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"My son would die of cancer before I would ever set you up!"
Renee Graziano, Mob Wives
Previously...
I was having a good time, enjoying my drink when people started scattering. I looked up to see cops coming in the front and back doors.
I tried to make my way through the house quickly to get to Aro. I had just reached Jacob's bedroom door when I heard cops coming up the stairs. I knocked quietly and Aro opened the door looking at me confused.
"Give me your gun!" I ordered him.
He pulled his gun from his waist and tossed it in my purse.
Just as I closed my purse a large guy knocked me out of the way as they burst into the room.
There were large amounts of narcotics scattered around on the bed and a couple of young dealers in the room.
I watched in horror as they handcuffed Aro and read him his rights.
"Call my father." He mouthed to me as they started walking him out.
I nodded. I couldn't bring myself to stop watching as they lead all the guys from the room downstairs and out the front door.
Surprisingly, no one even spoke to me.
I ran out of the house as they were putting Aro in the back of the squad car.
He mouthed 'I love you.' to me.
I mouthed it back as tears stung my eyes.
This hurt much more than the first time at the football game. It would be a lot harder getting him out of this.
I dug in my purse for the spare key to his Range. Once I found it, I got in quickly and started the truck. As I drove away I called his father.
"Hello?" Cauis answered.
"Aro's been arrested!" I cried into the phone.
"What? Come to my house." He said hanging up.
I texted Jacob before calling my dad.
I filled him in and told him where I was going. He was going to meet me there.
Esme's POV
I was crying when I pulled in the drive at Caius' house. My father was already there, and I rushed inside to tell them what happened in detail.
"Do you think that kid set this up?" Caius looked at my father questioningly.
Before he could reply, I responded.
"No. He didn't even know we were coming to the party. Aro offered to stand in for him when he had to go pick up Rosalie. She is his number one job, but he is still doing other jobs on the side."
Emmettino nodded and handed me a tissue.
"I'm going downtown to bail out my son. I assume there will be a meeting about this later at your place?" Caius asked putting on his jacket.
"Yes. There was a setup, no doubt, but it was meant for Jacob and not Aro. We need to get to the bottom of this."
I wanted to go to the police station with Aro's father, but my dad thought it would be better for me to go home and wait so I followed him back to our house.
My father was waiting on Edward, and I was waiting on Bella.
I needed someone to talk to. Rosalie was stressed over Emmett's condition, and I didn't want to upset Alice. Bella would understand. The men in my family just tell me not to worry and they'll take care of it. That doesn't make it hurt any less.
When my brother and Isabella walked through the door I jumped off the couch and grabbed her arm.
"Let's go to my room."
She said nothing as I pulled her up the staircase.
"Are you okay?" She asked as I shut my bedroom door.
"I don't know. I just can't get the image of him in handcuffs out of my head. It's like it's on replay."
"He's been arrested before, they got him out of that." Isabella pointed out.
"Yes, but there will be much more evidence this time. It was a big deal and he was right in the middle of it, where Jacob should have been."
Her eyes grew wide.
"Did he-"
"No, I don't think for a minute it was a setup. Jacob didn't know we were coming and Aro offered to stand in for him. He didn't ask anything. There is a snitch somewhere. My family will sniff him out." I explained.
"Is there anything I can do?"
"No, I just needed to vent to someone. I didn't want to bother Alice, Aro getting arrested will be enough stress on her. Rose is busy with Emmett. I know you had your dinner thing, how did that go by the way? I'm horrible for not asking sooner."
"Well..." She laid back on the bed, "Frank and Renee were in so much shock there wasn't much drama, not like I expected, but I'm sure there will be plenty of it from here on out. To top it off, Edward who thinks the whole situation is hilarious, was taking pictures. I swear to you, snapping away with his phone."
I laughed.
Even with the night's events, that was still funny.
"Are you okay with all of it?" I asked laying down next to her.
