A/N: Thank you SarcasticBimbo for the great beta work.

EPOV

I wasn't prepared to see Bella like she was; the cast pretty much engulfed her whole arm. I was trying to contain my anger, but all I wanted to do was go find the little asshole that did this to her.

"I know what you're thinking. And the answer is no," my father said from behind me.

"I can't let this go. I warned his ass once to stay away from her. My word has always been my bond, everyone on my turf knows I say shit once and after that I react. I can't change my M.O. now, dad," I spat.

"Edward, let the law handle this. They are out looking for the boy. It will be handled by the police and then once he is settled in his new living situation, then you can deal with him, but let it be for now. Focus on her," he said.

I agreed with him to pacify him, but I knew that Rosalie and I had plans. My father was becoming more lenient and softer in his old age, and he knew that. That's why he was starting to hand over operations to Emmett, Jasper and myself.

Emmett showed up an hour later, just as I was kissing Bella good night.

"You ready?" he asked.

"Yeah, are you?" I asked.

"Locked and loaded," he said and walked out of the room.

"Edward, I meant what I said earlier, leave it alone," my father said from the corner.

"Sure, Dad, we're just going to meet up with some new contacts, no big. Just make sure someone is watching after her. I'll be back in the morning," I said as I walked out.

"He wants us to let the law handle this," I said.

"Well, what he wants and what's gonna happen are two very different things. Besides, Rosalie and Bree are at the bar, with eyes on all three of those fucking dumbasses. Milo is there with some of the others. I think dad is losing his touch, I got most of your crew here without him even noticing," Emmett snorted.

"He just wants to retire and be under mom all the fucking time; his interests are elsewhere, which is fucking fine with me. Me and him have different ideas on how to lead, and I think my way is better," I said.

"Dad's just all about the finesse and P.C. way of doing shit. We're more... get in, make the bodies drop, leave a message, and get the fuck out. The only thing is, maybe we need to use a little more finesse. You know, not be so sloppy. But with how much your ass loves blood, I doubt that would ever happen," Emmett laughed as we parked up the street from the bar where Bree and Rosalie were hanging out with Milo and a few of my guys from Tampa.

I got the welcome of the king when I walked up to the table where my crew and friends were sitting.

"Hey, what kind of bird got wings but can't fly?" Milo laughed out, setting a couple of shots in front of me and slapping me on the shoulder. Milo had been a money man for us for a long time. Big earner, decent size cartel and he was always loyal, up front and kicked up what he was supposed to.

"Fuck you, man, good to see you again. How you been?" I asked, tipping my shot back and bumping fists with a few of the other guys. Milo jerked his head to the right and we saw Ben in a corner with a dark hoodie staring over at our table with wide eyes. He was sitting with a few big guys, probably hockey or football players. I just shook my head. I actually was going more for intimidation; to let the little asshole get comfortable before I struck.

"Hey, no matter, he ain't going nowhere and shit, he probably knows it," I said motioning to the waitress for another round of shots.

What surprised me was, when our crew moved to the back where the pool tables were, we had a few pitchers of beer and the shots were coming and I was actually feeling a little lit; and Ben actually approached me.

"Uhh, Edward, I'm Ben, you know, umm Bella's friend, well, we worked together?" he stuttered as I broke the game of pool I was playing with Milo, Emmett and this guy Felix. He was a heavy hitter, moving up quick in my father's ranks and just a good dude.

"Yeah, and what's your point?" I asked not taking my eyes off the game.

"Look, I uhh know you probably heard about what happened at work. Look man it was an accident, I didn't mean to hurt her, I was just trying to get her to stop and listen, I-"

"Look, assclown, I warned you once to leave her alone. She is none of your concern, she is mine and what she does is none of your fucking concern. It should have gone without fucking saying, to keep your fucking hands off of her, but then I hear you broke her fucking wrist, and now you have the balls to tell me you never meant to hurt her?" I threw my stick down on the table and stood at my full height, and yeah I towered over the cowering little bitch.

"I don't want any trouble. I don't! I just wanted Bella to be happy. She's a nice girl, a smart girl, and you- I mean dude what do you even want with her?" he stammered.

