A/N: Sorry this chapter took longer than usual to post. My muse was slapping me around for a few chapters of my fic, Grabbing Onto Love. Then the internet where I am at is lousy. UGH!

It's just my slide, not my park.

I have no beta.

BPOV

After telling the egg donor off, I was pissed. How dare she think that her responsibility as a parent was something that I had to pay back. If she didn't want that kind of responsibility, she should have kept her legs shut or something. I didn't ask to be born. If I had a choice in the matter, I'd have picked a mother who didn't have her head lodged up her own ass.

This just further proves that she has serious mental issues. I am so glad that I never have to deal with her again. I have finally cut the apron strings. We'll see how long she lasts without me being there to bail her out.

Now I am pacing the room overflowing with nervous energy. After making twenty passes or so around the room, I decided that my best bet was to go work off all the excess energy that was surging through me. So I made my way down to the second floor of the castle to go use the gym. A hard workout was just what I needed.

When I arrived, the gym was already in full use. It appeared as if many members of the guard were fighting Jasper. Caius, Marcus, Aro, and many others were sitting in the stands watching the spectacle before them. Emmett stood along the side cheering for Jasper while egging the guard on at the same time.

I turned my attention to the battle going on in front of me. Most of it was just a blur to my human eyes, but periodically I would catch one of the guard members being tossed across the gym by a very dominant Jasper. Jasper was sporting a smirk as he gestured to Felix to take his shot.

Felix was a lot like Emmett. Both of them were huge. Both of them were ridiculously strong, and both of them were impatient which was something that Jasper was exploiting.

Felix took off attempting to tackle Jasper who pivoted on his left foot, and using Felix's momentum, kicked him in the back which sent him flying toward the other guard members awaiting their turn essentially knocking them all over. Poor Jane wound up getting pinned by Alec, Demetri, and Felix. She was pissed and cursing in Italian.

The entire time they were all sparring, I couldn't tear my eyes from the sexy-as-hell figure Jasper presented. He had long since removed his tattered shirt showcasing his tasty six-pack abs for me to drool over. Jasper's body was made for sin, my sin.

My attraction to Jasper never ceased. In the five years we were apart, I still had sex dreams about him. When we met again, that attraction intensified. I wanted Jasper.

But it was so much more than that. From the moment we first met, I felt drawn to him. Whenever I visited the Cullens' house, my eyes were searching for him. It was almost a desperation I felt that I absolutely had to see Jasper.

To be honest, it was Jasper's leaving that hurt me the most. There were times when I thought I couldn't breathe because his absence hurt so much. I felt lost without him.

Now, I'm standing here gawking at Jasper's shirtless chest and thinking of inappropriate things I could be doing to him. While my head is firmly lodged in the gutter, a realization came to me. This entire time I have been drawn to Jasper, my desperation to see him, and the hurt his leaving caused boiled down to one thing. I'm Jasper's mate. Holy shit!

I wasn't sure of whether or not Jasper had figured it out, but I knew for certain that I wasn't willing to wait around to find out. I'm a firm believer in striking while the iron's hot. So I was going to make my move on him and to hell with the consequences.

With a new sense of determination, I climbed up onto the bleachers and made my way over to my grandpa. He looked up from watching the sparring match and gave me a big smile. I sat down next to him and cuddled into his side. Caius just wrapped his arm around my shoulders holding me close as we both went back to watching Jasper kick everyone's ass. He was so damn sexy.

"Are you okay, little one?" he asked referring to my conversation with my egg donor.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I replied, and I was fine. I did what I needed to do, and now the bitch is out of my life. I'm onto bigger and better things. With any luck, the better thing I'll be on is the sexy vampire that was bitch slapping the guard right now.

I had a blast watching Jasper go savage on every member of the guard that had the guts to spar with him. There were currently seven guard members laid flat out on the floor moaning and groaning about their pain. Each one of them was cursing the empath for manipulating their emotions which distracted them enough for Jasper to go in for the kill.

"Everything hurts," Felix moaned. "He fights like Master Caius."

"He's vicious," Alec added as he struggled to stand up from his position underneath Demetri. "Get off," he told Demetri giving him a harsh shove.

"I must say that I am impressed. Major, you certainly live up to your reputation," Aro said applauding Jasper. "I thoroughly enjoyed watching."

"If you should ever want to join the coven, we could certainly use your unique abilities," Marcus offered while giving Jasper's hand a firm shake.

"That was exceptional," Caius said as he stood up and gave me his hand to help me stand.

Caius, Aro, and Marcus left to deal with more business that never seems to end around here. They all told me that the worst part of leading the vampire world was all the paperwork. I've seen Caius's office. I believe them.

The guard eventually walked out leaving me alone with Jasper. The grin Jane sent my way as she walked past me had me chuckle She knew what I was up to. Women know these things.

"Damn, Jasper, from what I was able to make out, you bitch slapped the crap out of them," I laughed.

He smiled and took a step closer to me. "I could tell by your feelings that you were certainly enjoying what you were seeing."

"I loved what I was seeing," I corrected, flirting shamelessly if not a little breathlessly.

We just stood there staring at each other. Both of us were refusing to break eye contact. They say that the eyes are the window to the soul. Well, I was enjoying looking into Jasper's soul.

I ended up losing my patience. So I said, "Fuck it." I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him with everything I had. My Jasper didn't disappoint. He wrapped his muscular arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him.

The kiss was hot as fuck. Our lips danced across each other as our hands clutched tightly to one another. Jasper's tongue lightly glided across my lips just tracing their outline with the tip of his tongue before he sucked my bottom lip into his mouth.