"If my dad is happy, I'm happy for him, although I wish it was with someone besides a Denali. She seems okay or whatever, but something in my gut tells me not to trust her."
"The name says it all. I can't believe you're sibling is going to be half that."
"Hopefully, the Swan gene overrides!" She joked before closing her eyes.
I must have fallen asleep because I woke up several hours later in my bed with Bella snoring lightly next to me.
I hated sleeping in regular clothes. I was uncomfortable and mixed with my nerves, I hadn't slept well.
Edward must be working if he left Isabella here with me.
I took a quick shower and got dressed before waking her up.
"I don't wanna..." She mumbled pulling a pillow over her face.
"You're wasting time, Bella! Get up." I told her in a sweet voice yanking the covers off the bed.
"Do I have to?" She whined.
"The sooner you get ready, the sooner you get to see my brother." I reminded her.
She reluctantly got out of bed, walking slowly to the bathroom.
I followed her in the bathroom. I wanted to talk to her about Emmett and his problem. I know I promised Aro I wouldn't tell, but I really didn't want to keep this from Rosalie. She had a right to know. I would want to know if I were in her place.
"What the hell are you doing?" Isabella raised an eyebrow at me.
"You don't have anything I don't. I want to talk to you about something important."
She hesitated, but began undressing after starting the water.
"What's up?" She asked getting in.
"You can't say a word to anyone about what we're about to discuss, okay?"
"Yea, sure. I know the drill." She rolled her eyes.
"Emmett has a little problem and I'm not suppose-"
"The meth?" She cut me off.
"Yea. Edward tell you?"
She nodded.
"Anyways, I'm not supposed to tell Rose, but I think she needs to know. I would want to know if I was her."
"Then tell her."
"I promised Aro I wouldn't." I frowned at her.
"So? Like they don't ever break promises? They are living by the man code of protecting each other. We need to live by the woman code and protect each other."
"I hadn't looked at it that way. You're right. I'm going to tell her."
"Onto the next subject, what's for breakfast?" Isabella smiled.
"If my mom didn't leave us anything, we'll go pick something up."
"Sounds good to my tummy!" She shouted.
Luckily, my mother left us plates fixed in the kitchen. We ate quickly and left for the hospital. Isabella would be leaving with Edward, and I planned on taking Rosalie to lunch and filling her in. It would occupy me while I waited on news about Aro.
Edward's POV
The night was going great for me until I got the call that my boy was in the slammer again. How the fuck does he keep ending up in these situations? At first I was fighting mad, until Esme filled me in on details. Jacob had been loyal so far, so he lived for the time being; however, I was on a mission to flush out a rat.
I left Isabella asleep in Esme's bed and headed out to the club to do some observing.
Emmett was still in a coma.
Aro was in jail.
Carlisle suddenly had high morals.
I was a loner for the night.
I managed to get all the names of the kidsinvolved with the deals over at Jacob's. I warned him not to do any business whatsoever until we knew what was going on. He was making good watching over Rosalie and other than putting up with her dumb vampire shows, it wasn't a bad gig.
After getting all the information I needed, I drove to my apartment, took a shower, changed and headed to the hospital.
Frank needed to go, but if I left him alive a little longer he might take care of the Charlie problem, which would save me the hassle of having to cover up I did it for a lifetime.
I would give him a month. If he didn't handle it by then, I would take him out and then deal with Charlie.
Isabella would be heartbroken, but I would be there to make it all better.
Get rid of her jacked up parents and move her in with me where she belonged.
I could give a fuck less about anyone or anything else.
Aro was being held on possession and distribution charges. My father and his father were working hard to get him out. Bail was going to be high as hell but nothing we couldn't afford. Right now the family was calling in favors just to get his bail set.
Rosalie's POV
Esme wanted to go to lunch and to be honest I was ready to get out of the hospital.
I loved Emmett and I wanted to be by his side, but day after day of nothing changing was getting to me.
I wanted to go home the night before for a little while and my call to Jacob resulted in Aro getting arrested. I knew Esme was upset about that, not at me, just the whole thing in general.
