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Chapter 4

B POV

Walking down the hall, I felt much better than I had an hour ago. Emily was happy, Emily was animatedly talking about what color Sofia's dress would be. It had to be perfect, it was for her new friend. I had never seen her take to someone so quickly, besides Jake of course. However, Jake had been a part of her life since she was born, he shouldn't even count.

"Mommy, can we stop and get crayons?"

"Honey, you have crayons at home."

"No purple!" She argued stopping and putting her hands on her hips. She got her sassy pants from me. "Sofia the first dress will be purple!"

"Hon, I'm sure you have purple at home," I picked her up to avoid stopping again, I was tired and could only think about going home and sleeping.

"Bella!" Everything inside of me stopped, my pulse picked up, my stomach dropped. Suddenly, I began walking again, faster, it was basically a run. I was aware of Mike's calls to me, I could him pick up his pace as well.

"Mommy?"

"Bella, stop!" How had he caught up to my so fast? Grabbing my arm, he turned me around, I put Emily down, motioning for her to hide behind me. She did as I asked, she knew he was bad news, she didn't know he was her dad or maybe she did. "I want to talk. How's Emily?"

"How do you think she is? What do you want to talk about? You're the reason she's here!"

Holding his hands in front of him, he got a cocky look. "You're right, but I think you were there too."

"That's not what I meant," I was disgusted, that's what he was thinking of. "You need to leave. How did you even get back here?"

"Well, when your daughter is here, they let you by if you keep demanding."

"I don't see your daughter here, I see my daughter. Leave or I will call security." I was lying, security wouldn't come for me. He knew it too.

"You're lying." Slowly, he bent down to get on eye level with Emily. "Hey, sweets, how's your arm." Like a momma bear, I moved so she was out of his sight, she was scared. Her fingers were digging into my legs. Mike gave me a smirk and got back up.

"You know, that outfit does you good…"

"You're disgusting."

"Now, let's put this all behind us… What do you say?" Mike pushed me further against the wall, putting one hand above my head and the other slowly running up my thigh. No… No. I spit in his face and quickly slapped him. He wasn't doing this to me again. Emily knew we were in trouble, I felt her wiggle free from behind me and saw her running. Unfortunately, Mike saw her too and proceeded to run after her. Why did this hall have to be so empty right now? Following him, I grabbed his arm and pulled him back. He wasn't going to hurt her, he had already hurt her enough. I was smaller and weaker though, he pushed me back against the wall… That was it, all I saw was darkness.

E POV

"Where's your mom?" I asked again picking Emily up. She was a sobbing mess, she buried her face in my shoulder and tightened her grip around my neck. "Um… I'm going to see if I can find Bella. I'll meet you and Alice in the lobby."

"Alright, I need to finish up a few things here." Carlisle said before we went our separate ways. I hadn't walked far when a familiar figure began approaching me.

"Thank you so much for finding her. Bella was really worried." Mike held his hands out, wanting me to hand her to him. "I'll take her off your hands."

"I'd rather hand her to Bella," I said and continued walking. Mike jumped in front of me and gave a small chuckle.

"You know, I'll do it, she went to the restroom and you know how ladies can be in the restroom." Something wasn't right.

"In the short time I have known Bella, I can tell that she doesn't like you. When I told her that you were in the lobby, she was frightened and immediately asked where a back exit was so she wouldn't have to see you." Checkmate. "Now, give me one good reason why I shouldn't call security right now."

Mike began scanning me up and down, he wasn't interested in being friendly anymore. "Fine, fine. I'm leaving. But, give a message to Bella for me, tell her this isn't over. I'll be back." He breezed right past me before I heard his laugh causing me to turn around. "Oh, you should find her down the hall. Probably unconscious."

Without ensuring he was gone, I began to run as fast as I could with Emily in my arms. It wasn't long before I find Bella trying to get up. Putting Emily down, I fell to her side and encouraged her back down. "Hey, hey. Slowly, you don't want to get up too fast."

"Emily… Where's Emily?!"

"She's right here," Emily came to my side and put her tiny hands on my shoulder. "She's fine. He didn't hurt her. You on the other hand, need to come have that looked at. That's a nasty bump."

Bella brushed me off and slowly got up, at least she listened to that. "I'm fine, I've had worse than this. I need to get home."

"He's going to be waiting for you," I followed her as she began to walk out, holding tight to Emily's hand. "He told me to tell you that this isn't over, he'll be back. Bella you aren't safe at your home."

Stopping, she looked at me and I could see how scared she was, her eyes were beginning to fill with tears. "You're right, I'm not safe there. But I don't have anywhere else to go."

My heart dropped, she had such a bad life. Mike was Emily's father, but something told me that it wasn't nice how he was in that part. My life had been perfect, I hadn't wanted for anything. I wanted a car and my father instantly gave that to me. Taking a deep breath, I realized what I had to do. "You do have somewhere else to go. My family owns a small cabin, it's in the middle of the woods so no one will even be able to find you there. Let me take you there."

"Are you for real?" Bella asked giving me a look of amusement. "I appreciate everything you've done for me. Just now, you got rid of Mike, and I appreciate that. But, I don't have the luxury to just be whisked away to the middle of nowhere. I have to work, I have to earn money. I don't have parents to give it to me."

"I'll take care of the food. Please, let me take you there, let me take you somewhere safe. I'll even leave my car so you can get to work. I can bring you food. Whatever. Just, let me help you?"

Bella was having a war inside of her, I could see she wanted to accept for Emily, but she was prideful and wanted to take care of herself. I was happy that the Emily side won out, "Fine."

"Great, do you want to go get your stuff from your house?"

"We don't have anything worth getting," Bella said but was corrected when Emily made a small coughing noise. "Purple crayons. We need to stop and get purple crayons."

A/N: Shorter than the last chapter, but still an update! This week has been crazy for me guys! I started a new job and today is my first day off in 12 days! That's why I haven't updated sooner! I hope this chapter was worth the wait!