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Chapter 3

B POV

"Bye have a good night!" I called waving out to the last customer to leave the diner. I sighed as I walked over to the table they had occupied and began cleaning it.

"Bella, why don't you go ahead and go, you already stayed later than scheduled tonight," Sam said taking the towel from my hand. Sam was in his late thirties, he was a fair and kind boss, for example letting me leave even though I was supposed to stay and help clean up. "If you leave now you could probably tuck Emily in and read her a bedtime story."

I laughed as I untied my apron. "Maybe. I can stay, I mean we didn't close on time tonight so I know it's going to take a little bit to close."

"No, go on home." Sam repeated waving me off. I gave him a smile and began packing up my things when my phone started going off, Leah was calling me.

"Hey, Leah, I'm on my way home now."

"Bella! Bella! You have to hurry! Mike was here, Jake scared him off but Emily…" That was all I needed, I ran out of the diner and ran home as quickly as I could. My body was already tired from my 10-hour shift, but it was screaming now from my running.

I heard her cries as soon as I unlocked the gate, what had happened? Running inside, I found her on the floor, blood coming out of her arm. "What happened?"

"Mike… Mike came… He was drunk! He…" I didn't need to hear anymore. Grabbing a towel, I wrapped her arm in it and picked her up.

"Bella, you can't carry her to the hospital!" Leah called after me but I was already gone. The hospital wasn't far, in fact it was just two blocks away from my house. I wasn't sure if I had done that on purpose, knowing this day would come; the day Mike attacked Emily.

"Please! I need help!" I screamed clutching my baby girl to my chest, her screams killed me. I was receiving stares but no one had yet to step up to help me. I finally found a nurse and begged her to help me.
"Okay, ma'am, I need you to fill these forms out," she said calmly to which I threw the forms out of my way.

"My daughter is hurt! Can't you hear her cry? Get me a doctor!"

"Ma'am, I need you to calm down," she said getting another set of forms for me to fill out.

"Mommy," Emily whined into my shoulder, burying her face even further into my hair.

"Please," I said in a calmer tone, "Please, my daughter is hurt and she's scared, I need to see a doctor."

"Ma'am, it'll be a minute before the doctor can see you, just sit down and fill out these forms while you wait." She turned away before I could argue anymore. With a sigh, I walked over to the set of chairs in the waiting room and put Emily down.

"Mommy, it hurts," she said holding her arm up again. I ran my hand down the side of her head and looked around for some tissues or anything to stop the bleeding for a minute. My eyes spotted a little box of tissues, walking over I grabbed it and came back to her.

"Mommy is so proud of you," I said taking the wet towel off of her arm and began putting the tissues around the cut. "You are being such a big girl. Mommy needs you to do one more thing for her, okay? I want you to hold this on your arm, just like this." Emily did just as I asked as I began working on the forms handed to me. They asked for insurance, I didn't have insurance, I wasn't even sure how I was going to be able to afford this.

"Hey Angela, can you tell our dad we're here?" Looking up, I saw him. The man that drove a black Lincoln and had piercing green eyes: Edward.

"Yes, certainly Mr. Cullen," she told him and walked away. Cullen… Looking at the logo on the wall, I realized who he was. His father was Carlisle Cullen, he owned the hospital I was sitting in right now. Carlisle Cullen had a reputation for doing good and helping others. I watched as he walked back to a girl, I was guessing it was his sister by the way he acted around her.

"Mommy!" Emily whined breaking my thoughts.

"I know sweetie," I said getting up and walking back up to the counter. "Look, I don't have insurance, I don't an address that is set up yet…" Okay, that last part was a lie, but I didn't want to put something down that could be traced even though Mike already knew where I lived.

"Ma'am, there's a free clinic a little bit down the way, I would suggest you go there then."

I was just about to suggest a place she could go when he walked up. "What seems to be the problem?"

"Mr. Cullen, I was just letting her know that we can't treat her…"

"My daughter!" I said catching both him a little off guard. Yeah, not many people expected me to have a kid, join the club. I certainly didn't plan to have a child at 16.

"Look, you know my father, just tell him it's for me and he'll be down as soon as he can." Edward told the woman, Angela. "For now, give me that first aid kit behind you."

It was amazing how being the son of the boss can give you so much respect, I would never have that. Edward looked at me, waiting for me to take him to Emily. "Oh…"

"Where's the patient?" Edward said with a small smile, I turned and walked toward Emily. Her cheeks were red and her nose was beginning to run from all that she had cried. Edward sat next to her slowly. "Hi, you're a cutie. What's your name?"

"Emily," she told him quietly. I sat next to her and began rubbing her back.

"Well, I'm Edward. Can I take a look at your arm?" She looked at me, I nodded telling her it was okay, slowly she raised her arm up. Edward uncovered the wound and looked at me. "Well, seems like you got a pretty nasty cut. What happened?"

"I fell…" she lied.

Edward looked at me, he didn't believe her. He looked back at her and continued talking with her while I prayed he wouldn't ask any more about it. "I imagine it hurt. You know what helped me when I was little? I would imagine I got hurt in a brave battle against a dragon, it made me feel like a hero. So, what do you want to imagine?"

"Sofia the first," Edward looked at me.

"She's a princess," I explained. "Em, why don't you tell him about Sofia?"

"Sofia… Uh… she's this girl who um… her mommy marries the king and she 'comes a princess!" Emily said and continued telling him about Sofia. I leaned back in my seat and listened as Emily went on and on about Sofia and her friends. She wasn't that hurt, it was a cut and nothing more. I knew it had hurt her more, but I was glad that he hadn't hurt her anymore.