He then deepened the kiss as his one hand moved down from my waist to cup my bottom. My moan was swallowed by his kiss as he licked his way into my mouth. His sweet taste was something I could never tire of.

Much too soon for my liking, he pulled away. "Not that I'm complaining, but what spurred this on?"

"I figured it out, Jasper," I said with a sly wink. "I just decided that I didn't feel like waiting around for you to make a move."

"You're very assertive. I like that," he said as he gave me another quick kiss. "However, I had planned on telling you but Felix challenged me which would have been over with quickly. But then Alec and Demetri wanted in on the match that the brothers heard about. So suddenly, I'm fighting with half the guard while everyone else is watching."

"Jasper, watching you spar was hot. You are so badass that's why everyone wants to watch you," I said kissing his cheek.

"Now you understand why we all love watching you," he replied with his sexy smirk. I rolled my eyes at him.

I went to say something else but was interrupted by my cell phone going off. It was Jake's ringtone. He probably just wanted to touch base with me.

I pulled my cell out of my back pocket and answered it. "Hey, Jake, what's up?"

"Bella, we have an issue. Are you with Charlie?" Jake asked sounding more uptight than usual.

"No, do you need him?"

"I need both of you. Can you find him and then put me on speaker? I don't want to have to repeat myself," he said. I looked over at Jasper who looked as concerned as I felt. He grabbed my hand and picked me up in his arms carrying me bridal style out of the gym.

"Hold on a sec, Jake. This damn castle is huge," I told him.

Jasper ran as fast as he dared down the cramped corridor trying not to bump me into anything. We made it to my dad's room where Jasper placed me back on my feet. I knocked on the door and waited. I knew my dad was awake and wasn't surprised when he opened the door a moment later.

"Bells, what's going on?" my dad asked.

"Jake called. He said he needed to speak to the both of us," I told him as put the cell on speaker. "OK, Jake, we're here."

"Seth and Leah were out patrolling around Forks when they went to your house, Bella, to check up on things. There was a strange car in the driveway and someone was inside using a flashlight to see. The cops were called and since it was the chief's daughter's house, they got there in record time," he nervously laughed.

"Jake, get to the point," my dad ordered. He was in full sheriff mode right now and was not in the mood for jokes.

"Sorry, Charlie, I don't know how to say this other than just coming out with it. Renee was arrested for breaking in and entering, trespassing, burglary, and two counts of possession."

"What the hell! What are the two counts of possession for?" dad asked. He was pissed.

"She had a gun which was loaded and they found a small baggy of cocaine in her pocket" Jake said.

I was in utter shock. Renee has always been a lousy person and an even lousier mother. I would never think she would stoop so low as to get involved in drugs. The gun situation wasn't really surprising me all that much neither is the fact that she came to my house with a loaded gun. By now, I would expect it of her. I turned to look at dad and he was seething.

"It's Friday there so she will not be arraigned until Monday at the earliest. Jake, was there anything taken?" dad asked.

"She had a large duffle bag that she was filling. I know for a fact that she had emptied Bella's jewelry box as well as having taken her PS4 and her X Box and all the games. She was trying to take Bella's big flat screen when she got caught."

"So she was trying to take anything of value. I'm going to make arrangements to head home as soon as possible. Please let me know if there are any updates," dad said.

"Will do, Charlie," Jake replied.

"Jake, tell Seth and Leah I said thanks for looking out," I told him.

"I will, Bells. I'm sorry for the bad news."

"You have nothing to be sorry for, Jake. You're doing what I asked you to do. That bitch went too far this time," I said not even sorry for using that term.

After we hung up, my dad left to go speak to Caius, and Jasper and I decided to make our way to the game room where even I could hear a heated argument going on.

CHPOV

I was livid. That vapid bitch had the audacity to show up at my daughter's house with a loaded gun. I know damn well was she had been planning. I have dealt with countless breaking-in and entering cases and the majority of them involved loaded guns.

It's more than obvious that Renee was already in Washington when she called Bella. She was probably hoping to threaten Bella to give her money and was prepared to follow through with that threat with her gun. I'm so glad Bella was nowhere near at the time.

I was beyond flabbergasted that Renee had drugs on her. Sure, we both experimented with weed while we were in college. One time was enough for me. Renee loved the stuff and was getting high off her ass every weekend. But that was just weed, a freaking plant.

Cocaine is a whole other thing entirely. Learning that Renee was in possession of a Class A drug has me wondering. Was Renee in danger of losing her house or was she needing money to support her addiction?

I got to Caius's study and knocked. The door opened to an annoyed-looking Caius who gestured for me to enter.

"What can I do for you, Charlie?"

"I need to head back to Washington. Renee was arrested for breaking into Bella's house," I told him.

His eyes widened with the news. "What kind of mother breaks into her daughter's house with the intent of stealing her daughter's things? Is Bella alright?" he asked. He really did adore Bella.

"I think Bella is angry but more or less accepting of the fact that Renee is a lost cause that she no longer wants responsibility for," I told him.

"Bella is better off without such a disappointment in her life. When would you like to leave? I can have the airport get the jet ready."

"I would prefer sooner rather than later. She'll be in the holding cell until Monday at the earliest. I want to get there and head off any attempts that she tries to pull that she's Bella's mom and can do what she wants."

Caius sneered in disgust. "That female better hope she never crosses my path. No one hurts Bella and gets away with it," Caius said. "I'll send word to have the jet prepped for you."

"Thanks, Caius," I said while shaking his hand.

I shook my head over the craziness that Renee seemed to love to drag others into. I knew I spoke too soon when I celebrated her being permanently removed from my life. Hopefully, after this mess has been dealt with, I can move on. I have a new wife to attend to, and she deserves my love and loyalty. Renee can just rot for all I care.