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Chapter 10

EPOV

Walking up the stairs of my parent's home I found it odd that my mother hadn't met me at the door. Or that my father wasn't in his study downstairs. That only means he was in his work office and that was never a good thing.

I had Felix taking Bella to her building so that my cousin Tanya could help her design it how she wanted.

Reaching the top of the stairs I could hear my mother yelling at my father from the top of the stairs.

"How do you know it isn't her Carlisle?" I heard mom huff "All of a sudden she comes back into our lives and all this shit starts to happen? I don't buy it. Show me proof it isn't her trying to take us down? Maybe she is a product of her mother? While I loved Renee when she was younger, god rest her soul, she chose to deal and steal from those idiots. She made her bed and is currently sleeping in it. But show me the proof she isn't the one they sent to try and get closer to us the ever?" I could hear her pacing back and forth.

"Isabella isn't a rat or a mole and you know that, so sit down and shut up for once. I know because I have every record on her since that girl turned 10" I heard him throw something down on his desk, probably a folder of some kind. "Esme that girl has never been in trouble, never met a Black or member of the Black family until that day she told us about. She has a clean record and system, she has never had drugs or even much alcohol. I've had her followed and cleared of any wrong doing. Her mother was an idiot that got my best friend killed. He was an idiot in love. He did everything for Renee and Isabella. I will have no more word about this again am I clear?"

As soon as he was done I could feel the blood boiling in my veins. My own mother thought the woman I loved was the mole?

I opened my father's office door and glared at my mother who had the audacity to look down like a child who got caught with a cookie from the cookie jar.

"Anything you would like to discuss mother?" I looked at her coldly.

"Now Edward I have it handled" I heard my father say but I glared at him next.

"You forget father that I am boss now. I will handle this."

Turning to my mother who refused to look my way I told her, "Next time I find you are mistreating or accusing the woman I love of something that is so idiotic I will have your head on a platter. You may be my mother and I love you but she will be my wife and the mother to MY children someday and I REFUSE to allow you to treat her like scum when you have no facts or evidence to back up your logic. You're are dismissed" I hissed the last part as she fled the room.

"Harsh son but I do understand why you did it. Had my parents ever threatened her I would have done the same." He stood from his desk and walked over to the bar he had there. Then he poured to glasses of whiskey and handed one to me as we both sat down.

His phone went off the same time mine did and I knew it was an emergency.

"Cullen" We both answered and on my end is something that I would never forget.

"Shots fired. I need you to get down to Aro's restaurant 1 dead" Felix hung up after that.

I was out of my seat and down the stairs quicker than I could blink. My other's confused face as I flew by her and out to my car. If Felix was calling then Bella was with him.

BPOV

Holding onto Edward I knew life was too short. I didn't want to lose him as well but I couldn't let him know I didn't love him.

I noticed I was getting blood all over him as we drove away from the restaurant.

"I'm sorry" I whispered

Looking down at me confused I touched the blood stain and watched as his eyes go hard then soften for a moment.

"Never apologize for bleeding on me sweet heart. Where are your injuries?" He seemed to be panicking now.

"I have none Edward" I told him "Aro took the bullet that I think was meant for me." I burst into tears.

"Why baby? Tell me why you think that." He asked

"I would have been the one shot had he not moved over slightly" I looked at him through my tears. "Who hates me so much they want me dead?" I asked no one in particular just putting it out there.

"Someone who is about to know the meaning of torture" He held my hand tighter and we made it back home.

I was suddenly dead weight. I couldn't lift an arm or leg even though my brain was telling them to move.

"It's the shock baby. Come on let's get you inside and clean" He lifted me again from the car and went inside our home. It was interesting to think of it as our home but I had been calling it home for a while now.

Setting me on the master bathroom toilet he went to the massive walk in shower and started the steaming water.

Walking back over to me he knelt down and started to undress me. When I was completely naked he pulled a large black bag from under the sink. It wasn't plastic, it almost seemed like it was cotton or something of flammable material. Maybe he was going to burn them later? Well I guess if you want no evidence left you would burn everything.

He confirmed my thoughts a moment later when he told me, "I will put this in the acid later. You won't ever have to see them again"

He then picked me up and walked me over to the huge shower and placed me down on the small seat he had connected to the wall. Almost like a stone bench.

"I am sorry I am like this. My body doesn't want to move." I told him as he undressed as well.

"I will always take care of you baby." He told me while cupping my cheeks and looking into my eyes.

"I love you Edward" I told him and pecked a kiss onto his lips.

He kissed me harder back and looked back into my eyes, "Are you sure this is you and not what happened today because I have always loved you Bella"

I nodded at him and he kissed me harder than ever before.

"Marry me. Give me babies. Be mine until we both die old and wrinkly and can't remember our names." He held onto me

"Yes" I hugged him back.

Showering ended up being more about caresses and loving on each other.

Feeling much better after the shower and wrapped in his clothing, we went to his office where a freshly showered Felix awaited us.

Before Felix could start talking Edward had me sit in a chair next to his that was so comfy I sank into it.

He walked over to the painting he had on his wall and pulled it to one side revealing a safe. Unsure he wanted me to know about what was inside I made a point to look down in case I saw something I shouldn't.

When he walked back over to me he knelt in front of me and lifted my face to look up at him.

"I love you" he gave me a kiss "And I am so happy you agreed to be my wife" He slid the most beautiful ring I had ever seen onto my finger. Gasping I looked at it in the light.

"Edward it is magnificent" I hugged him then let go as he stood. "I love you as well" I smiled at him when he sat next to me.

"What do you have for me?" He was all business again while looking back towards Felix

"Bella had left her phone at the restaurant and not wanting to take a chance I listened to the voicemail she received right before the shooting" He fiddled with my phone for a moment.

When he sat it on the desk in front of us I heard the little automated voice come on the speaker.

"You have no new messages and 1 saved message" it beeped then an eerie voice came on "Bang, bang" It clicked off then "You have no more saved" That was when Felix hung up the phone.

I stared at it like it was going to explode. What the hell did that mean?