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Chapter 24:

Jake's POV

I looked from Bella to the massive house before me, sounds of a party echoing from the back. I looked back to Bella with a raised eyebrow, "Party crashers? I like it!" Grinning at her I couldn't stop myself from laughing.

"I'll let you lead the way, but I'll be behind you the whole time don't worry." Bella nodded and took off, not to the front door but towards the entrance into the gated yard on the left side of the property. I followed closely behind her, my eyes alert for any sign of trouble. We had come so far and I wasn't losing her here, so close to ending all this bullshit.

She was dealing with Edward, and I still had to deal with Vanessa.

Dealing with Vanessa was going to be easy; she was putty in Edward's hands now. She seemed like she was going to follow him to the ends of the Earth. Once Bella took the wind out of Eddie boy's sails, I could flick Vanessa away like she was nothing but a fly.

Bella came to a screeching halt when a man dressed in black held out his hand to her, "Are you on the guest list?" He studied us both, looking us up and down.

"We are special guest of Esme Cullen. Tell her Bella Swan is here."

The security guard laughed, "I am under strict directions not to let anyone in that isn't on this list. Bella Swan isn't on here, sorry. If I had to ask for you, I'd have to ask for everyone else."

Bella huffed and turned away from him; she looked me in the eye and motioned for us to go back the way we came. "Looks like we might have to do a little breaking and entering."

I followed her, luckily we could call on Charlie if need be. He might just be wiring money for our bail tonight.

Bella's POV

I was pissed that the guard wouldn't even go talk to Esme, but whatever. I had a Plan B ready just in case my plan of simply talking to the guard didn't work out. I didn't want to have to put Plan B into effect because I did have some respect for Esme and Carlisle, but their security guards were really putting a damper on things.

Luckily during my time with Edward I learned a few tricks, we had come to visit with his parents one Sunday afternoon and once we arrived we found out that nobody was around.

Not even any of the help, which Edward thought was odd.

I learned that the help kept an extra key hidden under the mat because if any of them forgot their key and had to ring the doorbell thus disturbing the Cullens, they were immediately fired.

I only hoped that the key was still hidden there.

I winked at Jake before I pulled up the corner of the black mat that was in front of the door, and sure enough duct taped to the bottom was one shiny silver key. I pulled it free from the tape and held it up to show Jake my spoils.

He smiled at me, "Nice trick, Bella."

I felt Jake right behind me as I turned the key in the lock and the tumblers moved giving me access to the massive house. I knew where I could find Esme, she would for sure be in the kitchen.

She might have a ton of hired help but the woman loved to work in the kitchen, Edward used to tell me all the time how she drove the chef nuts because she'd be in there cooking and getting in his way.

The house was just a huge as I remembered it, very little had changed actually. It looked like maybe there was a fresh coat of paint the foyer and some new curtains. I grabbed Jake's hand and led him down the long hallway which would lead us to the main area of the house.

As soon as we got to the end I could smell the food and hear in the distance the clatter of pots and pans coming from the kitchen. And sure enough, I could also hear Esme's voice very softly speaking to the help. She was as always instructing them on what to do in her kitchen.

I grabbed Jake's hand and it helped to give me the strength to go through to the end of the massive living room to the swinging door at the end that would lead into the kitchen. I paused as we reached the kitchen door and Jake gave my hand a gentle squeeze. I wanted this, no wait I needed this to be over. I needed Edward out of my life forever so that I could move on to bigger and better things, this was all that was left standing in the way of Jake and I's relationship.

With one last ounce of strength I pushed open the swinging door and it make a low creaking noise, Esme turned "Carlisle, I told you I'd be out in a…." She stopped mid-sentence when she saw that I was not her husband, a gasp escaped her lips. "Bella?" Her eyes immediately went to my flat very non-pregnant stomach, glanced to Jake, and then looked back into mine questioningly.

"We need to talk." My voice was stern; I wasn't going to lose my nerve. I had come way too far for that to happen. Esme was going to hear me out and she was going to learn what type of person her beloved son really truly was.

