that she wanted to find whoever did this to have justice served. With her being pregnant now, I don't want her to be stressed over this.
"We may have found some footage of one of the crimes from a security tape," I replied.
"That's a good thing right?" she said.
"Yes and No. We were able to see how it happened; however, we don't have the person's face to determine who it is," I explained.
"It's one step closer right?"
"Yeah and promise me something. That you won't stress out over this." I said.
"But-"
"It's not good for the baby. I don't want nothing happening to you and my little niece or nephew," I said.
She stared at her yogurt stabbing it with her spoon lightly. I was afraid that I got her mad.
"You're right stress won't be good for the both of us. But I do want to know the moment it happens, whoever is the killer, let me know. I want to see the bastard who did this to those innocent people and Dad to be punished," she said.
"You got it," I promised.
"So then, horror or comedy?" Rose asked, immediately changing her mood.
Yep, I'm so wishing Emmett luck with her and the mood swings.
"Wow that movie was crap," Rose said.
"It wasn't too bad" I said.
"Oh please Bella. The Conjuring was something that I'm going to get nightmares from for a while," she said.
"Just don't bring Emmett along. He might get some ideas from that clapping game in the dark," I teased.
"Very funny," she said, rolling her eyes.
Rose and I walked by stores as people passed up. We would stop at a few stores and look to see what was in the windows. It did give her a few ideas to get what she and Emmett would need for the baby and for the nursery.
"When the time to know the sex, do you guys want to know?" I asked.
"I do but Emmett he wants to be surprised," she replied.
"Hey, you never know," I said.
She cracked a smile before stopping short.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Didn't you tell me that Edward had to work late?" Rose asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Then tell me how come he's with that girl over there," she replied.
I looked over and sure enough, there was Edward standing outside a small café talking to a woman. She looked like she could pass for my age or the same age as me but she had dark blonde hair and I couldn't get a good look at her face. I couldn't help but feel shocked and angry. Why would he say that he was working late when clearly he wasn't?
"Let's go," I said.
"Wait, you're serious? You're not going to kick his ass?" Rose asked incredously.
"Not right now," I replied as I spun on my heel as we left.
I ignored Edward's calls that night. Okay maybe I ignored his calls but I texted him after he called for the twentieth time only to tell him I had a long day and I would talk to him tomorrow.
I sighed heavily as I picked up some paperwork. I was going over the screenshots from the videotape in case I see anything else that strike odd.
My phone started to vibe again and I saw it was Alice saying she was staying over at Jasper's for the night since he lived closer to her job. After I replied, I got back to work. Only I couldn't go back to work.
My mind then drifted back to Edward. He's consuming my thoughts almost every day. I don't know what to do about it. Whether I think about what he is doing at this exact moment or whatever, I can't stop thinking about him. What I don't like however, is that he think he can control me most times.
Sometimes I do wonder if he's keeping something from me, but now that I'm thinking about it, maybe he does have something to hide.
The question though is what?
"One venti iced Caramel Macchiato," the barista called out.
I reached for my coffee as I grabbed a straw nearby. I stopped at Starbucks before work and I was heading out when lord behold; Edward popped in. He was wearing a black blazer, light blue button down with grey slacks and his dress shoes.
I prayed that he wouldn't see me as I was walking out of Starbucks. I only had gotten a few feet away from Starbucks when I heard my name being called. Lord behold, it was Edward himself.
"Bella," he breathed out my name.
"Oh, Edward what are you doing here?" I asked.
"I needed to get coffee before meeting up with a client," he replied. "I haven't seen you around here."
"Well I needed coffee since I'm on my way to interview someone," I replied.
"I see. Look Bella about what happened the other night…"
"Don't worry about that. I can totally see why you had to work so late," I said, putting the work late part on emphasis.
He gave me a curious look. "Do you want to do something later tonight?"
"I might have to work late," I said.
"I'm sure your squad would understand," he said.
"Edward, even if I could I can't. We're almost halfway with the case and with more new information coming in; I can't leave them," I replied.
"Bella…"
"Maybe some other time or here's an idea why don't you go hang out with your girlfriend?"
"I'm sorry my what?"
I raised my eyebrow as I put my hand on my hip.
"Don't act dumb. I saw you last night in town when I was with Rose. You were talking to that girl that had the dark blonde hair. You two looked so comfortable," I said.
"It wasn't what it looked like," he said.
"Oh don't give me that shit. I know what I saw and I thought maybe for once there was some sort of connection but boy was I wrong," I said, turning on my heel.
"Bella please," he begged.
"Don't. Just don't." I said coldly as I walked away.
I managed to get to my car before I completely lost it. I put my coffee in the cup holder. I let out a groan in frustration as I started up the truck.
Why in the hell am I letting this affect me so bad?
Oh wait, I really like the guy that's why.
My cell started to ring after I turned on to the main street. I pulled over and answered it immediately.
"Swan."
"Bella you better get back to the station ASAP," Jake said.
"Why, what's wrong? And I'm heading my way back anyways," I asked.
"We found something that could definitely be useful in this case. I can't believe it's been under our noses," he said.
"Just get to the point."
"We found it at Cullen Corp," he replied.
I froze for a second. Edward's job? What did they find over there?
"I'm on my way," I said, hanging up and then pulling out of the parking space as my mind was going into overdrive.
A/n: Dun. Dun. Dun! The more things that come up, the more it gets closer to getting solved.
Hi guys sorry for updating late but look at it this way. At least you're not waiting months on end like my other stories…which I should work on speaking of….*awkward silence*
Anyways, I hope you guys are enjoying your summer so far. I have the next chapter planned out somewhat and hopefully I'll start writing it tomorrow night when I get off of work.
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