Author Note: I don't own Twilight
I don't have a beta and didn't get to proofread this very well so all mistakes are my own!
Also I want to stress that this is rated M! Some people haven't reacted well to some parts of the story line! I know some people assocaite M rating with just lots of cussing and lemons, but there is a lot of dark elements and themes in this story. Also lots of criminial activity! Some people seemed to be suprised by this. But thank you to everyone who is reviewing and following!
Chapter 5
EPOV
I decided to approach her. It had been three days. I gave her time. I had a guard offer to show her around but she wouldn't leave the room. The guard said she was "polite" about it. Well fuck that. I've waited but now she was going to have get out of her comfort zone. She wasn't going to stay in that room for eternity. Hell I even didn't even go into the room since last time. I waited for her to come out and talk. Esme was the only one to go in every day, three times a day to be exact. Apparently Bella liked my mother. What wasn't there to like? I would gut a guy for disrespecting my Ma.
I was outside the door of her room now. Vinny and Mikey were the guards on duty now. I nodded to both and then knocked on the door. Hey I can be a polite motherfucker now. "Come in" it was Bella's voice but I could have sworn I had heard my mother's a second ago. It was a little late for lunch. Unless my mother has been talking. Yeah she could be "hanging out" with Bella but I doubt that. I walked in and took in the scene. Liam was on the floor playing, He paused for a second to look at me and smile and then went back to playing. Bella looked like she had showered not to long ago. Her hair was damp and she looked different somehow, but I couldn't put my finger on it exactly... My mother was well my mother. She was smiling and cheerfull as ever. "Hello" I said to everyone but I was lookig directly at Bella. "Hi" she said with a small smile. Well at least we're getting somewhere. I turned my attention to Esme. "Ma do you mind if I have a moment to talk with Bella?"
Esme got up and turned to Bella, "Let me know if you need anything. Just tell the guards and they'll contact me." Ma then left, which then left Bella and I in silence.
"So are we going to play the staring game again?' Bella said finally breaking the silence.
Sassy little thing "No" I said with a smirk
"So what it is that you wanted to talk about?" She was right to the point. I like her even more.
"Did you and my mother have a chat? Talk about anything interesting?"
"I don't see how that concerns you" Yep definitly sassy
"Oh but I'm sure it does." I gave a stern look. I didn't want to intimidate her but I wanted to get my point across.
"She just filled me in on few things." Well fuck
"And?" I was going to have to drag this out here.
"And it was things I derserved to know." Yep tooth and tail
I bent my head with closed eyes and pinched the bridge of my nose with my thumb and finger. I breathed deaply in and then exhaled. "Bella please." After I made sure she calm I looked up and into her eyes. I was confused the emotion in them. Was it hurt? Pity for me? Why would she feel bad for me?
"I'm sorry" and she looked down
"What are you sorry for?" Now I was confused.
"I'm upsetting you or something. Your eyes look like their full of pain." How the hell could she see that? I was going to lose my man card with this girl.
"No you're not upsetting me. I just want to know what you know now. What did my mother tell?."
A beat passed "Esme told me a little bit about mafia wives." She checked my expression. I would be mad if it had been anyone otber then my mother that told her. "She didn't give me a lot of the details, just the basics. The qualifications of a mafia wife, how the rules change, and how your family does things differently." There was an emotion she was trying to hide but I wasn't sure what. Was sommething bothering her? Bella then continued, "She also said that some families get rid of the first child since it's not the biological child of the husband but they have to do so within the first week." That explains it
"Bella..." She looked at my with eyes that looked like were going to rain tears any minute. I don't do well with tears. But I had a desire to comfort her, which I'm not the comforting type by a long shot. But I wanted to comfort her. I stood up and pulled her up into my arms. She didn't resist. "I would never do anything to hurt you or Liam. You have my word, Anyone that trys to hurt either one of you I will skin alive," I felt her tense up with the last part. Ok maybe the skinning people alive part was too much, But it was true. Anyone who tried to hurt them would be praying for death after I get my hands on them. I pulled her chin so was looking into my eyes. "You are safe with me." Then I heard laughng. We both turned and Liam was smiling at us. Well at least the kid is cool with it I let go of Bella and we both sat down to our orginal seats.
