I know, its been forever since I updated. I try, I really do, but the majority of the time RL gets in the way and tends to stay in the way. I'm hoping that things have slowed down some and I can update my other stories this week too. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Thanks to my wonderful beta Cullen818 who has stuck with me even though I have absolutely no free time. I love ya!

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JPOV

Bella finally fell asleep after hours of reassuring her that both Carlisle and I would do everything in our power to keep her safe. It couldn't be possible, could it? Was he getting in here undetected? The thought of him touching her made me want to retch.

I stood up and began pacing the room, waiting for Peter and Charlotte to come back. I was so lost in thought that when Carlisle spoke, it caught me off guard.

"I'm going to call Emmett and Rose to come back to the room; Peter and Charlotte should be returning soon."

I nodded and walked to the window. A few moments later Emmett and Rose were walking through the door. I walked back to the sofa where Bella was laying and lifted her into my arms. I started to place her in the bed, but thought better of it. I refused to let her out of my sight.

I sat in the chair and held her. Rose gave me a sad smile, but before she could say anything, Peter and Charlotte walked in. Emmett and Carlisle both moved to the sofa and sat down.

Charlotte perched herself on the arm of the chair that I was sitting in, stroking Bella's hair. Peter stood in the middle of the room and I knew that he had come up with a plan by the look in his eyes.

Everyone sat there quietly; the only noise in the room was Bella's breathing and her slow, steady heartbeat.

"Okay, here's the deal, you need to call Esme and Felix and get them back here so we can discuss my plan." Peter looked at me as if to say, 'what are you waiting for?'

Carlisle pulled his phone from his pocket and dialed the number. He asked them to come back to the room and they agreed. So, now we were sitting in the room, waiting for them to get back.

After what seemed like forever, they knocked on the door. Peter let them in; Esme and Felix walked in and sat in the other chair, never saying anything. The silence was going to be the death of me.

Peter sighed, "So, as I was hunting, my mind was elsewhere and I started thinking about the situation we have with Edward. I think if we spoke to him in person, we could manipulate him and get him to work with us instead of against us."

"Are you fucking kidding me?" I spat.

"Look, Whitlock, I get that you are protective of Bella, but you have to admit that if you had the situation under control you never would have called me. She thinks he is coming in here as she is sleeping and I am here to tell you, that he is," he spat back.

"What?" Carlisle jumped up and I passed Bella to Charlotte before I stood up.

"What do you mean he has been in here? How the fuck do you know that?" I asked.

"The gift you claim I have," he said matter-of-factly. "I know this is hard for any of you to understand, but I didn't know it at first. When I was hunting, I all of a sudden knew that he has been visiting Bella while she sleeps."

"How do we stop him?" Carlisle asked.

"You have to understand, the Edward that we once knew is no longer there." Esme spoke quietly.

We all turned to look at her. She shook her head before continuing, "When I spoke to him, it wasn't my son. The Edward I spoke to was so different then the Edward that we all love."

Before any of us could say anything a phone began to ring. Felix reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone, flipping it open. "Hello, master."

"Felix, where are you?"

"I am with Esme and the rest of the Cullen's. Aro, what's wrong?"

"My seer has informed me that I have visitors coming and they should be here within the next few hours."

"Who is coming to see you, master?" Felix questioned.

"That is why I am calling you. It seems as though I am getting a visit from Alice and Edward along with two others." Aro said.

"Who are the two others, master?"

"Felix, I do not wish for you to worry for my safety. I have Demetri here with me, I will be fine." Aro explained.

"Where are Jane and Alec? Shouldn't they be there with you?" Felix asked.

"I did not call you so you could worry, I called you because I wanted to let you know that I have decided to keep Alice here with me, but I will be releasing Edward. I just wanted to let you all know to keep an eye out for him." Aro said calmly.

"What?" Felix growled.

"I do not want Edward here and I will not be forcing him to stay or ask him to stay for that matter. He needs to be helped, but not by me. Now, Alice on the other hand will be dealt with by me. I will be delivering her punishment personally. Do you have a problem with that?" Aro snarled.

"No, master. I do not have a problem with that." Felix looked around at all of us as he spoke.

I did have a problem with that though and I was just about to speak up when Carlisle shook his head no at me. What the fuck? Did he want Edward to come here? Did he not hear Peter say that the fucker had been coming to visit Bella while she was sleeping?

I wasn't just going to sit there and not say anything, "I would like to speak to Aro. I held out my hand for the phone and Felix walked over to me, reluctantly placing the phone in my hand.

"Aro, this is Jasper." I said.

"Yes, Jasper. What can I do for you?" Aro asked.

"You can keep Edward there, is what you can do for me." I stated.

"I'm sorry, but I can't do that. What has happened to him is not his fault and I feel that his family is the only thing that can help him, not the Volturi." Aro said.

"Well, isn't that just great. You know the son-of-a-bitch has been coming into Bella's room while she is sleeping? Did you know that? No, of course you didn't because we didn't know either. We can't smell him. What do you make of that?" I questioned.

"I don't know Jasper. I wish I had answers for you, but I don't. If I figure anything out while he is here, I will let you know. Again, I am sorry for what you and your family are going through, but I am sure that all of this can be fixed. You just have to have faith. I will be speaking with you soon. Goodbye."

He hung up before I had a chance to respond and that pissed me off. He just expected us to allow Edward to come back. How fucked up is that? I needed to calm down and I knew that Bella could help with that, she always did. I closed Felix's phone and tossed it to him.

