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Chapter 38

Jasper POV

Friday October 31, 2009: Age 23

We had gone to the address that Edward left for Emmett in a text message to retrieve Rose.

Currently, we were at the hospital having her looked at by a doctor.

We were not sure exactly what had happened because she was unconscious when we found her.

Emmett was back in the exam room with his wife while the rest of us waited in the waiting room.

I felt small arms wrap around my waist. "I'm scared, Jazzy," my wife told me.

"I know me too."

We heard footsteps and looked up to see Emmett entering the room.

"Rose is awake. She and the baby are fine. She wants to talk to everyone at one time so she does not have to repeat herself. She needs to rest…let's go."

We followed him into the room and I was happy to see my sister alert and awake.

Rose started talking and detailed everything that happened from the time they left the house until she was unconscious.

Everyone was scattering, trying to figure out our next plan of action. We knew now where Edward must have gone. He went after Cam and Bella.

Brady, James and my cell phones all rang simultaneously alerting us that we all had text messages.

They all said the same thing. It was a message from Bella…and she was telling us where they were.

Good girl.

"Alright then, let's go get them," Emmett said.

Yes, we were going to get the police and we would save all three of them.

EPOV

Friday October 31, 2009: Age 23

Bella and I both tensed as we realized that Laurent had returned. I prayed that CC was hidden well enough and safe.

I had to think of a way to get them both out of here.

Bella was unable to get my ropes completely untied…but it felt as if they were loosened a bit from her playing around with them.

I was weak from the beating that Laurent gave me earlier after he had knocked me unconscious and tied me to the fucking chair.

"Let them go, Laurent. Your problem is with me…not them," I told him.

"Ah but what is the best way for me to hurt you Eddie? I must hurt the ones that you love," Laurent said with a smile.

"Please…at least let our little girl go," Bella pleaded with him.

"I'm thinking…no," Laurent replied curtly.

"Laurent…" I started but he interrupted.

"Shut up, Edward. I've heard enough. Now…I think it is high time that the lovely Isabella and I get to know one another…intimately…don't you, Eddie? How about you sit there and watch?"

Bella looked terrified and braced herself on my shoulder.

"Yes, I think that is a wonderful idea," Laurent said as he stalked towards us.

"Run, Bella," I told her.

She tried to run past him and get through the door before he reached her but she was not fast enough for him.

He grabbed her and threw her down on the couch in the office. "Don't you fucking touch her!" I screamed at him.

"I am going to enjoy this…a lot," he said.

I was not going to let him sit there and rape her…I had to get out of this.

BPOV

Friday October 31, 2009: Age 21

Not again.

I could not be raped again.

I would not survive it.

I had to fight this.

Laurent was sneering at me and trying to get my clothes off…putting his hands all over me.

Edward was screaming at him.

I was trying to fight him and push him away from me.

I closed my eyes and prayed that I would get out of this alive…maybe I should just let him rape me…perhaps then he would let us all go and my daughter would be safe.

I did not have a chance to further those thoughts any longer because suddenly I no longer felt Laurent on me.

I could hear Laurent and Edward screaming at each other and I opened my eyes to see them rolling around on the ground fighting.

Edward had gotten loose.

Edward pulled him off me.

He saved me.

I loved more than ever.

Laurent was getting the upper hand in the fight because poor Edward was still fight from the beatings he received earlier.

I had to help him.

I rushed them and jumped on Laurent's back as he was punching Edward into the floor.

Laurent knocked me off his back and threw me into the wall behind us.

I was not knocked unconscious but I was dazed a bit.

"Bella! Please be alright! Bella answer me!" Edward yelled over to me.

"I would worry more about myself if I were you Edward. I am going to kill you right now. You are getting in my way. Then I am going to fuck the hell out of your girl before I kill her. I won't hurt your little girl. She is going to be my daughter now," Laurent cackled.

He had truly lost his mind.

The man was insane.