"So what did you orginally come in here to talk to me about?" Bella said questionally.
"Well first off I just wanted to see with my own eyes that you were ok. You had thrown a tantrum when you first got here-"
"Tantrum? Really?" I saw that I hit a nerve. Best to calm her down
"My apologies. Wrong word. You had been relatively calm since then, I was actually a little suprised. And you haven't tried to run away."
"There is no point in screaming and throwing a fit if it will do nothing, And I'm not stupid enough to think I would be able to get out of here sucessfully with a toddler in tow. It's not worth putting Liam's life at risk," Well she's being at least somewhat reasonable.
"Your right about not being able to escape. But I was suprised you didn't want to be shown around. They've also told me you never leave this room"
Silence. Wasn't expecting silence Another heartbeat passed and then Bella spoke, "Well I'm not exactly thrilled with my situation, And I felt safer with keeping me and Liam in here."
"I'm guessing today was the first day you actually showered" Her head shot up "Esme finally earn your trust? You didn't think it was a part of some scheme.'
"You can't fake the compassion Esme has." Bella said with a small smile God I love that smile, Shit this girl was turning me softt
"True, I'm just glad you see that"
"I can read people pretty well, well usually I can." What was that about?
"Bella I need to ask some questions. You're not going to want to answer them, but it's best for you. That way I can better protect you and Liam
Bella was quiet for a moment. "Okay"
"When I had your background looked into there were pieces missing. The way you lived your life...it was like you were runing from something or somone. When I looked into Liam and his biological father.." Bella perked up and I tried to hide that I noticed. "We couldn't find out who Liam's father is. Hell we couldn't get any leads to who he is. And Bella I don't think it's a coinscedence that you dropped everyone in your life around the same time you got pregnant with Liam"
Fear spread across Bella's face. Then she looked like she about to cry.
"Bella, please just explain it all to me. In what ever order you feel comfortable with," There was still that fear on her face. "Bella you can trust me, I need to know to keep you safe, to keep Liam safe."
Bella stayed silent,
'Okay Bella just tell me this, Who is Liam's father?"
"I...I don't,... I don't know"
"Bella please!"
"I DON'T KNOW!"
"What do you mean you don't know?" I highly doubt this girl is a slut who slept around
"I...I was raped."
Rage consumed me. RAPED?! Who the fuck thinks they could rape a girl like Isabella and get away with it?! I will hunt them down and ...the look on Bella's face snapped me out of my thoughts.
"You think different of me now, don't you?' the pain on her face caused pain all over me. I got up and pulled her into my arms once again.
"No. at least not how you think. You are even stronger then I thought. To live throught that and be the amazing mom you are to Liam, not alot of women could do that." She was crying into my chest and all I wanted to do was comfort her. I'm not a softy by any means The only emotions I show on a regular basis is anger and rage. I'm not the crying and hugging type, But Bella stirred up these emotions that I never thought I would feel.
Once sobs from Bella started to quiet down I gently said, "Bella I know this is hard to talk about it but you need to tell me everything you can about what happened" I let loose from around her to give her some space. Bella wiped her tears and we both sat down again.
