Chapter 21
Diamond Man
Bella sat in Edward's apartment with the girls, also Victoria's mother was here with their child Emilie sitting in her lap sleeping with her thumb in her mouth
"How could this have happened?" Rosa whispered, after the boys and Victoria got arrested they were taken away to police custody, everyone had left leaving us to clean everything up.
"I don't know" Alice whispered "As far as Jasper told me, they hadn't even sold the diamonds yet, you know cut the diamonds or sold them onto the black market, so there was no possibly way of knowing"
Bella stood up and grabbed her coat
"Bella? Where are you going" Rose asked
"I'll be back soon, just be patient"
Bella knocked on the door, practically nearly banging it down, the person who she came to see opened the door and smiled at her
"Bella"
"Can I come in?"
She walked in the door and then heard the door click shut
Edward punched the guy as hard as he could, he went down, he felt someone jump on his back but they were quickly pulled off him by Emmett who was beating the guy up. Jasper and James were busy holding everyone away while they sorted this out, as soon as they entered the jail the other prisoners were on them, everyone wanted to get a bit of action with the gang which stole millions and millions of pounds.
Edward kicked the guy in the ribs and punched him in the face again this time knocking him clean out.
Edward helped his friends by beating the remaining men left, Jack for a man his age managed to knock out 4 men before Edward and the others could even register what was going on. It would be pretty hilarious really if it wasn't so serious.
Their trial was in a week's time and they didn't stand a chance in hell, they were still puzzled of how the police actually managed to know they had the diamonds and where they put them away. Edward asked each one of them did they let it slip by accident, maybe in public place when they thought they were ok to talk or if they were drunk. Edward considered his own movements but he hadn't really spoke to anyone apart from Bella and he knew she wouldn't tell anyone, he trusted her with his life. The guards came n and broke the men apart. They were dragged into different cells and locked up for the night.
She needed to do this, after sending Kelly to Bella and Edward she knew it would be too late, she arrived in Italy and put word out she needed to speak to the Don, The Don, the one who could sought out everything if she was given time to speak.
She was allowed a meeting with him at his home. She was brought into the lush room and she was asked to take a seat.
"Now my dear, what was so urgent that you needed to speak to me about?"
"Well must say this was a surprise Bella" he poured himself some scotch and then sat down opposite her
"Cut the crap Maranzano, no-one knew where Edward and his friends hid that stuff but I've got a feeling you did, you tattled didn't you?"
He shrugged "So what if I did, anyway, let's not talk about Cullen" she stood there with her hands in fists "Lets talk about us two hm? With Cullen gone you need someone who can look after you"
"Fuck. You"
He laughed "You curse now? You were such a delicate flower when I first met you"
"Did you kill Elizabeth?"
He went quiet then
"You are resourceful" he smirked and then continued to drink his drink "I personally didn't do it of course, got one of my boys to do it. He told me it was quick if that any consolation, said he wanted to do more to her" he winked at her and she shuddered in disgust "Be thank full I only sent him to kill her, however I did kill a particular person though you love though"
"Who"
He was interrupted by a woman coming in, Bella literally felt her heart drop
"Renee? You and him?"
"O please Bella, grow up, you didn't expect me to live a single life did you after Charlie died?"
"Which brings me back to what I have to say" Maranzano interrupted
"What are you talking about?"
Maranzano smirked
"I killed you dad"
"This is a disgrace, what he has done, he must be stopped"
"I know brother" he looked to the woman and studied her, he could tell she was telling the truth through out the whole thing she told him
"And this girl …are you sure"
She went into her purse and grabbed the newspaper clip she tore out, she handed it to him and he almost broke down, s choked sob entered his throat
"She looks just like her mother"
It was Edward's visit day, he had heard his doll was coming in to see him, he sat down on the chair and tapped his foot impatiently. When he saw her walk in he almost fainted, she looked good, her eyes were puffy slightly but she was good. He kissed her and they both sat down
"I don't like you in here, but thanks for coming" he whispered holding her hands
"I don't like seeing you in here" she stroked his knuckles with her fingers she noticed they were dry and bruised, she had to get him out of here. "I went to see Maranzano"
His head shot up "You what, Bella I don't want you anywhere near him"
"He told me stuff Edward, plus Renee has been screwing him"
Edward sighed "Bitch" he put a hand on her face "You ok?"
