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EPOV

After the ladies left, I sat down with the guys, so we could get a game plan together for the afternoon. I wanted to get as much information as I could. With all these players, it was going to be difficult to keep everything under the radar and not tip our hat. I wanted to know exactly what was going on and just how involved each group was before they found out about our involvement with Bella. Finesse was going to be the word of the day.

My call to Jenks was a lot more productive than I thought it would be. He is going to make some calls and threaten lawsuits. He said that this type of situation is all too common. Insurance companies bank on the fact that surviving families will drop the issue after being told "So sorry," and don't make any payouts until lawyers get involved. Unfortunately for the families, most of them can't afford legal fees and the insurance company never hear from them again. This is especially common, in poorer municipalities that can't afford better insurance for their public workers. He is also going to get in touch with both the Forks police department and the FBI to try and find out why neither one of them will admit that Bella's father died in the line of duty, and exactly whose jurisdiction he was under at the time. My guess is the Feds. Jenks was on his computer researching, during our conversation. I could hear him typing away.

"This is interesting. The insurance company used by the Town of Forks for its employees is based on the La Push Indian Reservation. It's unclear exactly who owns the company, but all of the agents listed on their website have either the last name Uley, Clearwater or Black. I'm looking into their claims vs. payout ratios, but from what I can find on a quick search, it's not good." I knew that if any of them were involved, the company was no more than a front, and they probably faked paperwork to get the contract. I really didn't want Bella's name to be involved with them, especially before I knew how deep this whole cover-up went.

"Hold up on the lawsuit for now. Just find out what you can with the Federal Insurance and get back to me on it. At least they would have to have reputable insurance. My gut tells me that they are the ones covering up anyway. If Charlie Swan wasn't sanctioned by them and he went in first, they basically sent a civilian to his death."

I was really starting to get worried about Bella's safety, and am going have to put a bodyguard on her. I ended the call with Jenks, and put in a call to the only person I would trust to guard her outside of my immediate family.

"Garrett, I have a job for you. How soon can you get to Seattle?"

"How soon do you need me?"

"Yesterday!"

"I'll be on the next flight out, I'm currently in Vegas so it shouldn't take more than a few hours. I'll call you as soon as I land."

Garrett Nomad was the best bodyguard in Hollywood and ex-Navy SEAL, but I knew he was currently between jobs. Not that it mattered, I would pay him double his going rate to get him here. A few years ago my Father helped him by paying the hospital bills for his sister who had been brutalized by her ex-husband. She had been in a coma for two weeks and still needed around the clock care due to brain damage that was sustained. Dad, continues to foot the bill for her care even now. He also made sure that the husband would not have an easy imprisonment. Their mother was my parents' housekeeper, until she passed away. Garrett is very grateful and extremely loyal to the family.

By the time I was finished with my calls, Dad was ending his call to Eleazar. "Well, he seemed to have a basic knowledge of it, but he claimed he didn't have any details. The only thing that the call seems to have accomplished is, convincing him that Tanya and you will never be a couple. I don't guarantee that she'll back off, but at least he knows not to feed the fire anymore." Well I guess that was something.

Em and Jazz were still on their phones. So Dad and I went into the kitchen for some coffee, while we waited for them to finish up.

Em was done first and joined us. After Dad and I caught him up on our calls he started with Ben's Intel. "According to Ben, the Feds never sanctioned Chief Swan. He was already there when they got in position for the sting, he was hiding and ran in ahead of them. They knew he was suspicious of Billy, because he was the one to tip them off. The day of the shooting, Billy's gang was supposed to be doing a major deal, but no drugs or anything were ever found. Quil and Embry were shot at the scene and the case was closed, since they were the ones who were shooting at Charlie. They couldn't connect it to anyone else down there, but no-one knows who called her mom to tell her that Charlie had been shot. Her being shot at and killed was considered to be manslaughter and under local jurisdiction. So they didn't get involved in it. Since it was on the Rez, and we all know that Billy owns it, I'm sure it never did get investigated."

Jazz walked in towards the end of the conversation, and went straight to the coffee pot. He sat down and rubbed his hands over his face. "This is fucked up. Seth couldn't talk from his phone, so he called me back from a landline in the store down there. He didn't have any info on the shooting, but he did tell me that Billy has a hard-on for Bella. From the day she was born he started on Charlie about how their kids would eventually get married. Apparently Charlie was never comfortable with the conversation, but Billy kept pushing it. He was relieved when Bella actually started to date Jacob because Billy let up on the subject. When they broke up, Billy was pissed and started ranting about how frigid Bella was and how she couldn't satisfy Jacob. The two of them never talked again, and that's when Charlie started to really believe the rumors, about the Reservation. Billy knew that Charlie was the one to tip the Feds off. He has his own informant with the Feds, Emily Wolfe, she's Sam's woman."

My phone alerted me to a text from Alice. "We're downstairs, and Bella is asleep, can you come down and carry her up? Bring Em and Jazzy with you…we have A LOT of bags."

"Come on guys, the girls are back and in need of a few pack mules."

I got Bella upstairs and settled for a nap. She looked so good. Her hair was shorter, but still half way down her back and the styled to frame her face.

I was walking back into the kitchen and caught the tail-end of Mom telling the guys about some fucker named James. "Doesn't he work for Eleazar? I think he was working there to scope out high end cars to steal. We have gotten into it a few times. He has finally, made himself a target for my vengeance." I was pissed that someone would try to harm her like that. Everyone knows the women in my family, and just by association alone, Bella should have been protected.

"How was she today? I know that she felt it was wrong to be taking money from me, but she's going to have to get used to it."

"Once we got to the mall, she settled down and by the time we left there, she was acting like a typical teenage girl with an unlimited credit card. She had a ball. Oh, and that slut you used to fuck, Jessica, I think it was, was working the corner, oops I mean the counter in one of the stores and gave Bella a hard time about using your card. She told her there was no way that you gave Bella your card to use. Mom set her straight, after she slapped her own card down and spoke to the manager about her attitude." Rose was laughing about the look on Jessica's face.

Alice started laughing so hard she could barely breathe. "I just remembered something. Bella really needs to learn a new way to deter us. She thought that she could get out of buying so much at VS. That she told us we should leave something to buy, for another day!" All the ladies were laughing now. "So next Saturday she's all ours, and she can't get out of it, because it was her idea." By this time we were all laughing.

Once everyone had left, I went to get Bella up. It was time to get ready for our date. It took me awhile, to think of something to do that was romantic and would show her how serious I am. I just hope that she on only likes it, but also enjoys herself.