"That sounds great," I heard Edward tell her, he looked up at me. "She'll probably need a couple of stitches but the bleeding has stopped for right now, I got some medicine on it so it'll be fine until my dad can see her. He shouldn't be too much longer. I didn't catch your name."

"Bella, and thank you."

"You're welcome," he said getting up and walking over to join his sister who had been watching us like crazy. He turned on his heel and looked at Emily. "Oh, Emily, I expect to see that Sofia drawing here soon."

When he was far enough away, I looked at Emily, "What Sofia drawing?"

"I gonna draw Sofia for him!" Emily told me with a bright smile on her face. I smiled down at her as she began humming the theme song to Sofia the first. This girl made my day, you couldn't tell five minutes ago that she had been crying.

After about 30 minutes, Carlisle Cullen came out and introduced himself to me and Emily. "I'm sorry I took so long! I had this patient and… Anyway! Who is the patient? It couldn't be this smiling girl right here."

"Hey pops," Edward said walking over. "I'm a little rusty but I bandaged her arm and put some medicine on it. I thought it would probably need a couple of stitches."

Carlisle unbandaged Emily's arm and nodded, he had a look of pride in his gentle grey-blue eyes, that was a look I had never had the pleasure of seeing before. "You're right. You know there's still a spot for you here at the hospital."

"You know I'm still not interested," Edward laughed and brought his eyes to me. "Yeah, she's a trooper, Emily is too."

"Ha ha, very funny!" I laughed

"Alrighty, let's go back and get this taken care of." I nodded and followed Carlisle back to an exam room. Emily buried her head in my shoulder, but I could feel the smile on her face. When we got to a room, I put her down on the table and gave her a smile. Carlisle began to work on her arm, giving me the same look that Edward had. "So what happened?"

I wanted to confide, I wanted to say that a crazy man had attacked my daughter when I was at work, instead I lied. "She fell off her tire swing, she can be a little clumsy like her mom."

He didn't believe me, he stared at me for a few minutes before turning back to Emily. "Is that what happened, Emily?"

"Yes," she said softly. I was a better liar.

"I need to go get some medicine for this, I'll be right back," Carlisle said making my stomach drop. What was he really doing?

Edward's POV

"Ed! My older brother is in love!" Alice said with a smirk. "Should I interrogate her like you did Jasper?"

"I don't even know her," I defended myself.

"I'm looking for my daughter and wife, Bella and Emily Newton," I looked up and saw a man talking with Angela. He was the same man that Bella had told to leave at the store: Mike.

"I'm sorry, I don't have anyone under that name."

"Try Swan," he said impatiently, he glanced over at me. "Hey, I know you! You were at the store the other day! You know what Bella looks like, is she here?"

"Sorry, can't help you, I don't know who you're talking about." I turned back to Alice and began pulling her away.

"Edward!" Carlisle called walking out, I met him halfway happy to get away from Mike. "I think she's lying. I don't think that little girl fell."

So, she had told him the same story. "I don't either, that's a nasty cut for a fall."

"Agreed, but I don't think she's abusing her own daughter, not with the way she looks at her." Carlisle told me. "Did you want to come back with me and see if we can get anything out of her?"

I nodded and looked behind me, Mike was pacing around like a wild animal in a cage. "That guy is looking for her, I told him that she wasn't here but apparently he doesn't believe me."

"Okay," Carlisle looked at a bored Alice sitting on one of the chairs. "Sorry Al, just a couple of more minutes okay?"

"Hey, I'm binge watching Stranger Things, take your time!" Alice said going back to her phone, apparently, she wasn't so bored. I followed Carlisle back to where Bella and Emily were waiting, Bella looked like a nervous wreck.

"I'm not hurting her!" Bella yelled catching us off guard.

"No one said you were, Bella," I said leaning against a wall and looking at her. "But, that's not a simple cut from a fall. What happened?"

"Bella, we want to help you. But we can't if we don't know what is happening." Carlisle added, Bella looked between us and took a shaky breath.

"Mommy," Emily whispered causing Bella to look down.

"Mike is here. Does it have something to do with him?" I knew it did by the way she reacted when I said his name.

"He's here? Where is he? Is there a back exit?"

"Woah, calm down!" Carlisle said, "He's in the lobby. Edward told him you weren't here, I'm sure he's gone by now."

"You don't know him," Bella said getting Emily off the table and holding her in her arms. "Is there a back way to get out?"

"Yeah," I said reluctantly, I was hoping she would open more than she had. "Go down this hall, straight down this hall, and to the left there will be a door. Do you want me to take you?"

"No, I've got it," she said walking out of the room quickly. I turned to Carlisle and took a deep breath.

"That wasn't much," I said in defeat. "Mike has something to do with it."

"Edward, how do you know who he is?" Busted.

"The night of Alice's party… Tanya and I went to the store to get milk and ice, but we came to this one down here." Carlisle was furious! "I know, it was stupid! That's the first time I saw Bella, the way she acted around him, she was mad and scared of him."

"Ed, you could have been hurt!" Carlisle said.

"I know, it was stupid…"

"You let Tanya take the blame for that!" He continued.

"I know! Dad, trust me, I know. It was stupid and I was about to say something but she cut me off."

"You're the man, you should have spoken up anyway and taken responsibility," Carlisle said then sighed. "Let's go get Alice, I'm sure she's hungry. I know I am."

We began to walk out but a small figure quickly attached itself to my leg. Looking down, I saw Emily in tears. "Emily, where's your mom?"

A/N: Woo! That is the longest chapter I have ever written! Close to 2500 words, hopefully y'all like it! Many people have asked me about Tanya, she's not in this chapter, but many have voiced their concerns that she's going to cause trouble. Let me say this, she is safe! I want her to represent the girl who is in love with their best friends but knows nothing will ever happen between them. So, for this story, she is simply Edward's closest friend!