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Everything Goes: Chapter 12

Bella picked up the clothing scattered across the floor and felt tears leaking out of the corners of her eyes.

"Ma'am please don't touch those just yet. We aren't done with our investigation." The lean tall young officer whose name tag had M. Melvin across it.

"It's just..well..damn it." Bella threw her arms up in the air and storm out of her room, down the hall and past the other three officers who were still getting a statement from Jake. She could not fathom how many questions you could possibly have for someone who barely saw the trespasser before he fled the scene of the crime. It wasn't like he had seen anything significant to identify the perp.

Walking out the front door exhaling a long deep breath she tried to find some sort of peace of mind. Her nerves were on fire. Her head ached. She was filled with anger so intensely she just wanted to scream and punch at anything to help relieve some of the stress she was experiencing.

Why was this happening to her? Why was it that every time she turned a corner something shitty was happening to her or to someone she knew? What was it about her that seem to draw bad things? Was she born under some sort of unlucky star?

Just when things were finally going her way with Jake it seemed like everything else in her life was going down the shitter with full fled force. Who was this person that was making her life feel upside down? Who could have it in for her? It didn't make sense. If Jake thought for even a second that this guy who broke into their apartment tonight was even remotely connected to Alice's attacker then why would he come after her? It just didn't make sense to her.

Why had Alice been attacked? Alice was a sweet, okay a bit outspoken at times, but still very sweet girl. Why go after her? She found herself going in circles with the nonstop questions. She felt like her father when he was on one of his investigations. Thinking of her dad she realized she needed to call him.

Stepping back into the apartment that no longer felt safe and exciting she located her phone on the kitchen counter. Yanking it she raced back outside. She quickly hit the speed dial number that rang her father's number.

"Dad." Bella shivered as she sat down on the step staring out at the darken sky. It was strange how just a few hours ago she and Jake were sharing a very hot and intimate moment together and now everything was scary and cold.

"Bella." Charlie sat straight up in his recliner hearing the fear in his daughter's voice. He also caught the way she called him Dad rather than Charlie.

"Someone broke into the apartment tonight. They got in my room and …." Bella tried to remain calm but her voice was shaky and her hands were no better.

"What happen Bella? Are the cops there?" Charlie was glad he had not taken off his shoes when he came home. Grabbing the keys off the coffee table and swiftly walking to the coat hook he yank his coat while running out the front door.

"Yeah they are here. They won't let me clean up my room." Bella whined. She knew it wasn't exactly the end of the world that her room was a disaster and the clothes and personal items that had been ripped could be replaced. Yet she sat there practically unraveling at the seams because the police would not let her deal with the situation. She needed to feel as if she had some form of control over this nightmare.

"Honey calm down. Why do you want to clean up your room? What happen in your room?" Charlie put his professional tone to work as he tried to keep Bella calm and focused on his words to help prevent her from having a melt down. He knew it took a lot to make Bella react this way and that was why he was starting to feel his own anxiety.

"When the guy came into my room he took out my clothes and stuff. He threw them all over the room and he sliced up some of my things." Bella answered as her voice quivered.

"Are you okay Bella? Did he hurt you?" Charlie felt like an idiot that he had not ask that question first. He reminded himself that he wasn't a complete ass since she was speaking to him on the phone so she was at least alive and that was what matter the most at the moment.

"No. I was in Jake's room. Jake woke up and heard noises. He made me lock myself in his room while he investigated." Bella felt her cheeks blush a bit hoping her father would not start asking why she was in Jake's room to begin with? Then she reminded herself that her father had no reason to suspect that they were intimate. After all Jake had been in her room for years and he never once spoke to her about it. She assumed he always knew that Jake was just a friend and no danger of doing anything to harm her virtue as he once called it.

"Is Jake okay?" Charlie felt his heart pounding heavily against his ribs. He loved Jake like a son. He knew that Jake would do whatever it took to keep Bella safe. Hell, it was for that reason alone that Charlie slept better at night with Bella living in Port Angeles. He knew that Jake was her protector. He always had been.

"Yeah. The guy fled when he saw Jake." Bella answered as she began to chew on a chipped nail.

