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Chapter 18

EPOV

After finally getting Bella to agree to go see a psychologist, my mind was ease… if anyone could help her it would be a professional right? She just left about thirty minutes ago and yet I felt so lonely with her gone. I got up and flipped on the news.

"The body of 22 year old Jessica Stanley was found strangled in her downtown apartment. The police have a suspect in mind but no certain leads; the suspect is Jacob Black who has recently been accused of vandalizing a boutique just a week before this incident. The police on scene also report that there was no sign of forced entry but there did appear to be a slight struggle… Also they are reporting that her car has just being confirmed as stolen. If you have any information regarding this case please contact authorities right away…"

My heart stopped. Jacob had actually stooped so low as to commit murder! I figured he was capable of anything but this is just crazy! This just confirmed that I needed to be with Bella 24/7 to keep her safe from him! I called her.

"Hello?" she answered on the third ring.

"Hey, it's Edward… Are you ok?" I asked quickly.

"Yeah, just here at the hospital… why? What happened?" she s asked sounding confused.

"Bella, Jessica's body has been found… she was murdered this afternoon…" I told her.

She hung up the phone and I can assume she is on her way home. I called her again but she didn't answer so I just went in my room to wait.

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BPOV

After I got into my car my phone rang again but I blocked it out. All I could think about was getting home and praying that I didn't run into Jacob.

The ride felt so much longer than it actually was but strangely my thoughts turned not to Edward but James. I smiled at the fact that he took my mind away from the current situation for 20 minutes. He was obviously flirting with me and I don't belong to anyone so I flirted back… I instantly felt guilty… like in some way I was cheating on Edward even though we weren't dating. I pulled into the driveway and Edward was already waiting outside for me.

"Bella!" He said with relief when I got out of the car.

"How did you know they found her body?" was the first thing out of my mouth.

"Well, it was on the news… as soon as I turned it on…"

"Do they know who did it?" I asked walking past him into the house as he followed.

"No one for sure yet but they suspect Jacob… You were right Bella… He really is back…" He said quietly.

"You believe me now?" I asked annoyed. "Someone had to die for you to believe me!"

"Bells… I am so sorry… it's not that I didn't believe you… it's just that I had didn't think he was crazy enough for murder. I mean what would make him kill her?" He said wrapping his arms around me.

I pushed him away from me and pretended not to see the hurt look on his face. "Probably the same thing that he almost killed me for! I can't believe that you actually truly believed that I didn't see him that night! Jessica had to die for you to take me seriously!" I shouted at him.

"Bella!" He said angrily. "I told you that I believe you! It's just that I didn't see anything! Maybe he was there and just hiding or maybe it was some guy who looked like him and sent you into a panic! I'll never know! But I do know that if I didn't believe you I wouldn't be taking all these precautions to keep you safe! I mean why the hell do you think I do all this stuff for you if I thought you didn't see anything!" He banged his fist on the wall then pushed himself passed me, stormed to his bedroom and slammed the door shut.

I slumped down on the floor and started crying… anger, guilt, frustration, fear, anxiety… I was so exhausted… I don't know how much more of Jacob's games I could take before I could be free from him.