Esme's eyes returned to the three servers who were watching us with bated breath "Leave us please. Take those trays over there out, they are ready." They didn't waste a minute and immediately grabbed their trays and got out of the room that was now filled with immense tension.

Once they had cleared the room Esme motioned for us to sit at a small table that was setup in the corner of the room, like a breakfast nook. The couple had a huge oak table in their very ornate dining room where they did most of their entertaining. "Well, what is this about? You certainly don't look pregnant." Her voice was cold, very unusual for Esme. I knew that she realized that someone was lying to her, but currently I was pretty sure she was convinced it was me.

Of course her precious Edward could never do any wrong.

"No. I'm not." I mimicked her coldness with my own. "I never was pregnant; in fact I can't even get pregnant!" I paused trying to calm myself, I guess I hadn't realized how much it seemed that everyone was trying to rub that fact into my face, but most of them never even knew that.

Jake grasped my hand under the table and for that I was grateful.

"Well then why did Edward tell us you were going to give birth to our grandchild? Is this the man you ran off with? Left Edward for?"

Anger filled my body, but I didn't want to take it out on her. I reminded myself that she was blinded by Edward's lies.

"Esme, I never left Edward for anyone else. Jake and I met once I got back to Forks." I wasn't about to mention the plane ride. "Edward hasn't exactly told you the correct story."

It was a nice way of calling him an asshole liar right?

"I caught Edward at our apartment with another woman. She wasn't the first and she isn't even the one who is pregnant with his child." Esme's face became ashen with my words. "After I caught them I moved out of the apartment. Edward's exact words to me were you didn't really think you were the only one did you?"

Esme was starting to look a little green around the gills, almost faint. "This is Jacob Black. His ex is the one who is pregnant with Edward's child. Yeah, it's a regular episode of Days of our Lives in Forks now. Everyone there thinks its Jake's child that she's pregnant with and that Jake left her, how Edward has covered up his presence I still am unsure of. We are here because we need your help. Edward is making me out to look like some deadbeat mom, because I am convinced he was going to tell you guys I was giving him full custody.." I was interrupted.

"He told us that this morning Bella." Esme's voice was low and her eyes now darted to the floor.

"What?" I was shocked.

"He called this morning, to let us know to build a nursery because you decided you didn't want the baby. You didn't want a burden in your life. That's why I was so angry with you when you came in, I thought that maybe you already went and had an abortion." I could tell Esme was choking back tears. "He told us that he had met a really nice girl there in Forks, Vanessa something. She was going to come back to New York with him and help him with the baby."

Now it was my turn to gasp.

"As you can see we are in desperate need of you and your husband's help Mrs. Cullen." Jake finally spoke after a long tense silence. I could tell that Esme's words angered him, and I knew he was planning on dealing with Vanessa.

"There's just one more thing." Jake pulled the police report out of the bag. "This is further proof to back up our story, Mrs. Cullen. As you can see in the report Vanessa was in the car with Edward when he crashed into Bella's truck and that she was taken to the hospital as a precaution for her unborn child."

Jake pushed the papers towards Esme, and she picked them up. I was thankful he had remembered, I wasn't sure that Esme was actually swallowing my story. I watched as she read over the two pieces of paper that held all the important details that was signed by not only Charlie but also another officer that was on the scene.

"Oh my." The tears rolled down her face now, she couldn't hold them back any longer. "Bella, I am so sorry for the pain and problems that Edward as caused you. I will go to Carlisle at once; we will come back to Forks with you. Please, let us put you up in a room for the night. I will have someone show you where." Esme quickly left the room returning with one of the many maids.

"We will come to your room once the party is over and we can talk privately. "

I nodded to Esme before she left and Jake and I followed the maid upstairs to finally get some rest and maybe a nice hot shower.

For the first time in weeks I was completely relaxed and had a good feeling about the outcome of the most messed up situation I've ever been involved in my entire life.

A/N – So what did you think of the talk with Esme? Do you think she really believes them? I mean they do have that police report and all, but do you think there's any little bit of doubt in her mind?

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