"Where is he now?" Charlie asked as he turned on his lights. He left the sirens off not wanting to scare Bella. He knew if he told her he was on his way there she would try to stop him. He wasn't about to turn around now. He needed to see with his own two eyes what had occurred in her apartment and to see that she was physically okay.

"The cops are talking to him. I swear Dad they ask like a million questions. Jake has this theory he believes that Alice's attacker could be the one who broke in tonight." Bella blurted out then regretting it. She knew this would only put her dad on full alarm mode. Charlie would definitely be stopping by more often as well as calling the local police for a update daily. He would also expect her to call him each day she came home to check in with him.

Her dad was a good guy and a very protective parent. She knew she was lucky in that area when it counted. Other times she felt like it was a curse to have a dad who was the chief of police. She had a lot of expectations on her when she was a wild and crazy teen. Okay she wasn't ever really wild but the town still had their eyes peel on her all the time waiting to see if she would suddenly rebel.

"Why would he think that?" Charlie coughed as his heart did a somersault at the very thought of the same bastard who brutally raped and beat Alice had been inside his daughter's room slicing up her clothes. It could have been Bella that he could have used that knife on.

The rage tore into Charlie as he gripped the steering wheel tightly while trying to hold the phone up to his ear. He was breathing hard as he push down on the accelerator. He had to get there quickly. Even though he knew she was safe, he still needed to see her and hold her.

"Well, when Alice called me after she took those pills she kept saying be careful of him. Like I knew him somehow. Which is ridiculous, right. Because I can't think of one person I personally know who is capable of doing something so horrendous to Alice like that." Bella wiped away the tears that were spilling down her face.

"Then someone breaks into my room and slices up my things. Jake fears this person is now somehow after me. But why? It doesn't make sense Dad." Bella wasn't sure if she was trying to convince herself or Charlie or hell even both of them.

"Bella they are done now." Jake stepped outside of the apartment. He knew she was close by because he had an officer keep an eye on her from the window. He explained to the officers his theory about the attack on Alice and Bella possibly be connected. Two of them agreed it sounded pretty suspicious but the third one felt like this was just a random attack. Jake wanted to knock his big ass head up against a wall but reminded himself that he would just end up in jail for the night and then Bella would be all alone.

"Okay." Bella nodded her head not daring to look up at Jake. She knew if he saw her crying he would just feel worse about what had happen and what could have possibly happened.

"Honey don't touch anything until I get there. I am about ten minutes away from your apartment." Charlie warned her with a deep stern voice. He rarely used that voice toward Bella but when he did she knew he meant business.

"Okay." She agreed at once.

"Alright. Go inside with Jake and lock up after the police leave if I am not there by then." Charlie ordered.

"Okay." Bella agreed again without even a muster of her normal stubborn streak that she was famous for in their household.

Charlie hung up the phone grabbing the wheel with both hands as he switch on the sirens to get people out of his way so he could get to his daughter.

The cops left and Bella locked up when she finally got a second to speak to Jake alone.

"Charlie is on his way. He is like five minutes from here." Bella warned him as she wrapped her arms around her chest.

"Great. I'm sorry. It's just I am sick of cops." Jake sighed heavily as he walked up wrapping his strong arms around her.

Placing a tender kiss on the top of her head he held onto her silently until they heard Charlie pounding on the door.

"Here we go folks." Jacob chuckled.

Bella sat on the edge of the sofa waiting on Jake to allow her father inside.

Charlie look at Jake with a weak smile.

"I hear you folks had an uninvited guest tonight." Charlie cocked an eye as he stared straight at Jake.

"Yep. It's okay now." Jake gulped hard.

"Bella." Charlie walked past Jake. Bella jump up and threw her arms around her father. She couldn't explain it but she now felt safe. She knew that Jake would protect her if necessary but her father's arms were a different form of safety. He had been her protector for all of her life. She knew he would kill anyone who ever harmed her.

"Hey. Hey. Honey it's okay." Charlie tried to soothe her as she shook in his arms.

"I know." Bella knew she overreacting a bit to the situation but she could not stop herself.

