Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This chapter is long for several reasons. 1, I know the first one was short so I wanted to make up for that. 2. There is a lot "filler" information in the beginning, Meaning it's not as dramatic but essential to playing out the story, As the chapter goes on though it gets more exciting. 3. I know the weekend is after this update so I wanted an extra long update since there will be no other update till Monday most likely. I will try to update every day Mon-Friday, so 5 updates a week. I may occasionally update on the weekend, we shall see.
Also no beta so all mistakes are mine.
Chapter 2:
BPOV:
My head was killing me. It felt like I had a hangover but I knew that wasn't possible. I struggled to get my eyes open. I shifted my body. OUCH. Man was I sore. My mind felt foggy. I tried to figure out where I was and what the hell was going on. LIAM! I jolted up. I was only sitting and immediately felt like I was going to fall on the floor if I tried standing up. WHERE WAS LIAM?!
The memories started coming back but it was foggy. I tried to concentrate on what exactly had happened. It made my head heart to think about it. But I had to think about it. I had to know what exactly I had gotten myself into. I tried to concentrate on what my attackers had said before.
"They said she was going to be a fighter."
"Yeah but I didn't expect this much."
They knew me! Or whoever told them to kidnap me knew me. Or knew of me...
I didn't knew what they wanted, but I had a pretty good idea. The fact that Liam was no where in sight made me believe my suspicion was right. I then took a good look around the room taking in my surroundings. I was on a couch. I was still clothed and with aftermath of the struggle still on my clothes and no feeling that I had been intimately violated it was safe to say that I hadn't raped. The room was a light blue. There was no windows and no other furniture beside the couch. That didn't leave me with anything to use as a weapon. Whoever brought me was smart and thought this through. I looked around for the door but didn't see one at first. I finally stood up. The room spun at first probably due to whatever drugs they used to knock me out. I then saw it. The door. It had been in the opposite direction where I was facing. I hesitated opening it. Was it a trap? If they wanted me dead, I would be dead, right? I had to find Liam. I reached for the knob and tried turning it. Shit. It was locked. I started to pace. I had to get out and I had to get out now! I had to find Liam. I had to make sure he was ok, I had to make sure he wasn't...I couldn't think the word. I had to calm down. If not I was going to have a panic attack. Come on Bella. You have prepared yourself for this. Well no I actually hadn't since I was in this predicament. The door opened and snapped me out of my thoughts.
Two people, a man and a woman, slowly walked in. They look to be about in their mid forties. The women had caramel hair that flowed to her shoulders. Her gray eyes looked motherly and she looked at me with love and compassion. Seriously Bella? You've been kidnapped and you think this person is compassionate? I couldn't deny though that there was a motherly quality about her. Beside her stood a blond man with blue eyes. His face looked stern but at the same time gentle. I couldn't figure out why but he seemed like the kind of person you would trust even if you barely knew him. Oh my god. I 'm developing Stockholm's Syndrome and I've only been awake five minutes at this place.
"Hello Bella.", the women said softly
"How do you know my name? Where's my son?!" I questioned.
"I'm sorry." My attention shifted to the man. " We know who you are and you don't even know our names. I'm Carlisle and this is my wife Esme." the man answered, who I now knew as Carlisle.
"You still haven't answered my question. How do you know my name?!"
"There is a lot to discuss and you answers will soon be answered." he said with a soft smile.
"Well I need answers now! Like where is my son?!"
Esme looked at me with even more compassion, "He is fine. I just laid him down for a morning nap. I have been taking care of him while you were resting."
"Resting! You mean while I was knocked out!" I was trying to stay calm but I was really starting to get pissed.
Carlisle eyed me carefully like he was weighing options and then said, "How about we let you see your son, After you see he is fine, we can resume this conversation."
"Fine." I had to see that Liam was okay.
They lead me out of the room. I could try to run but I didn't know where Liam was. I had to keep him safe. Getting myself and a toddler out of here was going to be impossible. They lead me in a room across the hall. Upon stepping in, it looked just like a room an average toddler would have. In the crib I saw my sweet Liam. I ran over and leaned over into the crib to see him better. He was asleep with his hands behind his head. It made me smile a little. He was always napped like that, every since he was 6 months old. At least I knew he was comfortable and not fully aware of the situation. I reached my hand down to run it across his face. His breathing was even and he didn't get startled when I touched him. He was relaxed. He was fine, well for now. I didn't know what was in store for either of us.
I turned to look at Carlisle and Esme. They were waiting patiently. Now the question was, What did they want with me and my son?
EPOV
I was attempting to go over the books for the club, but I was having a hard time concentrating. My mind was preoccupied with her. Esme said it was pointless for me to wait around for her to wake up. She said she would be out for awhile especially since she put up such a fight yesterday. I almost found it humorous how it took three men to take her out and another two people to fully complete the mission. The situation itself wasn't funny, but I liked that she had spunk. Which brought me back to what was bugging me before. What was I going to say to her? The situation was complicated. This girl obviously had a past or had been in some sort of situation before. The report Jenks have me said she had taken several self-defense classes, knife training classes. She had recently enrolled in a gun class. Luckily she didn't have a gun on her last night. One of my guys might not have walked away. She did get Stephan on the arm with her knife though. If Ian and Jason hadn't been there, who knows what else she might have cut off of Stephan's. I chuckled but was interrupted by my phone buzzing. Emmett's name lit up the screen.
"Yes?" I answered.
"She's awake." That was sooner then expected.
"Have you notified mom and dad?"
"There talking to her now." WHAT.
"I was suppose to be there. Mom was supposed to talk to her and if it got of hand I would intervene."