She nodded "He…do you remember when my dad…died"
Edward nodded
"He…he told me when we left to go to the club, he said he snuck and…killed him, he injected poison into him" Bella broke off with a sob, he wished he could hug her but they wouldn't allow him to touch her too much
"I'm sorry Bella"
"And" she looked into his eyes "He…sent someone to kill Elizabeth" she sniffed and Edward's blood went cold "And he and Renee were the one's to grass you up"
Edward punched the table earning him a few glares from the pigs
"I'll tell my boys, how are Alice and Rosalie? How's Emilie?"
"Their coping ok, we just want you all to come home"
"Do we have a lawyer over there brother?"
"Yes, I've already made arrangements"
"Good, thank you my dear for bring this information to me, you will ride with us to Chicago so we can deal with this whole thing"
Jack was calm, too calm for Edwards liking, Edward had seen him loose his temper a couple of times but he was actually scared of how he was going to react.
"Did he actually tell her this"
"Yes" he responded
Jack stood up and set in hands on the wall "This is serious, Maranzano's in deep shit"
"Cullen, Macarthy, Nomad, Whitlock, O'Reilly, your free to go"
They all looked each other confused
"Go on then"
They all walked out and collected their stuff, a man wearing a black suit with a suit case waited for them, he held out his hand
"Gentlemen, my name is Paulie Rossi, if you like to follow me and I'll explain what's happening"
Rosalie sat in her apartment by herself, she rubbed her belly and sighed, she had another miscarriage when Emmett was taken in, it was for the best she thought. But it still made her cry at night. Her next door neighbour had been keeping her company for the last couple of days which was nice, it turned out he was only staying here for a year because his moll had a job here, she worked long hours but Rosalie did get introduced to her the other night when she was invited round for drinks. She worked as a reporter and got all of the hot stories, she worked with Riley Biers the man who interviewed Bella and Edward. She heard a soft tap on the door and looked through the key hole first before opening it and seeing Seth, he had a smile on his face and smudged lipstick on his cheek, she chuckled quietly to herself
"Hi Rose, me and Marie were wondering if you and Emmett wanted to have some dinner tomorrow?"
Rosalie frowned "Emmett's still I jail Seth"
Now he was the one who looked confused "Haven't you heard?" she shook her head "Marie told me Edward and his gang had been let loose"
"WHAT!" Rosalie grabbed her things, she had to tell the others "When?"
"This morning, no-one knows where they are now though"
She nodded and hugged him before locking up and running to get a cab.
Edward, Emmett, Jasper, Jack, James and Victoria sat in a posh room, all waiting anxiously to be told what was going on, Paulie didn't really explain to them why they had been released, the pig had the proof he needed to put them away, so they were confused as to how they were actually let go. Paulie entered the room with a woman behind him carrying their drinks, she smiled politely at them and set them down, they thanked her before she exited the room
"Now" Paulie sat down and looked at them "Let's start again, my name is Paulie Rossi, I'm an attorney to some very important people, you will meet these people tomorrow along with someone else, these people helped you get loose all the evidence agaiest you is gone, the diamonds" he reached into his pocket and unravelled a big black silk material and showed them the diamonds "Have been snatched from their noses and the person who tattled his statement has been destroyed" he turned his attention to Edward "You are the main reason why you have been let go Mr. Cullen, if your crew didn't have you, they would still be behind bars"
"Me? What have I done"
"A couple of things, you've stuck to the code of what was respectable to us, you've never stolen from us apart from Mr. Maranzano but given the resent circumstances we can let that slide, you've shared your wealth equally among other things, but the most important one, and this is why my clients are coming to Chicago, s you've looked after and protected Isabella Swan"
"What does Bella have to do with this? Is she in trouble" he stood up and looked at the man who was sitting calmly and sipping hi scotch
"Not at all, as I understand it, unbeknownst to Miss. Swan, you have enforced bodyguards to look after her while you were detained here, she is perfectly safe"
Edward sat down and rubbed his hands over his face he looked at the man again "Who are these people?"
"You'll find out soon enough, but I can very much guarantee you they will not bring you or your crew or loved ones harm"
Bella and the other women sat down and looked shocked at Rosalie
"Why haven't we been informed? Why haven't they come to us?" Alice asked, her high pitched squeal made Emilie shuffle in Bella's lap, nearly waking her from her sleep, Bella continued to hum to her and stroked her hair.
"They were picked up by this guy in a suit and no-one knows where they've gone"
They each shared a weary glance
Maranzano raked his hands through his hair, he heard news of Cullen getting out, by now the canary would have told him the whole things what he's done and he was in deep shit. Renee stirred behind him underneath the covers looking at him in worry
"Get dressed" he hissed "We're going to see your daughter"