"Who the fuck are you to question me, or my relationship with her? You're not her fucking father, shit you're not even her fucking friend. When she needed you to be a man and stand up for her, you threw her business out to those two idiotic sluts, and now you have the nerve to fucking question me and bring along the two bitches that made her life a living hell? Seriously, asshole, you've got two seconds to get the fuck away from me before you're eating your next meal through a fucking straw," I gritted out and picked up my pool cue.

"I'm not afraid of you. I know who you are, but my father's the State's Attorney. You do anything to me and you'll find your ass back in prison, Cullen. You're nothing but a fucking criminal and you're going to ruin her. She doesn't deserve that," he spat, turning around.

"I never said you should be afraid of me. I never said anything to you. I was here hanging out with my friends and you approached me with your friends and started talking shit to me. I didn't do anything," I smiled.

"You're trying to intimidate and scare me, and it won't work. You can't touch me, Cullen, and soon enough, Bella will see you for the scum you and your family are, and she'll leave you. Either way, I don't care. I'm sorry for what happened to her, but we both know she won't press charges and all will be forgotten," he gave me this cocky smirk.

This little bitch was really starting to irritate me.

"You're sure of that are you? So sure your daddy will be able to save you from me? Judy, when I come for you, I'm like a ghost. You won't know I'm there until I want you to know and no one else will ever know I was there. So are you sure you shouldn't be afraid of me? Are you sure that I can't touch you?" I asked, staring directly into his face.

"Fuck you, Cullen, you'll be pumping my gas someday, into my car, where Bella will be sitting in the passenger seat. I honestly have nothing to be afraid of," he said and turned away.

"Okay, Ben. I'll see you later, man. Have a good night," I said, smiling and waving before going back to my game.

Everyone with me looked confused. Emmett was trying to contain his laughter. He was thinking that by the end of the night, Ben, Jessica and Lauren would be worse than dead. Theirs and their families' reputations would be fucking ruined and there was no way I would be connected with it. Besides, I was here, shooting pool and drinking. I had no car with me. My brother drove and he won't leave the bar until closing time. The last place anyone saw me was the hospital. I made sure the nurses saw me enter Bella's room and close the door. I sat in the chair by her bed making sure I was there while they did their midnight checks of her vitals. I pretended to be sleeping, my hands wrapped around Bella's. I heard the nurses and their fawning and awing. Then, Niko walked in and bumped fists with me, took my hoodie from my hand and mimicked the same position I was in not thirty seconds ago.

"Dude, you've got exactly three hours and thirty minutes to get back here before they come back to give her more meds. The car is in spot forty-nine in the parking ramp. Everything you need is in the back seat. Don't be cute. Get in, do it and get your ass back here so I can get there and finish. This shit is gonna be fucking epic," he hissed.

I tucked my hair under my hat and made sure it couldn't be seen and put on some sunglasses and walked out to the hall.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Angelli, I meant to tell you Mr. Cullen and Ms. Swan were asleep, I hope you didn't disturb them," the young aide said. I knew Niko had flirted with her earlier.

I shrugged, and just kept walking. I made sure not to speak. So later when they tried to pin this on me and say I left the hospital, I was in my girlfriend's room, sleeping next to her bed. Both a nurse, an aide, as well as a doctor had come into her room and seen me sleeping.

When I pulled up in front on Ben's apartment building, I looked up to the third floor. I saw a light on and nodded. I looked across the street and saw the blacked out Charger. I got out and saw the doors open and Rosalie and Emmett got out.

"Jesus, what took you so fucking long? I made sure the girls were nice and coked up before they left the bar. I even brought extra. And no, we didn't try to kill them, we just wanted them coked up enough so that they would do just about fucking anything."

"Is Bree here with the others?" I asked.

"Yeah, they're around back, with Tommy and Lance. When this shit hits Facebook and the papers tomorrow, I can't even," Rosalie was barely containing herself.

We got to work, carrying the two whores up the stairs. We turned Ben's apartment into a gay-orgy, coke and heroin den…Jessica and Lauren were obliterated, between the coke they'd both been eager to try and the X that had been slipped into their drinks, they were going at each other without a care in the world. There were already enough pictures and videos that the damage was already done. There would be no way Ben could ever explain away the fact he was making out with a dude and liking it. Hell, he was begging for more.

"See, fucker? I won't have to touch you. Daddy is gonna destroy you for me," I said as I captured a few pictures and Emmett laughed from behind the video camera.

