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Chapter 29:

Bella's POV

Jake took my hand in the car as we drove the short drive to Sam and Emily's. I wondered what was going on between Carlisle and Edward back at the house we had just left though; part of me hoped that for Vanessa and the baby's sake that Carlisle straightened him out.

The tires of the car crunched on the gravel of Emily and Sam's driveway, I peeked out the front windshield at the small but cozy looking home. Emily's car was parked out front, as was a bright shiny new silver Volvo that must have belonged to Edward.

Once we had stopped Jake and I climbed out of the car, "I'm going to stay behind. I've had enough for one day." Esme said, her hand on her forehead. I nodded; it was probably for the best anyway.

Jake led our way up the cobblestone walk to the small front porch; I squeezed his hand once more before he knocked on the wooden door.

"Coming!" We heard Emily's voice call to us, she obviously had no idea who was waiting for her on the other side of the door.

I held my breath as the door came flying open, Emily's eyes taking in Jake. I was standing off to the side; obviously she hadn't noticed me yet.

"Jake? Why are you here? Did you come to your senses? Come to make amends with the woman carrying your child?" Her voice cold and her eyes had turned from gentle to angry. I had never seen Emily so hateful in my entire life.

Jake's body pulsed with anger, I could feel it. He was trying his best to keep himself under control, I reached over and touched his arm and that's when Emily noticed me.

Her eyes darted to me, her face was not confused but it had the expression of realization.

"Bella? So the rumors are true. Why are you here?" Emily didn't hold the same anger towards me; her voice was hurt like I had betrayed her.

"Listen, we need to talk to you. There's something you should know. Please, Emily. Just give us a chance to explain." I pleaded.

Emily looked from me to Jake and then back to me again, "Alright. Come in."

She opened the door for us and this time I led the way, holding Jake's hand in mine trying to let him know I would keep this in control there and was no need to scream or yell and get Sam involved in this.

I knew he'd come running if he heard Jake raise his voice, Sam was extremely protective of Emily.

We took a seat at Emily's massive oak kitchen table; I pulled out the police report before I sat. Emily eyed the paper suspiciously. "Do you know Edward Cullen?" My voice was shaky, my whole body felt like a rubber band.

She shook her head no, that answered a lot of questions. Jake and I looked at each other. Edward never came over here with Vanessa. Emily had no idea Edward even existed, that may or may not have just made this a lot harder.

"Does Vanessa stay here with you then?"

Again, Emily shook her head. "No, she's staying over at that log cabin place. Where are you going with this Bella?" it seemed she was getting a little impatient.

I tossed the police report to her; she carefully unfolded it and began reading.

As if on cue, a petite auburn haired young woman came bouncing into the room but stopped as soon as she saw me. Her face when ghostly white once she saw Jake.

"What's going on here? Jake, why the hell are you here?" She was trying her best to act angry, but she was shocked. Obviously, Edward didn't have a chance to call her and warn her thanks to Carlisle's presence.

Nobody said anything; Jake didn't even look up at her. We kept our eyes focused on Emily reading the police report. Vanessa got up close and looked at the paper before snatching it from Emily's hands, but by the look on her face it was too late she already knew the truth.

"Who is Edward Cullen Vanessa?" Emily asked her anger now focused elsewhere besides me and Jake.

"Just.. a, uh friend." Vanessa's voice was shaky.

"Bullshit!" Emily slammed her fist down on the table cause me to jump. "Too late, Ness. I already read the report. It says right in there he's the father of your baby, NOT Jake!" Emily was shouting now. She had gotten up from the chair and was in Vanessa's face.

"That's fake! You believe them over me?" Vanessa's face was bright red now. "Jake just wants out of this; he just wants to be free and not judged even though he is wrong! He just wants to be with that.. that.. slut." Her eyes focused on me with that last word.

Slut? Oh no you did not!

I left go of Jake's hand and stood up from my chair so quickly it fell over and hit the floor with a loud thud. The room got quiet as I took a step closer to the red-haired menace. "You have a lot of nerve. Coming back to Forks! You and Edward deserve each other! Can't you just tell the truth, it's Edward's baby and you know it. You two told Edward's parents that I was the one who was pregnant. You were going to pass that baby off as mine and make me look like a deadbeat mother." My hands were balled so tightly that my fingernails were digging into the soft flesh of my palms. I would have shoved her if she hadn't been pregnant.

"It's true. That's what Edward's father and I were told." Esme's voice broke through the tension. I was thankful she had decided to join us, not to mention her wonderful timing.

"Who are you?" Emily asked her jaw was now on the floor.

"Esme Cullen. Edward's mother and grandmother to that baby which is being brought into this horrible world." She was almost sobbing.

Emily's jaw clenched, her eyes meeting Vanessa's. "Get out of my house now!" She was screaming. "How dare you turn me against Jake and his family. How dare you come back here. You should have just stayed in New York, Ness. Now leave and never show your face here again, you are no longer welcome on this reservation."

Vanessa's face fell and she knew that she was done, the charade was up. Tears formed in her eyes and they threatened to spill over, she didn't say a word as she grabbed her purse and stormed out the front door.

I looked at Esme who seemed pretty upset about this whole situation, and I realized I could never thank her enough. Her life was now ruined and I felt guilty, even though it was something that she deserved to know. I walked over to her and hugged her hard, "Thank you so much."

"Jake. I am so sorry, I can't apologize enough." Emily looked at him.

Jake's expression softened a bit, and I wondered what was going through his head. I watched with bated breath for his reaction.

Jake and Emily stared at each other for a couple of minutes before Emily spoke again, "The story that she told me, Jake, I can't believe I even believed it. I knew deep down you aren't that type of person; I owe you more of an apology that I can really give you. I can understand if you can't forgive me."

Jake stayed silent still, his eyes studying Emily. "You can help me to finish fixing this, get word out to Sam and the others. Clear my name and I'll forgive and forget."

Emily nodded, "That's the least I can do."

Jake's face exploded into a grin and he pulled Emily close, "What hurt the most was you were like my sister. For my sister to think that about me, it was heart wrenching."

"I'm so sorry Jake." Tears flowed down Emily's cheeks as she pulled Jake even closer. "She pulled the wool over all our eyes."

Emily pulled back and then turned to me, "Bella, I owe you an apology as well. When I heard the rumors about you guys I thought some bad things about you. I'm sorry."

It was my turn to hug Emily, "Its ok. The truth is out now and we can all live happily ever after, right?"

"Yeah. I think so." Jake's voice was back to normal, the hardness and anger gone. He smiled his smile at me, and I knew that I could get through anything with him by my side.

A/N – Yay! So their names are cleared and everyone knows about the bullshit!

The epilogue is going to clean up a lot of loose ends!

Thank you all who have read/reviewed and stuck with me through this ride. I appreciate it sooooo much!