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Now I know you are all eager to find out who would want to hurt our poor Bella and for Edward to get to see her, so without further ado here is chapter 40!

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, Stephenie Meyer does.

Edward's Point of View

It was agony waiting for Bella's doctor to return, I was going crazy. I desperately wanted to see her, to see with my own two eyes that she was okay.

Knowing that she was stable and so far doing well was a huge relief, but I was still terrified. I had come so close to losing her again it scared the shit out of me.

Finally I heard footsteps approaching from down the corridor. I got out of my chair and walked towards where the others were sitting.

"How is she?" I asked desperately.

"She's doing very well, Isabella has been incredibly lucky. We have found no signs at all of any brain damage from her head injury and there is no internal organ damage. I expect her to make a full recovery."

I could hear my friends sigh in relief.

"Can we see her?" I begged.

The doctor looked at us, "Not all of you I'm afraid, she's still in ICU. Her room is being prepped as we speak; a Doctor Carlisle Cullen called and request we have her in a private room. Your father I believe?" he asked.

I nodded.

He looked impressed, "Doctor Cullen is very well known and respected greatly, I have studied a great deal of his work and it will most certainly be an honour to meet him despite the cirsumstances."

"Please could Edward at least just see her?" Alice piped up in a small voice.

I turned to see the others nodding in agreement. I felt guilty; I knew how much they all wanted to see her. But I was so desperate to be beside her again.

"Follow me" he told me.

I turned to them and mouthed thank you as the Doctor led the way down the corridor.

"Now I need to remind you, she does have a lot of bruising and stitches she will look very different to how she normally would."

I nodded, I knew he was trying to warn me and mentally prepare me, I didn't care though, no matter how she looked she would always be my Bella.

He pushed the door open and said "I'll give you a few minutes alone."

I rushed over to her beside and there she was. Bella looked so much better now that they had cleaned her up but still she looked so fragile and broken. She was hooked up to an IV and a few machines monitoring her vitals.

I reached out and gently took her hand in mine.

"You gave me quite a scare love" I told her unable to stop the tears that I had been struggling to keep a hold of all day from spilling over.

"Oh Bella" I whispered looking at her, so battered and bruised and covered in bandages. It hurt so badly to see her like this, knowing how scared she must have been, how much physical pain she must be in.

"Bella I love you so much, I was so scared I was going to lose you" I sobbed my voice cracking. I wished she would wake up so I could look into those beautiful brown eyes of hers and tell her how much she meant to me.

"I'm sorry but we need to check her vitals again and prepare to move her now" the doctor informed me slipping into the room.

I nodded wiping the tears off my cheeks and gave Bella a gentle kiss on her forehead.

"I'll see you soon sweetheart, they're just going to move you to your own room and then I'll be able to sit with you again and watch over you. I love you my beautiful Bella" I whispered. Then I walked out of the room and back down the corridor to where our family was waiting.

They all stood up when they saw me walk into the room. I knew they could tell I'd been crying, but I didn't care.

"How is she?" Emmett asked putting his muscly arm around me.

"She's still not awake" I told him as he guided me to a chair, "Em she looks so broken" I told him my voice cracking with emotion. "Why would someone want to hurt her like this? Why would someone try to k….." I couldn't even utter the word; it hurt too much knowing that things could have turned out so differently.

"I don't know little bro" Emmett replied softly, "But they'll find whoever did it Edward and they will pay for what they did" he reassured me.

We headed up to the floor with private rooms where the others got a chance to see Bella briefly. The doctor said he didn't want her to feel overwhelmed if she woke up to see people crowding her. I got to go in again and sit and hold her hand, talking to her and telling her how much she meant to me.

They let me stay with her for a long time before Bella's medical team needed to check all of her vitals and run some more tests. I headed back out to the waiting room to see Charlie, Sue, Mom and Dad arrive.

"Oh Edward honey!" my Mom cried rushing over to me and pulling me into her arms, I could tell she too had been crying and now there were fresh tears flowing down her cheeks.

"Have you seen her?" she asked as she pulled back to look at me, Over her shoulder I could she Emmett, Jasper, Rose and Alive talking to Charlie and Sue.

Dad came over to hug me too and he stood with Mom looking more worried than I had ever seen him. I nodded, "Yes."

"How is she?" Dad asked gently, putting his hand on my shoulder comfortingly.

"They said she'll make a full recovery but she just looks so…." I paused, taking a deep breath "I was so scared Mom, Dad, I thought I had lost her."

"Oh sweetie" Mom cried again pulling me into her arms and hugging me tight.

Charlie and Sue returned from seeing Bella and came to see me so Mom and Dad could go in to sit with her for a moment.

"Son" Charlie said hugging me; I could see the unshed tears in his eyes too. "Our Bella's given us one hell of a fright huh?"

I nodded, "Thank you Edward" he said his tone serious.

I looked at him confused, "I can see how much you love my daughter and I thank you for being her for her when she needed you most."

"I do Charlie" I told him.

A few hours later I was sitting beside Bella's bedside again, holding her hand. The others had begged me to go home and rest but I refused. Mom and Dad had gone home to drop off their bags as they were going to stay with me and Jasper while Charlie and Sue would stay at the girls place.

Mom and Dad had ordered for the others to go and get some rest while they and Sue and Charlie were going to return to the hospital to stay with me through the night.

Jasper had informed me earlier that the Police had showed up to question him about the accident earlier while I was with Mom and Dad. They had some information to follow up on but as the driver had mysteriously vanished from the scene before the paramedics had arrived they weren't sure who to look for.

It transpired that the car had been reported stolen the previous day so that had provided them with a dead end so far.

I had no idea who could have done this to Bella, but right now I was so wrapped up in her and wanting her to wake up that I didn't have the time to mull it over.

I began to doze off as I held her hand in mine, my head resting on the back of the arm chair I had pulled over to her bedside when I heard it.

"Edward" I heard, my eyes snapped open surely I had just dreamt that?

"Edward" Bella whispered, her eyelids fluttering.

She was dreaming! I sat forward, "I'm right here baby" I told her.

"Edward" she said again, clearer this time as her eyes opened and looked towards me.

"Oh Bella, love you're awake!" I exclaimed.

"Am I in the hospital?" she asked.

"Yes baby you are how do you feel? Do you need the nurse?" I asked her.

She shook her head.

"Love, do you remember what happened?" I asked gently.

"Yes" she croaked, "She drove her car straight into me, she rammed me off the road. She was trying to kill me."

"Who sweetheart? Who was is?" I asked rubbing her hand gently.

"Victoria" she replied quietly, "It was Victoria Law."