I clicked my tongue a few times, "The State's Attorney's son is into taking it up the ass as he snorts coke off some crack whore's tits. I doubt this is gonna be good for him. I mean, it's a fucking election year. Enjoy the fall out, Judy. Remember, you won't even know where the fuck I am until I want you to know. So, if my name falls out your mouth, or anything happens to Bella, the next time I'm coming for you and you won't make it back," I said as Rosalie cried into burner phone about the noise coming from upstairs. We took our time dumping X, coke, weed, and heroin all over his apartment. The local whores would say anything we told them to, including how their male competition spent a lot of time in Ben's company. As for Jessica and Lauren, well, pictures of them in their compromised position would be all over the internet and Facebook. It would ruin the reputations of their socialite, society elite parents, and they would have one hell of a time getting ASU to let them continue their educations there. And the best part of all was the fact that I would have nothing to worry about. My hands would be clean, and in a twisted way, I would do exactly as my father asked. I let the law handle it. Twenty minutes later I was pulling back into space 49 of the hospital's parking ramp and I could barely keep a straight face as I called the story into the news station tip line about the State's Attorney's son being arrested. I slipped back into Bella's room with over ten minutes to spare. I was actually stretching out my neck when the nurse came in at 4:00 am to check Bella's vitals.

"Wow, you guys have been out. Neither of you moved once all night. She sleeps better when she knows you're here, Mr. Cullen. You guys are adorable together," the older woman said.

"Yeah, I'm a pretty lucky guy. Do you think it would be bad if I turned on the tv? I'm wide awake, now," I said.

"That should be fine, I doubt there is anything interesting on besides the news. It's only a little after 4:00 am," she said as she changed the bag of fluid dripping into Bella's IV.

I sat back smugly and flipped on the local news station.

"Good morning, Sun Devils, we have breaking news this morning. The CEO of Stanley trading, Jason Stanley's daughter, Jessica Stanley, was arrested at an off campus apartment, accused of drug trafficking and prostitution. In her company was Arizona State's Attorney Nathan Cheney's youngest son and ASU student, Benjamin Cheney, and Senator Alexander Mallory's daughter Lauren. The three students were arrested in the off campus apartment of Benjamin Cheney, about an hour ago after a neighbor complained of noise. So far, a source tells us the apartment was full of illegal substances of all kinds and the three students were in the company of well-known prostitutes. We've yet to get a comment from State's Attorney Cheney or Senator Mallory. We will keep you updated on this damaging story as more details come in," the news caster said.

"Oh, my god," Bella whispered from behind me and I jumped.

"Hey, baby, you're awake. Are you hurting, are you okay?" I said, grabbing her hand.

She smiled at me and I was tongue tied by those big, beautiful brown eyes. But her smile was gorgeous and her eyes had a devilish sparkle in them, and Jesus, was it fucking sexy.

"Edward, what did you do?" she whispered.

"Baby, I been here all night, how could I have done anything? I'm gonna get your nurse okay?" I asked.

"Oh, so Niko got out okay?" she winked and bit her lip.

"Bella, I-"

"Edward, we're never going to speak of Ben, Lauren or Jessica- I mean Frick, Frack or Judy ever again, it's okay, baby. I'm not judging," she said softly, licking her lips.

I leaned down and kissed her softly. "Such a good girl. What am I gonna do with you?" I whispered as I pulled away.

"Get me out of here. This bed sucks, I miss the bed at the bungalow. More so, I miss being able to be in it with you. You help me sleep better," she said, her cheeks staining red. That blush…it got me every fucking time.

"I'll see what I can do, love, just behave. I think Rose is on her way up here, she's gonna help you shower and stuff," I said.

"How come you can't give me a shower?" she asked with this pout taking over her face, making my dick twitch.

"Bella I told you, the first time we're naked together, it's gonna fucking mean something, and I'm doing it the right way. I also told you, in order for me to take you, you need to ask for it, so when you ask, maybe I'll be in the mood to give. Now, I gotta go do some shit, be a good girl for Rose and your nurses. I'll bring back your lunch," I said, kissing her forehead and winking.

"Edward, wait!" she said. I stopped at the door and turned around.

"What's up, baby?" I asked.