I heard him cock the gun and I looked up to see that he had it pointed right at Edward. When the hell did he pick up the gun?

He was not going to shoot Edward. CC needed him. I loved him and I knew that I would die for him.

That was what I was going to do.

I did not think as I made my next move…I just reacted.

EPOV

Friday October 31, 2009: Age 23

Laurent had the gun pointed right at me.

"Goodbye, Edward. I wish I could say I was going to miss you…but…I'm not," he told me.

Everything happened in slow motion then.

Laurent fired the gun but before I could feel the impact of the bullet…I felt a body in front of me.

NO!

"Well, isn't this poetic?" Laurent laughed.

Bella was convulsing in my lap and as I wrapped my arms around her I saw the blood. She took the bullet in the stomach.

Oh my god.

This could not be happening.

I could not lose her.

Sirens started blaring in the distance.

Help was coming.

"Fuck!" Laurent screamed. "I guess my fun is over. Guess I am going to have to make this quick."

He was about to shoot me when we heard the pitter-patter of tiny feet and a sweet little voice.

"Daddy! Mommy! The cops are coming…"

She stopped talking abruptly when she saw the scene before her.

I did not want her to see any of this.

"CC, RUN ANGEL! Get out of here for Daddy! Please RUN!" I begged her.

She saw Laurent with the gun and as the tears fell down her chubby little cheeks, she nodded to me and took off running out of the office.

I prayed she made it to the police.

"Well, I guess I will leave you with your whore. I am going after my daughter," Laurent said as he turned and ran in the direction the CC had just headed.

Fuck!

What was I supposed to do now?

Bella was coughing and still shaking. "Edward…go…save…her…save our…baby," she sputtered.

I set her down on the floor long enough so I could get up from the floor myself. Then, I picked her up and laid her down on the couch.

I was afraid to move her but I did not want her on the cold floor of the office.

"I hate to leave you here. I've got to get CC…help is coming…"

"Help is here!" I heard Jasper yell behind us.

I turned to see all the Swan boys standing there with Emmett and a paramedic.

I knew I had to leave them to Bella.

I kissed Bella's forehead, told her I would be back soon and took off after my daughter.

That monster was not getting his hands on her.

BPOV

Friday October 31, 2009: Age 21

I felt cold…pain…and I was nauseous from seeing the blood coming from my stomach.

I hoped that Edward made it to Cam in time to save her.

I felt a warm hand touching my forehead.

"Sis, we're here. The paramedic is going to look you over…okay?" I heard my brother Brady tell me.

I nodded a little.

I was too tired to move.

I heard voices around me.

All I could think of was Edward and Camilla.

I had to tell Edward how I felt about him. When I saw that gun pointed at him…there was no way I could let that man die.

He was a wonderful man…kind and gentle.

Edward was an amazing father.

I wanted to marry him…have many babies with him…grow old together.

That was what I wanted.

I heard Jasper's voice. "It will be okay Bella."

I tried to explain to my brothers and the paramedic exactly what had happened up until the point that they arrived.

"Don't worry, Bells. Edward will save her. In fact, I am going to go see if he needs help. You guys stay here with your sister," Emmett said.

I started drifting after that.

EPOV

Friday October 31, 2009: Age 23

I ran as fast as my legs could take me.

Why couldn't they move any fucking faster?

I heard Laurent calling out for CC.

His voice was coming from the woods behind the mill.

What an idiot!

He knew that the police were coming and he was hollering out for CC…as if he was flashing a big neon sign to alert them to where he was.

He was clearly losing it…fast.

I could not let him near my daughter.

I did not want to call out to CC because I did not want him to know I was there.

I trudged carefully through the woods.

As I was moving, following the sound of Laurent's voice, I felt something grab my legs.

I looked down and saw the tiny form of my daughter. She had her arms wrapped around my legs and was looking up at me pointing her finger to her lips…motioning for me to be quiet.

My smart little angel.

She was her mother's daughter.