"I will make some tea." Jake walked into the kitchen giving them some privacy while he made some tea that he knew help soothe Bella.

Two hours later Charlie finished his own assessment of the situation and took a few pictures with his phone and wrote down a couple of notes before he finally agreed to spend the night.

Bella offered her bed since she swore she was not going back in there for quite sometime. Jake assured her she could sleep with him for as long as she needed.

Charlie wasn't a fool he saw the silent exchange between them and wondered if the two of them were starting to wake up and realized that they were far more than friends after all these years? Hell, he would be tickled pink if Bella confessed that she was madly in love with Jake. He would give his left nut to have Jake for a son in law someday, however, he did not particularly care for them living together. He feared Bella might get pregnant forcing them to get married before their relationship progressed the way it should, naturally.

Charlie agreed to sleep in her room because the couch was lumpy as hell in his opinion. Bella walked into her room to get something to sleep in while trying to pick it up as well. Jake offered to help her but she shoved him away saying she could manage it.

Both men watched as the stubborn streak finally made it's appearance for the night. A half an hour later she reappeared from the room looking less pale as she had when she first went inside of it.

"I will install new locks myself in the morning." Charlie informed the both of them.

"Okay." They said in union.

"I'm tired I'm going to bed." Bella kissed her father on the cheek and gave him a long hard hug before she slipped into Jake's room to change clothes.

Jake was suddenly feeling a bit awkward as Charlie stared hard at him.

"I am tired too. I'm going to give her a few minutes to change clothes." Jake explained as he sat on the sofa staring at his hands that were tapping nervously on his legs.

"Uh uh." Charlie continued to stare at him silently.

Five minutes went by with both men silently sitting there before Jake finally stood up.

"Night Charlie." Jake waved at him as he fled down the hall.

Charlie check the locks on the doors before strolling down the hall to Bella's room. Checking everything once more he finally managed to lay down and get some rest.

"I think your dad suspects something." Jake warned Bella as he curled up next to her.

"What? You're just freaking out." Bella giggled nervously.

"If you say so." Jake sighed heavily.

"Are you okay?" Jake asked as he kissed the side of her neck.

"I will be." Bella replied softly.

"I promise sweetie we will find this bastard and he will never get that close to you again." Jake vowed.

"I hope not." Bella shivered.

Turning her head back she puckered her lips inviting him to kiss her. A moment later his lips were pressed against her. The kiss began tender and sweet until both of them found themselves so consumed with passion that Bella somehow rolled on top of Jake with her legs spread, grinding her core against his harden pelvis.

"Mmmm….mmmmm" Bella moaned as the friction of their grinding made her wet.

"Yesss…." Jake grabbed her hips directing her to press harder and faster against him.

Jake was about to reach down into her boxers when he heard a loud snoring sound from across the hall.

His hands immediately flew off of her.

"What?" Bella gasped for air as she looked down at him.

"Ummmm…Charlie." Jake sucked in on his lower lip.

"So?" Bella giggled.

"So nothing! He will shoot me Bella." Jake warned her.

"No he won't. He loves you." Bella disagreed.

"I'm not taking any chances. Get on your side of the bed." Jake reluctantly pulled her off of top of him and rolled her back on her side where he could hold her against him.

She liked the way his arms kept her warm and they also made her feel safer.

"You're no fun, Jake." Bella yawned as she snuggled up.

"Yeah, well a dead Jake is definitely no fun." Jake snickered as he snuggled up against her.

"Night Jake." Bella mumbled as her eyes closed.

"Night Bella." Jake yawned loudly.

In seconds they were both fast asleep.

Bella walked into work looking like a zombie. Despite getting seven hours of sleep she was still feeling the aftereffects of the chaos that had happened in her apartment.

Leah had cornered her right away when she saw her lousy condition and before Bella knew it she was revealing every detail to her boss.

Leah seemed pretty interested in the story.

"What's going on in that head of yours?" Bella ask curiously.

"I was just thinking how we can angle this story for our magazine. Seth has done a bit of research on these attacks at the clubs. Apparently it has just begun recently. The cops have no real motive for the attacks. They felt like it was just a random act of some desperate loser who couldn't get laid if he tried so he is forcing himself on women." Leah answered as she crossed her legs.