BPOV
"I never went out much. I had meet two girls in college, Jessica and Lauren, and we weren't close. We were friends out of convience. They kept inviting me to go to this club called Darkness." I noticed a flicker of emotion cross Edward's face, Was it rage? "I kept making excuses until finally agreed to go with them. We were all 21 but I never drank usually. They were very particular about the day and time but I didn't think anything of it then. Like I said I was never into the club scene so i figured they were trying to go at a good time. When we got to the club we were immediantly let in and escorted to the VIP section. I thought it was weird, and Lauren must have noticed my hesitation because she then told me she was seeing a guy who had connections there." I could see that Edward was trying to hide some kind of emtion or reaction. He was either was really upset even though it was just the begining of the story or he knew something about this club Darkness and/or the people there. I would ask him later so I just continued with the story. "Lauren introduced me to everyone and they apparently all ready knew Jessica. I got uncomfortable because the only other people in the VIP section were guys. The were big and intimidating. Lauren immediantly went to sit with whatever guy see had been seeing. I tried to stick with Jessica because I had an uneasy feeling. The girls kept trying to push me to drink. I would sip here and there but always kept my cup in my hand. There were four guys that sat with us and Lauren and Jessica tried keeping there attention. Four other guys just stood aroud. I figured they were bouncers but i thought it was weird that they needed four. Jessica dragged me unto the dance floor at one point. When we got back to where the others were I got the uneasy feeling again. I tried to get Jessica or Lauren to leave with me, but neither would. I was afraid to go by myself. My gut kept telling me not to be left alone. The waitress handed me a drink and at that point I was so thirsty I accepted. I didn't realize that someone had already slipped something into it. I started to feel dizzy and thought I was going to pass out. I convinced Jessica to go to the bathroom with me. I didn't realize she was in on their plan. My memory of what happned next goes in and out. I have a hard time remembering everything that happened, especially the finer details. Though there are some details that I did hang on to.' I saw emotion flicker across Edward's face gain. yep definitly rage. I proceded with the story. "So at some point when we were in the bathroom one of the guys from the VIP cornered us the bathroom. Jessica looked at me and said, 'I would say I'm sorry about this, but I'm not.' and then she left me there with him. I tried to run but whatever they had slipped in my drink was making it difficult to stand up much less fight him off. He started to approach me when I heard gunshots somewhere in the club. There was pounding on the door and yelling. He left and I thought I was safe. I tried to leave but someone was waiting outside the door. I then realized it was one of the bouncers who had been at the VIP section. He looked at me and said 'Now it would be a shame for you to go to waist.' and then he..." I coudn't finish my sentence and broke down crying. I then felt Edward's arms around me. He didn't say anything, but just held me. I don't know how long I cried. I just let him hold me. I had never let myself be so emotionally vulnerable with a person till now. I felt like I could trust Edward. I don't know why but there was something between us. After I finished crying I lifted my head and realized I had probably ruined his shirt.
"Bella you are one of the strongest people I know. What you went through was horrible. You were betrayed by people who were trying to act like your friend. You were preyed upon by monsters. I swear Bella I will hunt them down and..."
"Edward how? Unless you have a suspicion of who they are?"
By his facial expression I'm sure he did. "Yes I think I may have an idea of who tried to rape and who could lead me to answers of who did."
I didn't know what to say.
"Bella is there anything else you can tell me? Why did you leave home and cut everyone off? I know you went through a horrible ordeal and then to find out your pregnant.."
"The next day, after what happened, I woke up behind a dumpster a couple of streets down. I don't know if he thought I would end of dead or if I wouldn't remember anything. I wasn't sure who to tell. I was hesistant to go to the police because Jessica showed up at my door the next day demanding answers. She said if I knew what was good for me I wouldn't breathe a word if I knew anything. She seemed scared. Things hadn't happened according to their plan I think and I was collaterol damage. I had a feeling I got mixed up into something bad. I dropped out of college and started packing. Two weeks after the incident I found out I was pregnant. I had been a virgin so there was no doubt it was my attacker's baby. I couldn't bring myself to get an abortion. It wasn't the baby's fault. But I was even more scared if they, whoever those people were, found out. I moved and contacted a child hood friend and asked to stay with him. He could tell soemthing was wrong. I told him I was in trouble. I didn't give him any details but he figured out I was pregnant. He said the best thing to do was let him claim the baby!" I again saw something the same emotion flicker across Edward's face. "I told him he was crazy. He wasn't the father so why should he claim the baby? We had never dated. There had never been anything intimadte between us. He said he needed to claim the baby right away in order for things to work out. That he needed to tell his family right away. I told him he was crazy and not making sense. At that point I was a little paranoid. I was afraid to trust anyone so I left. I cut off contact with everyone. I felt like I was running from something. I was afraid my attacker and the other people from the club would come looking for me especially after Jessica showed up the next day. Jacob acted weird."
"Jacob? That was your childhood friend you visited?"
"Yes." Again with facial flickers! Edward obviously knew something!
"Edward what do you know? You keep getting these facial expressions. You've been reacting to names and places. You know something or have a suspicion or something!"
He was silent at first. He looked like he was trying to choose his words carefully or decide how much he was going to tell me.
"Bella how much do you know about your friend Jacob Black?"
oh shit he somehow knows Jacob?!