I went over to Charlotte and she placed my love back in my arms. I looked at everyone for a moment before I began walking to the room. I needed some time to process everything and I needed to do that now.

"I'm going to go lay down with Bella. I need time to think." I turned and walked into the room, closing the door behind us. I climbed into the bed and gently laid her down under the covers. I pulled her close to me and held her, thinking of everything that has happened since Edward came back into our lives.

I felt sick thinking of him being in here while she was sleeping. What if the kiss that Bella swore was real really was real? I felt the growl bubble up in my chest, but I clenched my teeth in hopes of not waking her up. She needed her rest and I was going to make sure that she got it.

After lying with her for a few minutes, the door opened slowly to reveal Carlisle. He smiled, "They all left, saying they'd be back later." He came over to the bed and climbed in behind Bella, wrapping an arm around her.

"He has been here, Carlisle. He was in our house. In our bed. He fucking kissed her," I could feel my anger building. "I'm going to fucking kill him."

"Jasper, you need to calm down before you wake up Bella. I know you're angry because I'm angry too, but you need to relax. We don't need her to wake up hearing you talk about this. She doesn't need to know that he has really been here." Carlisle said.

"You want us to keep this from her?" I asked.

"Just for now. She is dealing with so much, Jasper," Carlisle said. "How much more can we add to her plate?"

"You can't keep this from her. If she finds out, she will be angry that we didn't tell her. I am going to tell her when she wakes up. She has a right to know."

I had made up my mind, I was telling her as soon as she woke up. I would not let her think she was imagining him or dreaming that he was paying her visits. No, she needed to know that he really was coming here and that I would protect her.

"I am not going to let you tell her. She doesn't need to know. She can't do anything about him coming here. So why tell her?" Carlisle asked, his anger crashing into me causing me to shake.

"You're not going to let me?" I all but snarled. "You can't fucking stop me. I'm telling her whether you like it or not," I let go of Bella and climbed out of bed. "You may think she doesn't need to know, but you're wrong. You would want to know, so don't act like telling her is the wrong thing to do."

I was trying to keep my anger in check, but he was just pissing me off. How could he think that we should keep this from her? What the fuck was he thinking?

He removed his arm from Bella and climbed out of bed as well, facing me. He narrowed his eyes at me, "I would want to know, but the difference is she is a human and there is only so much one person can take. You need to remember that."

It was my turn to narrow my eyes, "Oh, believe me, I never forget that she is human. She is everything to me and I will not lie to her. I.."

He cut me off, "You think telling her is the right thing to, but you are wrong and I will stop you from telling her."

I moved with vampire speed to stand directly in front of him. Our faces inches apart, "I'd like to see you try to stop me. I will wake her up now and fucking tell her." I spat.

"You will not fucking tell her anything." He spat back.

Before I could respond Bella sat up in the bed and rubbed her eyes, turning her focus to us. "What is all the yelling about?" She asked sleepily.

I moved to the bed and sat next to her, "I'm sorry darlin, did we wake you?"

She nodded, "It's okay though, I should probably eat something. What were you two arguing about?"

"Nothing for you to worry yourself about sweetheart." Carlisle answered.

I turned to glare at him and then looked back to Bella. She looked between me and Carlisle and she knew something was going on, she just didn't know what. Her curiosity spiked as she continued to watch us and then she opened her mouth and said the one thing I was hoping she would.

"I don't know what you were arguing about, but I want you to tell me now. Jasper, what's going on?"

I looked at her for a moment before grabbing her hands in mine. "Bella, I want you to listen to me, okay?"

"Of course Jasper. Now, please tell me what's going on." She pleaded.

"Bella, Jasper and I were only disagreeing on something. It is nothing for you to concern yourself with. Don't worry so much. Why don't we go and get you something to eat?" Carlisle walked to the bed and held his hand out for her to take.

I was relieved when she shook her head no. "I want to know what is going on first, Carlisle. Why don't you want to tell me?"

"Because you are already dealing with too much. You can only handle so much and I won't add any more to it. I will deal with things. Please just drop this for now. I'm begging you." He begged her with not only his words, but his eyes.

"No, she has a right to know what is going on," I refused to allow him to keep this from her. "Bella, Edward really has been coming to you while you've been sleeping." I blurted it out before Carlisle could stop me.

The anger pouring from him was directed at me and his emotions were not helping mine. I was already furious that he wanted to keep this from Bella. Why couldn't he just accept the fact the she needed to know?

BPOV

I took a deep breath and tried to process what Jasper had just said to me. The tears started sliding down my cheeks and before I knew it I was wrapped in Carlisle's arms. I pushed against his chest; he didn't want to tell me. He released me and took a step back.

He looked at me for a moment, confusion clear on his face. "You didn't want to tell me. Why?" I asked.

"Bella, I'm sorry. I didn't want you to know because all that happened by you finding out, was that you got hurt. I never wanted you to get hurt. I only wanted to protect you." Carlisle said.

"You can't protect me, don't you get that? He is coming in here while I'm sleeping and you two are in the next room and were completely clueless. How are you supposed to protect me from that?" I asked.

Jasper and Carlisle looked at me, neither saying anything, but the realization of what I said was clear on their faces. How could they protect me when Edward was coming in unnoticed? I might as well be on my own, fending for myself.

I felt like I was going to be sick. I had to get out of there before I emptied the contents of my stomach. I pushed past Jasper and Carlisle, I needed some fresh air.

I opened the door of the bedroom and made my way to the door that would be my escape. I pulled the door open and made my way down the hall, not exactly sure where I was going. I knew that one of them or perhaps both of them were following me, but I wasn't about to stop.

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