"So do you think that Charlie and Jake have valid reasons to believe that the intruder in our apartment was the same guy who attacked Alice?" Bella was still not one hundred percent on that train ride. She agreed it was odd but it didn't really prove anything.

"I don't know. What does your gut tell you? My mom use to say a woman's gut was usually ninety nine percent right every time. Of course the stuff that Alice spoke of makes me wonder if you might know the attacker after all. You should really go see her soon. If I am right that place they sent her to will have her so drugged up she won't know what year we are in." Leah trembled at the thought of being locked up while strangers hand fed you pills.

"Yeah but I don't have time today." Bella yawned. She had to go a tea party that the local library was throwing so she could do a write up on how tea parties were still popular and what drew women to have them. She knew it sounded lame but apparently a lot of the readers enjoyed that sort of stuff.

"Actually you do. I will get Shelly to cover your tea party. You and Seth should go visit Alice. See if you can get anything else from her. It's not only important to the story we are writing but to your safety as well. I mean hell, if she tells you who it is then you can have him locked up right away before he hurts anyone else or tries another attempt on you." Leah announced loudly.

Bella wanted to puke. Attempt again? She had not considered that. Now she would be constantly looking over her shoulder wherever she went. Charlie drove behind her to work this morning. Jake locked up after they left.

Her day was going from yucky to down right nasty.

"Thanks Leah." Bella growled as she closed her eyes trying to breathe through her nose.

"Sorry honey. I just figured a smart girl like you would have already considered that possibility." Leah winced.

She didn't mean to give more to worry about. The girl looked like left over food coming out of a microwave. She was down right sad looking. Her hair was frizzy and pulled back in a pony tail. She was wearing a simple wrinkled pair of grey slacks with a loose black sweater that did not make her waist look trim. In fact the sweater looked like it was a size too big for her. Other than chap stick she had no other make up on her face.

"Seth." Leah let out a long unladylike whistle across the busy room. Seth's head pop up from one of the cubicles like a train dog. Normally it would have amused Bella but today she had no sense or humor whatsoever. In fact she was starting to grow more aggravated with each minute that passed by.

It annoyed her that Leah would have her go speak to Alice for a damn article in the magazine. Alice was her friend. She wasn't about to go public with her name or her cruel predicament. It was just wrong. Couldn't Leah see that?

"Don't' give me that look." Leah chuckled bitterly as she picked up her water sipping on it while boldly glaring back at Bella over the bottle.

"Honey, we are not going to use her name. Nothing personal that can identify her. That would be just sick. No she will be anonymous. I swear it." Leah placed her hand up like she was vowing on a bible.

"You better not." Bella warned her with a stern voice and cold eyes.

"Damn. I like it when your mad Bella. Sexy." Leah pulled Bella up out of her seat and nudge her toward Seth.

"Seth you keep a close eye on our girl here. I mean it." Leah shot him a look that threaten him with his mere life if he did obey her.

Luckily for Seth he wasn't too scared by that look. After all Leah was his big sister. He knew if things got too bad all he had to do was pull out his hidden ace. Mom. Mom would set her straight real fast.

Alice sat in the wheelchair staring at the puzzle that had been emptied onto the table. Anyone who did know how outgoing she had once been would not recognize her now. Bella wondered just how many drugs she was on?

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"Alice it's me Bella." Bella pulled a chair in front of her as she lifted her limp chin up so she could look into Bella's eyes.

All at once Bella felt her heart shatter. Alice looked so stoned. How could all these drugs be helping her speak out when it was obvious Bella that she was now more incapable of speaking than before.

"Alice look at me." Bella whispered as tears began to brim up in her eyes.

"Bella." Alice squinted her eyes as she tried to focus on the woman in front of her.

Alice had a feeling she knew her but she could not place from where. She hated feeling like this. She felt like she was in a fog. Everything seem so strange and far away.

The only thing that seem more real and stood out was when she went to sleep and had that horrible nightmare.

She hated when the nurses gave her shots to force her to fall asleep. She knew the nightmare would soon be upon her. She didn't like it.