I scooped her into my arms.

"I am so glad to see you, angel."

She kissed my cheek. "Where's Mommy? She was bleeding Daddy! Where is she?" She whispered.

I heard the gun click behind us before I could answer her.

"Please…don't hurt her. Put the gun down Laurent…she's just a little girl. You're scaring her," I tried to reason.

"It will all be over soon, little one. You will soon have a new daddy," he told her.

"I don't want a new daddy! You're a big meanie! You shot my mommy!" CC screeched at him.

"Ah, the first thing I will do is teach your little brat some manners!" Laurent said as he looked at me with disdain.

I set CC down and told her to run back towards the mill. I told her that the police as well as all of her uncle's were there waiting for her.

She took off running just as I told her to do.

"She has manners and she follows orders just fine, see." I told him with a smirk. "She just chooses not to listen to scum, like you."

He lunged at me and we fought for possession of the gun he still held in his hand.

We both had our hands on it and we were rolling around the cold ground trying to gain control of the weapon.

I was finally able to get my fingers around the trigger and get it pointed towards him.

Once I had it aimed at his chest…I pulled…hard.

He slumped over on the ground.

I pushed him over onto his back to access the damage. He was still alive.

I knew that I should let the police deal with it…but then my daughter or my Bella would never be safe.

I took the gun and placed it right over his heart. I pulled the trigger once more.

His breath hitched and stopped all together.

Laurent was dead.

It was finally over.

I felt a presence behind me and turned to see Emmett standing there.

"Did you see CC?" I asked him.

"Yes, I told her to keep going back to the mill and find Uncle Jasper. I thought I would come see if you needed help…but I see you have everything under control," he smiled at me.

"Yeah, I took care of it. How is Bella?"

"Out of it. The paramedics are working on her. Let's get back there. She needs you. We'll send the cops out here to deal with this…it's their job."

I nodded and followed him back to Bella and CC.

When we reached the mill, Bella was being loaded into an ambulance. "I want to ride with her…I'm family," I said as I ran over to the paramedics.

"Alright sir," he said to me.

I turned and saw Jasper behind me holding my daughter. I kissed CC. "Are you alright sweetheart?"

"Yes, Daddy," she said as she cried. "I'm worried about Mommy. Is she going to die?" She asked in soft voice.

"Darlin' we talked about this. Your mommy needs to go to the hospital so they can fix her up. Remember? She's not going to die, sweetness," Jasper reassured her.

CC nodded and clung to her Uncle Jasper. "Meet you at the hospital with her?" Jasper asked me.

"Yeah, thanks man. I need to be with Bella."

Jasper smirked, "Get your ass moving then."

I climbed into the ambulance and one paramedic was behind the wheel while the other one was in the back taking Bella's vitals and working on her.

She opened her eyes and looked at me.

"Hey, love."

"How's Cam? Is she okay?" Bella whispered.

"Yes, she's okay. I saved her. Laurent is dead…he can't hurt us anymore."

She smiled…but it did not reach her eyes.

"She's in extensive pain and she has lost a lot of blood. However, she is going to be fine," the paramedic tried to reassure me.

I grasped Bella's hand in mine.

I had to know why she took that fucking bullet.

What was she thinking?

"Bella why did you do it? Why did you step in front of that fucking bullet for me?" I asked her.

She squeezed my hand with as much strength as she could right now.

"Because…I…love…you," she whispered.

Then…her eyes fluttered closed.

Say what?

She loved me.

She fucking loved me.

She took a bullet for me.

I knew three things at that moment.

One, we were all safe…finally.

Two, I was more in love with Bella now, than ever.

Three, when she was awake and alert, we were going to talk, honestly for once.

A/N…See…it did not take a month! It's only been six days! LOL

I know this is short but it needs to be to go into the next chapter.

I have outlined the rest of the story. After this chapter, we have six more chapters left and then the Epilogue.

Reviewers will get a teaser of Chapter 39!