"I- um well, I'll miss you," she stuttered. I knew what she wanted to say but something in my head said she needed me to say it first, because she didn't wanna feel something for me that I didn't feel for her. Silly girl, she had to know I loved her already. Hell, I already saw her as my wife.

"I love you, Bella, I'll miss you too, beautiful," I winked and walked out before she could respond.

"Damn, someone has some fucking pimp juice. I think you made my panties wet with that one- not. But you sure do know how to make that girl melt, you really want her to beg for it don't you?" Rose smirked as I closed the door behind me.

"Shut up, you blonde she devil. Fuck, ain't you supposed to be worried about my brother making your panties wet? Jesus Christ, bitch," I said in mock anger, playfully pushing her shoulder.

"Please, boy, your brother handles business. Besides, the only way you could get me wet is by throwing some water on me," she said, sticking her tongue out.

"Hey, take care of my girl, she's probably hungry and I have no idea when they're gonna feed her," I said.

"I got it," she said, holding up a plastic IHOP bag. "Bella ain't gonna eat the goop they try to pass off as food here, and mom sent her some new pajamas and some stuff to wash her hair. She said Bella was asking for a shower yesterday, but she was still on meds, so the nurses were scared to move her. So, I'm gonna get her taken care of," Rose said.

"Thanks, sis, you know I got you. You know, for taking care of her, and me when I was locked up, I-"

"Edward, please, as much as you get on my last fucking nerve, I always got your back. The same way you have had mine since the day we met. And Bella is awesome. I've never met someone I've just liked from the moment I met them. So, good pick on you," she said, playfully punching my shoulder and walking into Bella's room.

I walked to the elevators, and when the doors opened and my father and Liam stepped out, I stepped back.

"Hey, Uncle Liam, 'sup dad?" I said casually.

"You just can't listen, can you?" my dad asked.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," I said, trying my ass off to look confused.

"I told you to let the law handle the boy. What exactly did you do?" my father demanded.

"I honestly have no idea what the hell y'all are talking about," I said, trying my best to keep a straight face.

"So you mean to tell me you had nothing to do with the unfortunate circumstances that have befallen young Mr. Cheney?" Liam asked with a smile.

"You mean the fact that he's a fucking dope addict that swings both ways?" I asked.

Liam and my dad both mumbled and shook their heads, and my dad was about to say something else but he stopped, then he said, "I talked to Patrick O'Banion, we're impressed that you were all able to handle the Phil situation like gentleman, even talked about going out for beers next time you're in Chicago?"

"Yeah, me and Aedan remember when we played together as kids. Especially when you and Paddy would get together," I said.

"Yeah the O'Banion's are a good family, I've always liked them. We've got some big things coming our way, it would serve us well to be in their good graces, just at it serves them well to keep us happy," my father said.

"What about Bella? I mean, she said she thought Phil might be able to tell her something about her real father, her mother-"

"I know who her father is, and right now, it is in both of your best interests to just be young, not have any worries in the world and be in love. Edward, she never got a chance to enjoy youth, and honestly, neither did you. I've been grooming you to run the cartel since you were twelve, I feel like I stole your childhood, and now I see you in love and happy. you need to take some time, Edward, be a young man, be in love-"

"Dad, I got shit to do, I have an empire to build. Bella is gonna be fine. I will protect her, I will love her and I promise you, we're gonna enjoy life, but we're gonna do it our way, the Cullen way. Dad, we've been doing this for generations, I don't regret shit," I said grasping his shoulder.

"That's my boy, how is your love?" he asked.

"She's coming around. Rose is getting her cleaned up. Emmett and I have a run to make so I figured her and Rose could hang while I went and took care of some business. I found an opportunity here I think we should look into."

"We'll talk tonight. I figured we could bring dinner here, and spend some time with Bella. Your mom and Rose could stay here with her, and then we could go handle business?" he asked.

"I like that, even though as much as I-"

"Your nights should belong to her, I know I'm the same way with your mother," my dad said, waving me off and shaking his head.

At least I didn't lose the respect of my fucking hero by admitting I was in love.

A/N: so yeah here it is for better or for worse…and fear not my little violence lovers, there is more coming for Frick, Frack and Judy, I'm not done with them yet. So for better or for worse…I can't wait to see what you all think. I wanted to write more but then it was starting to feel forced, and we all know how much I hate that...so this is what you got.