The nightmare always made her relive a moment in her life that shattered her very soul.

She wanted so badly to tell someone, hell anyone what had happen but the fear always held her back.

It had happened so fast well at least the part where he captured her. After her gagging he had lifted her up and took her behind a building where he took his time touching her, forcing himself in her, slapping her when she cried.

Slap.

Punch.

Slap.

Each hit grew harder and harder. It was like he was warming up.

Closing her eyes and covering her ears she did not want to remember the sound that each strike to her body made. Or the sound of him grunting and panting over her backside when he flipped her over on her stomach. Her body sprawled out on top of the cold filthy pavement.

Tiny pieces of glass and trash scraping against her bare skin.

When he had finished raping her he pulled on her hair so hard she was almost positive he was putting locks of it to keep it somehow.

Once the rape was over she laid there weeping not daring to make a move. He flipped her back over and leaned over her body as he spoke to her. His voice was harsh. His voice was cold. His threat was crystal clear.

"Tell her about me and I will slit your throat while you sleep. I will have her next. You two bitches deserve this. You shouldn't dress up like whores. Whore. You hear me." His fist jabbed into her stomach causing her legs to flinch up. The pain was so intense she thought she was dying.

"You can't stop me Alice. No one can. I will have Bella next. " His laughter was cruel and bitter.

"Do you hear me?" His leg shot out kicking her in the hip. Alice thought she heard the bone crack underneath his shoes.

Alice nodded her head. She couldn't really respond with words. He kept her gagged.

"Good. Now remember say one word and I will kill you. I might just kill Bella first for the hell of it. After all the world has enough whores in it." He laughed loudly as he strolled out of the alley and into the darkness.

Alice stayed there for several minutes afraid he was still lurking close by to see if she would run straight to Bella. When she felt he was truly gone she manage to lift her hands up and release the cloth he used to gag her with. Crawling on her hands and knees she had manage to get to the parking lot where luckily a familiar face found her broken body.

"Yes Alice it's Bella." Bella smiled excitedly as she reached out and placed Alice's hands between hers.

"Run Bella. Run fast. He wants you next. He told me." Alice whispered frantically.

"Who? Help me Alice." Bella felt her entire body grow cold. Bella still had her doubts about Alice's warnings since she was completely out of her mind since the attack. Was she capable of knowing what was real and what was fantasy?

"Can't say his name. You know him. We know him." Alice cringed as she looked around the room. She feared he might have a spy in there. If he learned that she had mentioned anything to Bella about him she was sure he would kill them both.

"Who Alice? He can't hurt you here." Bella hoped she made sense to Alice.

Her eyes were staring around the room frantically.

"Can't say. He hates us…we are whores Bella." Alice whispered again before she caught something out of the corner of her eye move strangely that caused her to go into a rampage as she covered her mouth with her hands and closed her eyes tightly together.

"NOOOOO." She muffled underneath her own hand .

"Whores? We aren't whores!" Bella gasped. How could Alice possibly believe that about herself or her best friend.

"Yes we are. We dress like one so we must be one." Alice stated seriously as she uncovered her mouth.

"Is that what he told you?" Bella frowned trying to think of someone they both knew who was ever suggest such a horrible thing about them.

She came up blank.

"Go. Go now." Alice saw someone who look like him walking into the room. He was pretending to be a male nurse. She knew he wasn't a nurse. He was in disguise. He had come to check up on her just like he warned her.

"Gooooo!" Alice began to scream frantically as she threw Bella's hands away from her.

"Ms. Swan you need to leave." The nurse warned her as she nodded to the male nurse that had entered the room with several small cups of pills.

"But…." When Alice began to sob loudly Bella knew she was only causing her friend to feel panic and that was not good for her.

Bella gave Alice a quick hug before she rush off toward Seth at the door and left the building. She couldn't help but wonder if the person who attacked Alice lived in Forks? After all they didn't know many people in Port Angeles.

Bella wanted to weep once they were inside the company car.

"Are you okay?" Seth ask politely.

"Yeah. Someone is out to get me. I'm going to find them." Bella vowed to herself as she sat back and took a well needed power nap.

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