"Is it too early to drink?" I asked her looking over the menu.
"Probably not. I'm thinking about having one, too." She sighed.
I waved a young waiter over and flirted a little so he wouldn't ask for me ID. I made sure to tip him a big face when he brought the bottle back so he would always be ready to serve us.
"How are you?" I asked Esme sipping my glass of Merlot.
"I'm as good as I can get. I'm sure my father will get Aro out. On the other hand, we know what kind of life they lead, jail and death come with it."
Her words rang true more than I wanted to hear. I was scared Emmett wouldn't wake up. It crossed my mind everyday.
"Rose, there is something I want to talk to you about." Esme laid her menu down and folded her hands in front of her.
"What is it?" I asked nervous.
"Did you know about Emmett's little habit?" She whispered.
"What habit?" I tried to keep my voice low. I didn't like where this was going.
"The call you took was from his meth dealer. They don't think he had anything to do with the shooting, but it was something that the guys didn't know about either."
"Meth dealer? Like he was fucking using?" I cried out.
I couldn't believe this shit.
Esme nodded.
"Are you fucking serious? I never saw him use that shit ever. How do they know some punk was talking trash?"
"He tested positive for meth and coke. It was a shock to me. Look, I wasn't suppose to tell you, but-"
"They were going to hide this from me? Is this some kind of fucking joke?" I stood up.
"Rose, please calm down. Aro will be pissed I told you. I would want to know if I were in your shoes.
I let her words sink in, and I sat back down. I downed my glass and poured another.
"I won't be a major bitch because of you, but Emmett has it coming when he wakes up."
I wasn't so convinced he would, but if he did I was going to put him back in a fucking coma.
"Thank you. My father would be pissed Aro told me and they both would be pissed I told you." Esme gave me a small smile.
We spent the rest of lunch making small talk and getting tipsy. I was glad Jacob was there to drive us back.
When we got back to the hospital Esme left with her mother and I took my usual seat next to Emmett's bed.
I sat in silence looking over the lines of Em's face. I couldn't believe the man I was so madly in love with would get himself into this shit.
Emmett was always so laid back and easy going, that was rare with his job.
Why would he turn to drugs?
Was there more going on than I knew?
The longer I thought about things the more I sobered up.
The more I sobered up, the angrier I got.
"Why would you do this?" I asked him knowing he wouldn't answer. I didn't care, it made me feel better to talk to him.
"What if we had been trying for a baby? How much money were you throwing away on fucking drugs?" My voice grew louder.
Jacob knocked on the door and asked if I was okay.
"Everything is fine." I hollered not moving from my chair.
I turned back to Emmett and suddenly his once cute dimples pissed me off. I looked around the room at all the vases filled with flowers and the balloons and gift cards. It all pissed me off. These people had no idea the secrets these men kept hidden.
If he hid drugs from me, what else could he be hiding, or would hide in the future if we even had one?
I couldn't take it anymore.
I picked up a vase and threw it against the wall. The glass shattered across the room and the flowers lay limp on the floor.
"This is bullshit!" I screamed running my arm the length of the windowsill and knocking its contents to the floor.
I continued to scream in frustration when Jacob and one of Em's guys busted in the door.
Jacob looked around in confusion before wrapping his arms around me to keep me from throwing anything else.
"Get her out of here." Luke told him while he pushed a button for housekeeping.
"Did you know?" I yelled at him.
He wore a confused look.
"Ms. Leone, I'm not sure what you're talking about."
"Can it, Luke. Did you know about the drugs?"
He paused before shaking his head.
"Fucking liar!" I screamed.
"Get her out of here. Now." Luke told Jacob before leaving the room.
"Let's go. Wherever you want." Jacob spoke in a hushed tone pulling me from the room.
I let him lead me out of the hospital. I was tired and pissed and upset. I just wanted to be anywhere but there, waiting for a man I loved to wake up.
A man who lied to me.