"Dad went in with her in case-"
"For fuck's sake! Are they just ignoring everything we planned!"
"Hey don't get mad at me. They though it would be best since-" (click)
I hung up. I was pissed. The plan was I was to be notified when she woke up, they wait till I'm at the house and mom was to talk with Bella, if things started to go downhill I would intervene and try talking to her myself. But apparently they decided to ignore it all and just approach her without me and dad decided to join in on the welcome.
I had calmed down some during the drive home. It was a short drive so I was still aggravated. I walked to the building, got in the elevator. and pushed the level for my floor. As soon as I got to my floor I hastily went to the room they left her in. Empty. I then heard voices from across the hall. I went to where the voices were and opened the door. I was meet with three pairs of eyes.
"Hello Edward." my father greeted me.
"Can I speak with you out in the hallway?" I said trying not to sound aggravated. Trust me it was difficult.
He looked toward mom. "I'll be fine". she said while smiling warmly.
As soon was were in the hallway I let him have it. "What the fuck happened to sticking with the plan?"
"First of all, you will not speak to me that way. Second of all, I had to make the right decision for the circumstances."
"Right decision? Would it have killed you guys to have called me to let me know she was awake and wait 15 minutes for me to get down here before approaching her?"
"From what Emmett's team could tell from the surveillance cameras in the room she was in, she was getting worked up, She was obviously devising a plan to get out. It didn't help the situation that she was separated from her child, Your mother suggested to speaking with her right away to prevent any further violence. She would most likely be less hostile with a woman. But with what went on last night I still wanted to be there when your mother approached her in case things got out of hand."
" I want to speak with her."
"We haven't explained anything to her yet. Her main concern was her child and seeing him. We were just starting to answer questions."
"Well I'll be more then happy to answer her questions." I walked into the room before he could respond. I was meet with her chocolate eyes. She first looked surprised. Then it looked like she was confused, or thinking too hard, or maybe both. She was beautiful. I thought that the first time I had laid my eyes on her. Of course at the time I had no idea we would be in the current situation. I remembered that day clearly,
I had been in the park waiting to meet Emmett. He and Rosalie would be bring their son to the park on occasion trying to seem normal. That's where I first saw her. I approached her hoping to get a date. She was friendly. She smiled and chatted, but politely declined. At first I thought she recognized the family I was a part of, but as time passed I realized she turned down all the men who asked her out. Yes I started to go to back to the park on a regular basis. I even took my niece and nephew to the park just to have an excuse to see her. I also may have had a guy keep an eye on her while she was at the park. She would be friendly to people but always declined dates, play dates, or exchanging any sort of personal information, And that was with
male or female. It made me very curious. I had Jenks run a check one her. I wondered if she was running from someone or maybe she was just paranoid. Or maybe just cautious. This is Chicago after all. All Jenks could find was that she had been here for 6 months, she moved a lot, there was no record of who was her child's father, she took self-defense and weapon training, she was careful not to leave trails. Hell, she didn't have a set schedule of when she came to the park, no routine, it was like she suspected that she could be followed. It made me even more suspicious. That is when I found out about the Volturi's interest also. I then knew she was in danger. I don't know what she had been orginally running from but there would be no out running the Volturi. Well that is unless I got involved. If we laid a claim then the Volturi couldn't claim her. I was technically following guidlines. She was a mother, single, no family or connections that we knew about, hell she even knew self-defense and how to be off the grid. I was also certain that I had eyes on her before the Volturi.
Which brought me back to the current state. I was eager to get in the room but after looking at her and seeing the questions in her eyes, I wasn't sure how to break it her.
"I feel like I have seen you before." She was straight forward. I liked that.
"You have." I replied with smirk. Hell why not be honest.
I could see the wheels turning in her head. "Oh my god! You're the guy from the park!" She was quick I would giver that. Lots of people had approached a the park on a constant basis. Even though I was there quite a lot, she wasn't always aware I was there. At least I didn't think...
"So are you going explain why I am here?" she said with anger and irritation.
"In time."
"Will you people please stop with the vague answers! I have seen you at the park numerous times. I thought you were a parent or uncle of something, But apparently your just a creep who abducts women and children."
Ouch that kind of hurt to be honest. I don't get hurt, ever. "First of all I am an uncle and those kids were my niece and nephew. Second I am not a creep who abducts women and children."
"Well the fact that I am here proves the second part to be a lie"
"You are here for your own safety. Please trust that I am doing this for your benefit."
She stared at me fiercely. I wasn't sure what was going through that head of hers, but it probably involved inflicting pain on me.
"How is this for me own safety? How does this benefit me?"
"Because if we had not been the ones to take you, another family would have taken you. Trust me they would not be treating this well. They-"
"What other family? What the hell are you talking about? Why would they have taken me? What interest do they have in me?"
"I can't give all the specifics."
"Tell me!"
"Okay, I'll tell you at least part of it."
"Tell me what interest they had in me. What would be the point in taking me?"
"They would have taken you to be one of the wives of that mafia family."
Pure shock washed over her. I don't know if it was the part about a plan to be being kidnapped to be a bride or being kidnapped by a mafia family. Maybe I said to much. See was having multiple effects on my that normally didn't occur with people.
"You said another family..."
Oh shit. "Yes"
"Does that mean? Are you? You're a mafia family also?"
"Yes" I couldn't deny it. I wanted her in my life so I would have to start being honest.
"If the other family was going to take me to be a mafia wife. Does that mean your family took to me to a mafia wife?"
Fuck, The one question that I didn't what her to ask.
